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A review by nina_reads_books
Wild Place by Christian White
3.0
Wild Place is Australian thriller writer Christian White's third novel. I loved his previous two in particular The Wife and the Widow. White has the art of misdirection down pat and this was supremely evident when the twist in The Wife and the Widow was revealed. My jaw dropped and I had to re-read a few chapters to understand what the heck had happened! So I think I had unrealistically high expectations for this third book as it fell a little flat for me.
It's set in suburban Australia in 1989. A teenager goes missing and local high school teacher Tom Wittner thinks he can uncover the truth. There's talk of Satanic rituals and a weirdly obsessive neighbourhood watch group.
The story is quite engaging and I binged it over two sessions as soon as we arrived on holiday but the twist just didn't wow me. I definitely hadn't seen it coming but it just didn't seem believable at all. Once the second twist came the story came together but I just wasn’t satisfied and it felt a bit meh.
As I said I think this book suffered from just how much I loved his previous book. It's definitely a page turner so I'd still recommend it as a great holiday read. And I'm 100% reading whatever White writes next!
It's set in suburban Australia in 1989. A teenager goes missing and local high school teacher Tom Wittner thinks he can uncover the truth. There's talk of Satanic rituals and a weirdly obsessive neighbourhood watch group.
The story is quite engaging and I binged it over two sessions as soon as we arrived on holiday but the twist just didn't wow me. I definitely hadn't seen it coming but it just didn't seem believable at all. Once the second twist came the story came together but I just wasn’t satisfied and it felt a bit meh.
As I said I think this book suffered from just how much I loved his previous book. It's definitely a page turner so I'd still recommend it as a great holiday read. And I'm 100% reading whatever White writes next!