sparetimereader 's review for:

The Girls of Summer by Katie Bishop

3.5

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Short synopsis: 

Then: Rachel decides to do a gap year and spend some time on the Greek isles. 

Now: she’s trying to piece together her past on the Islands, and her relationship with Tom her husband and Alistair her teenage lover. 

My thoughts: This was not a blow me away thriller, but I did feel it was more contemporary fiction with mystery elements. 

I enjoyed the “then” and “now” time frames as we unravel along with Rachel what exactly happened during her 18th year in Greece. We could see the red flags from a mile away, but I can see how she was manipulated into circumstances she didn’t see coming. 

I did a mix of audio and physical of this one and the narrator did a fabulous job.

Read if you love: 

• books about the #MeToo movement 
• Justice
• Then/now timeframes
• Coming of age 
• Finding your truth

There are definitely triggers with this one: rape, abortion, prostitution, coercion, manipulation of power, and suicide so beware of those.