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A review by laurenabeth
The Silence by Luca Veste
4.0
Six friends (three couples) venture to a music festival, recapturing their youth and a fair bit of nostalgia. When they’re abruptly awoken in the night, a man ends up dead and the friends begin a tortured year of crippling guilt and dark secrets. What really happened that night? Who knows the truth?
This book was my September delivery from The Book Drop, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve been trying to add some thrillers and mysteries to my repertoire to break up some of the heavier literary fiction I’ve been reading, and this absolutely did the trick.
I consider a mystery well done when I think I’ve cracked the case and I end up being HORRIBLY WRONG. I called a few of the twists in advance, but I was totally mistaken when I thought I knew who the “bad guy” was.
This book gave off serious I Know What You Did Last Summer vibes, and I don’t hate that. There’s one main narrator, and he switches between present day as the mystery unfolds and the distant past, where he explains how the six friends came to be inseparable. Most of the childhood stories are clues to give context and color to their present day actions, and even though I thought some of them were red herrings, they’re actually skillfully crafted anecdotes that expose a ton in hindsight.
Frustratingly, the book has a fair amount of typos and seemingly glaring editing gaffes, which is always so disruptive to read, but I was able to overlook the mistakes because the book was so gripping.
There’s love, comedy, action, and some super creepy crimes, all topped off with epic 90s music references. I can totally see myself picking up some more Luca Veste in the future, and I also can’t wait for my next delivery from The Book Drop.
This book was my September delivery from The Book Drop, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve been trying to add some thrillers and mysteries to my repertoire to break up some of the heavier literary fiction I’ve been reading, and this absolutely did the trick.
I consider a mystery well done when I think I’ve cracked the case and I end up being HORRIBLY WRONG. I called a few of the twists in advance, but I was totally mistaken when I thought I knew who the “bad guy” was.
This book gave off serious I Know What You Did Last Summer vibes, and I don’t hate that. There’s one main narrator, and he switches between present day as the mystery unfolds and the distant past, where he explains how the six friends came to be inseparable. Most of the childhood stories are clues to give context and color to their present day actions, and even though I thought some of them were red herrings, they’re actually skillfully crafted anecdotes that expose a ton in hindsight.
Frustratingly, the book has a fair amount of typos and seemingly glaring editing gaffes, which is always so disruptive to read, but I was able to overlook the mistakes because the book was so gripping.
There’s love, comedy, action, and some super creepy crimes, all topped off with epic 90s music references. I can totally see myself picking up some more Luca Veste in the future, and I also can’t wait for my next delivery from The Book Drop.