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A review by slebs55
The Drowning by J.P. Smith
3.0
OK, so my first thoughts with this book were, "Who the F leaves an 8 years old, who can't swim, on a raft in the middle on a freaking lake??!?!"... Alex Mason that's who.
So let's recap here to how we get to poor little Joey alone on a raft.
Alex Mason is a counselor at Camp Waukeelo, and also the camp swim instructor. Alex made a promise that ALL his campers would be swimming by the end of summer. Alex failed to consider children who are just too scared of water. Frustrated by Joey's fear to swim, Alex throws Joey in the lake, swims him over to the raft in the deep part, and tells him to either swim back or stay on the raft and die. (Kinda harsh, who employed this jerk to be a counselor for young kids?!?)
Welp, guess what ladies and gents, Alex forgets about Joey on the raft until hours later. By this time Joey is gone and no one knows where he went. Divers and rescuers searched lake and land, but little Joey was never seen or heard from again.
The books then fast forwards 21 years when Alex is at the top of his game. He owns a multi-million dollar real estate investment company specializing in the Hotel industry. He is married to a gorgeous wife and has two daughters.
What starts as taunting and vandalism, quickly escalates to more sinister endings. Someone out there wants Alex to remember Joey and what Alex did to him. From blood in his pool, to cryptic messages, some one is playing Alex. The taunts slowly start to unhinge Alex, and make him become his own worst enemy.
**
This was a nice quick easy read. I will admit the ending threw me off my game a bit. The title "The Drowning" is explained; but in a much different way that I anticipated. Everything was detailed and explained thoroughly throughout the book; but the ending didn't hold as much thoughtfulness in concluding everything. Just seemed to be quickly wrapped up; which left me with a bit too unanswered.
So let's recap here to how we get to poor little Joey alone on a raft.
Alex Mason is a counselor at Camp Waukeelo, and also the camp swim instructor. Alex made a promise that ALL his campers would be swimming by the end of summer. Alex failed to consider children who are just too scared of water. Frustrated by Joey's fear to swim, Alex throws Joey in the lake, swims him over to the raft in the deep part, and tells him to either swim back or stay on the raft and die. (Kinda harsh, who employed this jerk to be a counselor for young kids?!?)
Welp, guess what ladies and gents, Alex forgets about Joey on the raft until hours later. By this time Joey is gone and no one knows where he went. Divers and rescuers searched lake and land, but little Joey was never seen or heard from again.
The books then fast forwards 21 years when Alex is at the top of his game. He owns a multi-million dollar real estate investment company specializing in the Hotel industry. He is married to a gorgeous wife and has two daughters.
What starts as taunting and vandalism, quickly escalates to more sinister endings. Someone out there wants Alex to remember Joey and what Alex did to him. From blood in his pool, to cryptic messages, some one is playing Alex. The taunts slowly start to unhinge Alex, and make him become his own worst enemy.
**
This was a nice quick easy read. I will admit the ending threw me off my game a bit. The title "The Drowning" is explained; but in a much different way that I anticipated. Everything was detailed and explained thoroughly throughout the book; but the ending didn't hold as much thoughtfulness in concluding everything. Just seemed to be quickly wrapped up; which left me with a bit too unanswered.