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Dare Me by Megan Abbott
4.0
"Beth or Coach, who do I believe when one never tells the truth and one gives me nothing but riddles?"
Dare Me is the tale of a reliable narrator caught between a friend and a mentor, which at once has a psychological bent to it before unveiling itself as pure black noir albeit subverted to take place from the perspective of a 17 year old cheerleader. The prologue tells us as much as Addy is summoned to an apartment by someone to confirm somebody is dead.
I previously tried reading this one, but it never connected with me, but having recently read Queenpin by the same author I felt I understood more what this was striving for. There is a part in the middle of the novel where things appear slightly formless and not seeming to go anywhere, but once you get through this it explodes into a fast paced noir mystery.
The above quote kind of displays where things go with you never knowing quite what to believe. Another strong book from Abbott, who I am now seeing why she is so revered in the Crime fiction community.
Dare Me is the tale of a reliable narrator caught between a friend and a mentor, which at once has a psychological bent to it before unveiling itself as pure black noir albeit subverted to take place from the perspective of a 17 year old cheerleader. The prologue tells us as much as Addy is summoned to an apartment by someone to confirm somebody is dead.
I previously tried reading this one, but it never connected with me, but having recently read Queenpin by the same author I felt I understood more what this was striving for. There is a part in the middle of the novel where things appear slightly formless and not seeming to go anywhere, but once you get through this it explodes into a fast paced noir mystery.
The above quote kind of displays where things go with you never knowing quite what to believe. Another strong book from Abbott, who I am now seeing why she is so revered in the Crime fiction community.