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A Version Of The Truth
by B.P. Walter
It's nearing Christmas and Julianne is preparing dinner when her son comes down stairs, holding his iPad. He has found something dreadful in the families Dropbox account. When she sees the files for herself, she is horrified and has to question everything about her marriage and what type of man her husband James really is. The story also skips back to 1990 and is set in Oxford University where we meet Holly, a fresher who has an uneasy friendship with a group of friends from a different social circle, well off and privileged, she isn't really sure why they are giving her the time of day. Ernest and Ally are brother and sister and James is their friend. Holly quite fancies James and he flirts with her but before long she realises her has a girlfriend. As Julianne confronts her husband about the files she has found, the events of 1990 soon become important again.
I was interested to read this book as a lot of reviewers have felt the need to give trigger warnings (something I don't usually do in my reviews) but I think it is worth mentioning there is a scene of gang rape which is upsetting. There is also a lot of sex, both heterosexual and homosexual - none of it loving or romantic and allusions to paedophiles.
I thought it was a bit of a slow burner - it takes a while for the section set in 1990 to get going but once it does and the plot starts to fall into place, it is a fast paced read. All the characters (apart from Julianne's son Stephen) are thoroughly dislikeable. The sense of entitlement that Holly's friends have means they feel they can treat people however they like and get away with it and annoyingly, we discover in the present day, they have all being successful in life.
Thank you to Avon books for my copy of this shocking domestic thriller as part of a blog tour.
I was interested to read this book as a lot of reviewers have felt the need to give trigger warnings (something I don't usually do in my reviews) but I think it is worth mentioning there is a scene of gang rape which is upsetting. There is also a lot of sex, both heterosexual and homosexual - none of it loving or romantic and allusions to paedophiles.
I thought it was a bit of a slow burner - it takes a while for the section set in 1990 to get going but once it does and the plot starts to fall into place, it is a fast paced read. All the characters (apart from Julianne's son Stephen) are thoroughly dislikeable. The sense of entitlement that Holly's friends have means they feel they can treat people however they like and get away with it and annoyingly, we discover in the present day, they have all being successful in life.
Thank you to Avon books for my copy of this shocking domestic thriller as part of a blog tour.