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The Distant Dead
by Heather Young
A slow burning story that will keep you haunted for days!
This is not an easy story to read, all the characters have a difficult baggage and secrets hidden from the rest of the world; drugs, abuse, family problems… But even if it’s hard, the story is full of layers of reality, none of the characters had an easy life, even Sal who is just a kid. As you start reading their stories you’ll be unable to stop thinking about them and how wrong is the society we live.
This is a psychological thriller, Adam Merkel’s body, the teacher, has appeared burned, and young boy Sal Prentiss is the one who found the cadaver. What really happened to Adam? And what part took Sal in his death? It will be Nora Wheaton, a friend, that will be the one to start investigating the case, she only wants answers, to know the truth.
The story is told between the different characters; mixing from memories from the characters and the present. This made it sometimes a little difficult to follow the story completely, but without their stories the book would not have been complete.
I really don’t know how to explain how I felt at the end of the story, it’s not a happy book but the ending felt real and in a way, deserved. Unexpected but a way to make things right for everyone. I think this is a book that will make you think and value what you’ve achieved but never forget that you can lose everything with just a bad decision.
Are you ready for “The Distant Dead”?
This is not an easy story to read, all the characters have a difficult baggage and secrets hidden from the rest of the world; drugs, abuse, family problems… But even if it’s hard, the story is full of layers of reality, none of the characters had an easy life, even Sal who is just a kid. As you start reading their stories you’ll be unable to stop thinking about them and how wrong is the society we live.
This is a psychological thriller, Adam Merkel’s body, the teacher, has appeared burned, and young boy Sal Prentiss is the one who found the cadaver. What really happened to Adam? And what part took Sal in his death? It will be Nora Wheaton, a friend, that will be the one to start investigating the case, she only wants answers, to know the truth.
The story is told between the different characters; mixing from memories from the characters and the present. This made it sometimes a little difficult to follow the story completely, but without their stories the book would not have been complete.
I really don’t know how to explain how I felt at the end of the story, it’s not a happy book but the ending felt real and in a way, deserved. Unexpected but a way to make things right for everyone. I think this is a book that will make you think and value what you’ve achieved but never forget that you can lose everything with just a bad decision.
Are you ready for “The Distant Dead”?