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A review by saraanneb3
Homecoming by Kate Morton
3.0
I am giving 3 bc I did really want to find out what happened and the mystery propelled me, and the setting was very interesting and well-described, and the element of a character reading a book within a book was neat.
But. Wow. There are some truly disturbing women in this book and I feel like neither the author nor the main character grapples with that at all.
Also I would have liked to hear POV of Thomas Turner, why did we not ever get his thoughts? Would have been much more interesting than some of the other characters that we did.
I also do not like what seems like a characterization that being a mother or the desire for motherhood makes all these women so desperate and sneaky, and there is a subtle implication that being a mother makes you untrustworthy mentally, and I'm not a parent, but I just didn't like that whole vibe. Two of the most disturbing characters in the book aren't like that because of issues of motherhood, they're just disturbing people imo
But. Wow. There are some truly disturbing women in this book and I feel like neither the author nor the main character grapples with that at all.
Also I would have liked to hear POV of Thomas Turner, why did we not ever get his thoughts? Would have been much more interesting than some of the other characters that we did.
I also do not like what seems like a characterization that being a mother or the desire for motherhood makes all these women so desperate and sneaky, and there is a subtle implication that being a mother makes you untrustworthy mentally, and I'm not a parent, but I just didn't like that whole vibe. Two of the most disturbing characters in the book aren't like that because of issues of motherhood, they're just disturbing people imo