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A review by katykelly
The Facts of Life and Death by Belinda Bauer
3.0
Murderer/thriller story with some interesting aspects.
3.5 stars.
A man is abducting young women, threatening them with harm and then making them call their mothers. At first nobody is hurt... but that changes...
This is happening in the seaside town where Ruby lives. Close to her father and resentful of her mother who she sees as causing all her parents' problems, Ruby is glad when her father suggests she help him track down the killer.
Told from Ruby's point of view on the whole, we also see the killer and his victims, and are given insights that the other characters aren't aware of, quite early on, ratcheting up the tension of just what this means for the protagonists.
I quite enjoyed listening to this, it's a genre that works on audiobook with the first person perspective and constantly-moving plot. But in some respects it's also formulaic - motivations and a not-too-memorable denouément.
Some interesting elements, but not a standout for me.
3.5 stars.
A man is abducting young women, threatening them with harm and then making them call their mothers. At first nobody is hurt... but that changes...
This is happening in the seaside town where Ruby lives. Close to her father and resentful of her mother who she sees as causing all her parents' problems, Ruby is glad when her father suggests she help him track down the killer.
Told from Ruby's point of view on the whole, we also see the killer and his victims, and are given insights that the other characters aren't aware of, quite early on, ratcheting up the tension of just what this means for the protagonists.
I quite enjoyed listening to this, it's a genre that works on audiobook with the first person perspective and constantly-moving plot. But in some respects it's also formulaic - motivations and a not-too-memorable denouément.
Some interesting elements, but not a standout for me.