A review by emmy_and_books
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes

4.0

If you're looking for a chilling psychological thriller, read this one. Cathy is a woman in her thirties, she manically checks her doors and windows for hours each day and as the story progresses we find out that she didn't always do that, that she had many friends, that she used to go out partying every weekend and that she was happy and an open-minded person. Also, she was Catharine back then and she lived in a different place. One day she met Lee, a good looking, charismatic man she falls in love with. He seems like a good guy but there is something about him and soon after he starts to make her question her sanity and makes her feel unsafe, until one day, he almost kills her. He is in prison now, but the damage is done. I walked with all the lights on in my apartment for days after reading this. It is a story about mental and physical abuse, about crazy sadistic people ruining other people’s lives, surviving, love and how strong humans can be. The only thing that bothered me slightly was that it was emphasised she was partying a lot and then this happened; like one implies the other. I don’t know, maybe I’m just a bit allergic to putting people in boxes and women shaming, so I presume there will be people who will think that she somehow deserved it, when it can happen to anyone really. I think this is a great novel. I read it in a heartbeat.