Review by greatexpectations77 - Lay Your Body Down

greatexpectations77 's review for:

Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

SISTREN. !!!! It's been a bit since I listened to an audiobook that made me want to sneak little 10-second bits at a time because I couldn't bear to be away from it. I was enthralled, and as an ex-evangelical church girly, everything about this was delicious. I read a lot of mystery/thriller books where there's physical violence, which is of course very scary and makes the MC feel unsafe. But I loved that in this book, so much of the violence was sneaky and quiet. It's making sure that no one believes you. It's separating you from your parents. It's telling you that you were born a disgusting slut and that you have to use every minute of your life to distance yourself from that. And I think it takes a really careful and talented writer to make a reader feel just as scared of these sneaky manipulations as of physical violence. I can't wait to read more by this author. And the narrator was such a good fit. Ooh! What a good time. Perfect book for the weird tradwife moment that we're having.

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