A review by misha_ali
Amen Maxine by Faith Gardner

5.0

My favorite kind of thriller is when it's small-scale, domestic, and contains very reasonable-sounding unreliable narrators - just enough to confuse you about who's telling the truth or whose point of view can be depended upon. I also enjoyed adding in flavors of an AI assistant that claims to be able to predict things with a certain amount of accuracy. Add to that the fact that the main character, Rowena, has a history of mental illness, and is stuck out in the suburbs of California without anyone impartial to talk to about what she's thinking, and you have a fantastic thriller.