strangecandy 's review for:

Fellside by M. R. Carey

5.0

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I really enjoyed this book. I was a huge fan of "The Girl with the Gifts" so I was interested to read this since it seemed to be very different kind of story. The story is about a drug addict who is convicted of murder when she appears to have set her apartment on fire and inadvertently kills a child living in the upstairs apartment by smoke inhalation. She is sent to a women's prison called Fellside where she decides to die by starving herself. She begins to realize she is not alone and begins to believe that the ghost of the child she killed is there with her and he urges her to find out who really killed him. If the child was already dead she could be cleared of her murder charge. Thus she begins a strange journey of out of body experiences and getting caught up in a drug smuggling operation inside the prison. A very unique story and a wonderful read.