A review by felinesandfelonies
The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean

4.0

I saw this recommended on someone's FB page so I decided to pick it up. Jane (her name is not Jane) is a Vietnamese woman who is a victim of human trafficking. She is sold to Lenn as his wife & endures seven years in captivity while continuing her effort to escape. The book was really good until the end. I feel like there was so much potential for a story that focuses on one of the biggest human rights issues of our time. Unfortunately, the resolution was unbelievable. And I wish Dean had done was spend a little more time developing the backstory of the characters. I would have liked to know more about Lenn's Norman Bates-like obsession with his mother.



Trigger Warnings: Rape, drug use, sexual abuse, domestic violence