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A review by honeybeejoyous
Second Sight by Aoife Clifford
3.0
I first pulled [b:Second Sight|41817435|Second Sight|Aoife Clifford|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551604850l/41817435._SY75_.jpg|61417792] off the “crime” shelf in my local secondhand bookstore because the cover caught my eye. Reading the summary, I was even more intrigued. This book is about Eliza Carmody, a woman who returns to the small town where she grew up for a work assignment, but ends up being the primary witness in a police case. As things get more complicated, Eliza finds herself revisiting the mystery of her best friend’s disappearance years ago and it starts to seem like everything is more complicated than she previously thought.
[b:Second Sight|41817435|Second Sight|Aoife Clifford|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551604850l/41817435._SY75_.jpg|61417792] called to mind a few other books I’ve read this year. It reminded me of [b:Sharp Objects|18045891|Sharp Objects|Gillian Flynn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1475695315l/18045891._SY75_.jpg|3801] in that it’s the story of a woman who returns to her small town on the biggest assignment of her career, only to become involved in a mystery she wasn’t expecting, one that seems to run deep in the town’s veins and even involve her own family members. The novel reminded me of [b:All the Missing Girls|23212667|All the Missing Girls|Megan Miranda|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1452098621l/23212667._SY75_.jpg|42755300] in that it’s the story of a woman returning to her small town and reliving (and investigating her role in) the tragic events from a summer from her youth. [b:Second Sight|41817435|Second Sight|Aoife Clifford|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551604850l/41817435._SY75_.jpg|61417792] is a bit of a slow burn and the pieces to the puzzle take a long time to fall into place, but the last quarter of the book is quite page-turning. [a:Aoife Clifford|14677688|Aoife Clifford|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1447649118p2/14677688.jpg]’s novel is the classic story of how nobody is who they seem in a small town and the events that happen in your childhood are often far more complicated than they seem. It was a good story and I found the mystery itself to be intriguing and satisfying, even if the story format is a bit overdone.
Note: This book is set in Australia, which most people could probably figure out. My brain is used to “small town” = American south so it took me longer than it should have. I was confused about why people were going to the beach on New Year’s Eve, but it became clear when they started talking about kangaroos. If you’re also geographically challenged, know it’s not just you!
Trigger warning for a description of rape in this book.
[b:Second Sight|41817435|Second Sight|Aoife Clifford|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551604850l/41817435._SY75_.jpg|61417792] called to mind a few other books I’ve read this year. It reminded me of [b:Sharp Objects|18045891|Sharp Objects|Gillian Flynn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1475695315l/18045891._SY75_.jpg|3801] in that it’s the story of a woman who returns to her small town on the biggest assignment of her career, only to become involved in a mystery she wasn’t expecting, one that seems to run deep in the town’s veins and even involve her own family members. The novel reminded me of [b:All the Missing Girls|23212667|All the Missing Girls|Megan Miranda|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1452098621l/23212667._SY75_.jpg|42755300] in that it’s the story of a woman returning to her small town and reliving (and investigating her role in) the tragic events from a summer from her youth. [b:Second Sight|41817435|Second Sight|Aoife Clifford|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551604850l/41817435._SY75_.jpg|61417792] is a bit of a slow burn and the pieces to the puzzle take a long time to fall into place, but the last quarter of the book is quite page-turning. [a:Aoife Clifford|14677688|Aoife Clifford|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1447649118p2/14677688.jpg]’s novel is the classic story of how nobody is who they seem in a small town and the events that happen in your childhood are often far more complicated than they seem. It was a good story and I found the mystery itself to be intriguing and satisfying, even if the story format is a bit overdone.
Note: This book is set in Australia, which most people could probably figure out. My brain is used to “small town” = American south so it took me longer than it should have. I was confused about why people were going to the beach on New Year’s Eve, but it became clear when they started talking about kangaroos. If you’re also geographically challenged, know it’s not just you!
Trigger warning for a description of rape in this book.