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A review by kba76
The Blue Pool by Siobhán MacDonald
2.0
Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this in exchange for my thoughts.
Honestly, this felt disappointing. The premise was intriguing, and the second half of the book was great. Unfortunately, the slow pacing of the first half and my lack of any feeling for the key characters offset all the good things that came later.
Receiving a phone-call to say that someone had come forward with information about the disappearance of an old friend clearly unsettled our three characters. We could tell each of them - for some reason - had spent years trying to ignore whatever events had led to this moment and it was odds-on that one of them knew more than they were letting on.
For some reason the author focused most of the first part of the book on the girls at university. It provides us with insight into the dynamics of their relationships and explores the build-up to Sarah’s disappearance. It was strongly suggested that characters met along the way might be involved, but things didn’t quite hang together.
As we get given details building up to Sarah’s disappearance we can understand why the three women have acted as they have done since. It also becomes clear that one of them is more closely involved than we were first led to believe. Gaining more info into her mindset would have been fascinating, but it felt like too little too late.
Honestly, this felt disappointing. The premise was intriguing, and the second half of the book was great. Unfortunately, the slow pacing of the first half and my lack of any feeling for the key characters offset all the good things that came later.
Receiving a phone-call to say that someone had come forward with information about the disappearance of an old friend clearly unsettled our three characters. We could tell each of them - for some reason - had spent years trying to ignore whatever events had led to this moment and it was odds-on that one of them knew more than they were letting on.
For some reason the author focused most of the first part of the book on the girls at university. It provides us with insight into the dynamics of their relationships and explores the build-up to Sarah’s disappearance. It was strongly suggested that characters met along the way might be involved, but things didn’t quite hang together.
As we get given details building up to Sarah’s disappearance we can understand why the three women have acted as they have done since. It also becomes clear that one of them is more closely involved than we were first led to believe. Gaining more info into her mindset would have been fascinating, but it felt like too little too late.