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A review by meghan_readsbooks
Original Sins by Erin Young
5.0
Original Sins is an excellent audiobook, I loved it! For fans of Hannah Morrisey, Tana French, and for me classic 90s procedurals/serial killer books such as Silence of the Lambs.
Erin Young offers a solid, if not better, follow up to The Fields and is perfect for fans of in depth, dark and winding, propulsive police procedural. This is a procedural that never felt slow or bogged down in details despite the high level of detail, the description, and the many layers to how the plot came together. All of the plot points converge in an effective and believable way and the narration and style of the audiobook kept me engaged on a long road trip.
Now just let me rave a bit... I got the details of why this is a good story but heck this is all 100% just my kind of mystery. Serial killers, a strong messy female lead, a complicated mystery, solid plot development that never felt overly twisty or hard to follow, themes on problematic self righteous use of interpretations of religious texts, it all worked for me. I loved this book.
content notes: it's a serial killer police procedural so well themes on violence against women and as noted problematic "use" of religious texts to justify said violence. themes on stalking, misogyny, abuse are part of the mystery as well.
Erin Young offers a solid, if not better, follow up to The Fields and is perfect for fans of in depth, dark and winding, propulsive police procedural. This is a procedural that never felt slow or bogged down in details despite the high level of detail, the description, and the many layers to how the plot came together. All of the plot points converge in an effective and believable way and the narration and style of the audiobook kept me engaged on a long road trip.
Now just let me rave a bit... I got the details of why this is a good story but heck this is all 100% just my kind of mystery. Serial killers, a strong messy female lead, a complicated mystery, solid plot development that never felt overly twisty or hard to follow, themes on problematic self righteous use of interpretations of religious texts, it all worked for me. I loved this book.
content notes: it's a serial killer police procedural so well themes on violence against women and as noted problematic "use" of religious texts to justify said violence. themes on stalking, misogyny, abuse are part of the mystery as well.