A review by macrosinthemitten
Flight Risk by Joy Castro

4.0

Another Amazon First Reads book about Isabel and her seemingly perfect life with her doctor husband in Chicago but who is hiding some terrible secrets about her past. Isabel lives the good life, wealthy and privileged, working as an artist and playing the role of doctor’s wife. When she receives a call that her mother has died, she returns to the mountains of West Virginia where she grew up. Flipping between the past and present, the reader is drawn into the world of poverty and the difficulties of growing up as part of “the system”. While at times the book could get a little preachy, I loved Isabel’s character. She was strong and independent, learned survival from a young age, and yet is haunted by grief and the knowledge of what it’s like to be truly alone. I feel like there were a few loose ends that never really god resolved, but overall, I really liked this book.