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A review by ridleyreadsthings
Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
TW FOR BULLYING
4.5
I'm a big fan of true crime podcasts so when I came across this on booktube I was instantly intrigued.
Told in the form of a podcast, with each episode an interview with someone with a different insight into events, investigative Scott King attempts to shine light onto the disappearance and death of teenager Tom Jeffries, almost two decades before.
Filled with tension, conspiracies, folk ledgends - each episode brings a new revelation while Mr.King leaves it up to us to work out who is lying, and who is telling the truth.
This was so fast paced i could hardly put it down. It is split between the Interveiw between King and his guest, the pov of one of the boys who discovered the body as he deals with the ramifications of the podcast in present day, and the events that led him and his mates to discover the boy of Tom back in 1997.
Part murder mystery, part character study, each page brings up more questions that answers as the past and present, fact and myth collide. To me this was a really unique way of telling a story. It kept me guessing throughout as I had no way of telling which way the hammer was going to fall.
It wasn't chock full of facts and evidence either which sometimes bogs down podcasts for me. It was just simply six different versions of events of how those people experienced them and as you gain more insight, you start to draw your own conclusions of who killed Tom Jeffries; was it his fellow campers? The adults looking over them? The local "oddball?" Or some sinister urban ledgend lurking in the woods.
It didn't shy away from the real life horror of bullying and how the consequences of actions can ripple out and touch many lives in many different ways.
I thoroughly enjoyed this and fans of Serial, My favourite murder and a good girls guide to murder will love this. I fully intend to pick up the rest of the series later this year.
4.5
I'm a big fan of true crime podcasts so when I came across this on booktube I was instantly intrigued.
Told in the form of a podcast, with each episode an interview with someone with a different insight into events, investigative Scott King attempts to shine light onto the disappearance and death of teenager Tom Jeffries, almost two decades before.
Filled with tension, conspiracies, folk ledgends - each episode brings a new revelation while Mr.King leaves it up to us to work out who is lying, and who is telling the truth.
This was so fast paced i could hardly put it down. It is split between the Interveiw between King and his guest, the pov of one of the boys who discovered the body as he deals with the ramifications of the podcast in present day, and the events that led him and his mates to discover the boy of Tom back in 1997.
Part murder mystery, part character study, each page brings up more questions that answers as the past and present, fact and myth collide. To me this was a really unique way of telling a story. It kept me guessing throughout as I had no way of telling which way the hammer was going to fall.
It wasn't chock full of facts and evidence either which sometimes bogs down podcasts for me. It was just simply six different versions of events of how those people experienced them and as you gain more insight, you start to draw your own conclusions of who killed Tom Jeffries; was it his fellow campers? The adults looking over them? The local "oddball?" Or some sinister urban ledgend lurking in the woods.
It didn't shy away from the real life horror of bullying and how the consequences of actions can ripple out and touch many lives in many different ways.
I thoroughly enjoyed this and fans of Serial, My favourite murder and a good girls guide to murder will love this. I fully intend to pick up the rest of the series later this year.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying