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The Existence of Bea Pearl by Candice Marley Conner
3.0
Bea Pearl knows her brother didn't die in the flood - but apparently nobody else does. Not her parents, her friends, the entire town in fact. And while everybody else tries to recover when he's declared officially dead, Bea Pearl tries to figure out what really happened. She doesn't know why he went back to the reiver, she doesn't know why she couldn't save him and she doesn't know if she really saw that boat near Jim either - she doesn't know where to start. But then there's Colin ... who may or may not be a Water Sprite, or a merman, or something equally suspicious - who always seems to appear whenever Bea is near water and he might just be who she needs to finally solve the mystery once and for all.
The existence of Bea Pearl was a southern mystery about family and deception - about really existing and what it means. The story was brilliant but for me it felt quite rushed, especially when we reached the climax and it left me feeling deflated. Bea Pearl as a narrator I found unreliable, and her voice felt very child-like so I just couldn't relate to her enough to get fully engrossed in the story. However, this was still a great little mystery with a very unique charm to it.
The existence of Bea Pearl was a southern mystery about family and deception - about really existing and what it means. The story was brilliant but for me it felt quite rushed, especially when we reached the climax and it left me feeling deflated. Bea Pearl as a narrator I found unreliable, and her voice felt very child-like so I just couldn't relate to her enough to get fully engrossed in the story. However, this was still a great little mystery with a very unique charm to it.