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Tall Bones by Anna Bailey
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
5.0
'𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦.' 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘭𝘦. '𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.'
Emma leaves her best friend Abigail at a party by the Tall Bones. Not knowing that she will never see her again. Abi's disappearance sends ripples through the small town of Whistling Ridge. Where is she?
Tall Bones absolutely took me by surprise, I was just expecting a normal thriller/mystery novel, but it was so much more than that. I am an absolute sucker for a small town, that is full to the brim with horrible people. Saying that there are a few characters you will be rooting for, just know that the majority of them are awful people 💁🏻♀️
I am absolutely shooketh that this is Anna Bailey's debut, the writing is incredible, the characters feel so real. She effortlessly juggles all of the intertwining narratives; there are so many characters in this book, but not once was I lost. They all felt like real people, with such individual personalities.
The writing style reminded me so much of Miracle Creek by Angie Kim or The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker, so if you loved either of those, you need to grab a copy of this book immediately. I mean I think every mystery lover should read it, but I am totally bias, because I loved every second of it.
Emma leaves her best friend Abigail at a party by the Tall Bones. Not knowing that she will never see her again. Abi's disappearance sends ripples through the small town of Whistling Ridge. Where is she?
Tall Bones absolutely took me by surprise, I was just expecting a normal thriller/mystery novel, but it was so much more than that. I am an absolute sucker for a small town, that is full to the brim with horrible people. Saying that there are a few characters you will be rooting for, just know that the majority of them are awful people 💁🏻♀️
I am absolutely shooketh that this is Anna Bailey's debut, the writing is incredible, the characters feel so real. She effortlessly juggles all of the intertwining narratives; there are so many characters in this book, but not once was I lost. They all felt like real people, with such individual personalities.
The writing style reminded me so much of Miracle Creek by Angie Kim or The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker, so if you loved either of those, you need to grab a copy of this book immediately. I mean I think every mystery lover should read it, but I am totally bias, because I loved every second of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence