A review by kfalls
False Witness by Karin Slaughter

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Leigh and Calli are sisters who had a devastating childhood. Now they've grown up and thought that they had put their past behind them -- of course, that's never the case. The past comes back to haunt them, and it's worse than ever. 

Karin Slaughter did not disappoint with this one! While I really enjoy the Will Trent series, I live for Slaughter's stand alone's, so I was so excited when I was approved for the audio on NetGalley. I love how different False Witness is from other books. After I heard the first chapter, I was hooked and could barely put this down. False Witness touches on so many different topics -- COVID, addiction, family/sisterhood, childhood guilt and more. Slaughter really finds a way to weave all of it together into one truly great story. I highly recommend False Witness.

Once COVID started becoming a present storyline in television, I've been wondering how I would feel about reading books about COVID. While False Witness isn't strictly about COVID, it touches on the pandemic -- there's a lot of mention of mask wearing, long haulers, etc. I thought this was really tastefully done here where it added to the storyline for sure, but definitely didn't take away from it either. I really liked Slaughter's note at the end about why she chose to include it and how COVID has affected her personally as well. 
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