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What Can't Be Seen
by Brianna Labuskes
UPDATE: I tried this book again after liking #1
Right away I liked it more; this isn’t a stand alone. I really did need the context and story from book #1 to jump in. In a way it’s a prequel
However, I didn’t find the case or other characters very interesting or compelling. I had great difficulty staying interested and eventually decided I had too many other books left to read that I would be better off stopping.
My subscription with KU is coming to a close, and I might go back and try to finish this if I have time left and exhaust all the other books I’ve marked, but probably not.
SUMMARY: I’m book #1 the reader learns that Gretchen (a self aware sociopath who works as a police consultant) was accused/is believed to have murdered her aunt when she was 8 because she was a “weird child” and later diagnosed with a personality disorder.
Gretchen has avoided looking into her aunts death (until now) because she was fearful of what she might find out (she wasn’t entirely sure she didn’t do it, see). As she “investigates” it becomes clear the reader certain facts don’t make sense and Gretchen is looking more and more like a scapegoat, not too unlike what happened in book #1.
In other chapters there are two stories/narrators. First, There’s the police officer chapters who finds a young Rowan (10? Years before her death?$ wandering in the street, looking like she’s been through hell. Rowan’s rich family steps in and says she’s mentally ill and pressures the cop to drop any case. He’s reluctant as Rowan tells him secretly “find the other girls” and “they’re lying to you.”
There’s also another narrator, Tabby. 1992(?) and she’s investigating a cold case
There was a lot going on. It was hard to follow and know what the story was about.
In the present, Gretchen is looking into her aunts death and is also telling the reader how messed up her family is.
Original review:
dnf @ 30%
Included with kindle unlimited
Right away I liked it more; this isn’t a stand alone. I really did need the context and story from book #1 to jump in. In a way it’s a prequel
However, I didn’t find the case or other characters very interesting or compelling. I had great difficulty staying interested and eventually decided I had too many other books left to read that I would be better off stopping.
My subscription with KU is coming to a close, and I might go back and try to finish this if I have time left and exhaust all the other books I’ve marked, but probably not.
SUMMARY: I’m book #1 the reader learns that Gretchen (a self aware sociopath who works as a police consultant) was accused/is believed to have murdered her aunt when she was 8 because she was a “weird child” and later diagnosed with a personality disorder.
Gretchen has avoided looking into her aunts death (until now) because she was fearful of what she might find out (she wasn’t entirely sure she didn’t do it, see). As she “investigates” it becomes clear the reader certain facts don’t make sense and Gretchen is looking more and more like a scapegoat, not too unlike what happened in book #1.
In other chapters there are two stories/narrators. First, There’s the police officer chapters who finds a young Rowan (10? Years before her death?$ wandering in the street, looking like she’s been through hell. Rowan’s rich family steps in and says she’s mentally ill and pressures the cop to drop any case. He’s reluctant as Rowan tells him secretly “find the other girls” and “they’re lying to you.”
There’s also another narrator, Tabby. 1992(?) and she’s investigating a cold case
There was a lot going on. It was hard to follow and know what the story was about.
In the present, Gretchen is looking into her aunts death and is also telling the reader how messed up her family is.
Original review:
dnf @ 30%
Included with kindle unlimited