A barely-functioning alcoholic journalist stumbles across one of the country’s biggest news stories of fifteen years ago in a vegetative state. Alex Dale is determined to find out exactly what happened to Amy Stevenson, and this book takes us through her experience.
I was gripped from the start, and the opening chapter immediately sets up an intriguing idea. We have so many questions, which we are made to wait a while for…
Alex was a character that I could imagine to be unbearable in life, yet her frailty and vulnerability was laid bare as we progressed through the novel.
The thriller element of this did have me a little wrong-footed. I did not guess who it was, but I was bothered by the fact that the guilty party seemed to be so mysterious throughout.
On occasion, I had to reread sections just to be completely clear whose viewpoint we were getting.
Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy