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A review by kmadnick90
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
4.0
3.5 rounded up which is HARD because Jennifer McMahon is a favorite of mine and her books usually hit so hard.
Something about this one didn't fully connect with me. For the first 60% I felt almost non committed to the story. But man that last 40% was fantastic.
As always, in any book from McMahon, she sets you up perfectly to think you have the twist figured out only to realize you were ALMOST THERE but also NOT AT ALL. So you get to be shocked and also pleasantly surprised with yourself for ALMOST getting it.
The one thing that was really missing that her books usually have was the atmosphere. McMahon is known her the creepy, small town, haunting, almost suffocating atmospheric tension, and that was non existent in this book. HOWEVER I do think that has more to do with this plot and I applaud her for trying out a completely different type of story idea than usual while still sticking with her 2 timeline staple.
Now that I'm writing this I'm realizing I liked it more than I thought I did...you can always count on a Jennifer McMahon book to throw you into an existential crisis while also giving you the creeps.
Something about this one didn't fully connect with me. For the first 60% I felt almost non committed to the story. But man that last 40% was fantastic.
As always, in any book from McMahon, she sets you up perfectly to think you have the twist figured out only to realize you were ALMOST THERE but also NOT AT ALL. So you get to be shocked and also pleasantly surprised with yourself for ALMOST getting it.
The one thing that was really missing that her books usually have was the atmosphere. McMahon is known her the creepy, small town, haunting, almost suffocating atmospheric tension, and that was non existent in this book. HOWEVER I do think that has more to do with this plot and I applaud her for trying out a completely different type of story idea than usual while still sticking with her 2 timeline staple.
Now that I'm writing this I'm realizing I liked it more than I thought I did...you can always count on a Jennifer McMahon book to throw you into an existential crisis while also giving you the creeps.