Scan barcode
A review by trulybooked
A Breath After Drowning by Alice Blanchard
3.0
The novel started off well, I was intrigued about what happened while cautious about the treatment of mental illness. It's always a minefield, bringing in mental illness into a novel. We usually see the most theatrical sides of illness and that's definitely the case with this novel. As such, it took me more time to get into it.
Kate is a main character who is dealing with her own demons and I feel like she was well-realized. There are moments where you see issues between the relationship and work exhaustion taking hold. These moments where Kate was trying to find her balance felt very real.
But toward the end, it lost me. There are so many things going on and I won't list them here to avoid spoilers, but there was no way that all of these things were going to get resolved.
I enjoyed reading the novel right up until about the end and then it lost me which is a terrible place for a mystery to lose you. It builds suspense exceptionally well with an almost David Lynch feel sometimes when it comes to how characters are acting, but then I lost the thread.
For more reviews like this, check out Truly Booked.
Kate is a main character who is dealing with her own demons and I feel like she was well-realized. There are moments where you see issues between the relationship and work exhaustion taking hold. These moments where Kate was trying to find her balance felt very real.
But toward the end, it lost me. There are so many things going on and I won't list them here to avoid spoilers, but there was no way that all of these things were going to get resolved.
I enjoyed reading the novel right up until about the end and then it lost me which is a terrible place for a mystery to lose you. It builds suspense exceptionally well with an almost David Lynch feel sometimes when it comes to how characters are acting, but then I lost the thread.
For more reviews like this, check out Truly Booked.