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lavanda4 's review for:
The Girl on the Platform
by Bryony Pearce
What a rollercoaster of a book! Lots going on here including a thrilling mystery, PTSD, anxiety and post partum depression, obsession and deception. It is riveting and dark and full of depth. The characters are captured very well and believably.
New mom, Bridget, and her husband Tom try to juggle caring for their daughter and life. Bridget struggles returning to work and is exhausted, mentally and physically. Through a train window on her way home from work one day she sees something she will never forget...two men kidnap a young girl in a school uniform and force her into a white van. The police are not of much help at all and Bridget suffers from nightmares about what she's seen. No one believes her, not even her mother, which compounds her nightmares. She feels she is going mad. Her life is turned upside down as she becomes obsessed. Those around her attempt to ease her burden but are unsuccessful. We are privy to her thoughts...I practically felt anxious, too!
The twists and turns and getting inside of Bridget's head, feeling her fear, are what grabbed me the most. If you enjoy seamlessly-written psychological thrillers, do read this. You will not be disappointed.
My sincere thank you to Avon Books UK and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this enthralling suspenseful book in exchange for an honest review. Much appreciated.
New mom, Bridget, and her husband Tom try to juggle caring for their daughter and life. Bridget struggles returning to work and is exhausted, mentally and physically. Through a train window on her way home from work one day she sees something she will never forget...two men kidnap a young girl in a school uniform and force her into a white van. The police are not of much help at all and Bridget suffers from nightmares about what she's seen. No one believes her, not even her mother, which compounds her nightmares. She feels she is going mad. Her life is turned upside down as she becomes obsessed. Those around her attempt to ease her burden but are unsuccessful. We are privy to her thoughts...I practically felt anxious, too!
The twists and turns and getting inside of Bridget's head, feeling her fear, are what grabbed me the most. If you enjoy seamlessly-written psychological thrillers, do read this. You will not be disappointed.
My sincere thank you to Avon Books UK and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this enthralling suspenseful book in exchange for an honest review. Much appreciated.