A review by acornsbooksandcoffee
Killingly by Katharine Beutner

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Killingly explores the true story of a young women that went missing from Mount Holyoke College in 1897. Killingly explores the relationships of Bertha Mellish and the effect her disappearance had on their lives. At its heart, this is a story about women in a time when they were not free to be themselves. The approach is pretty literary, focusing more on the characters than the mystery.