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We Are All the Same in the Dark
Julia Heaberlin
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Thanks for stopping by. My name is Cyn and today I'm giving you my short spoiler free review of a book that was just released on 8/11.
It's been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a watchful queen on the posters on the walls of the town's Baptist church, the police station, and in the high school. They all promise the same thing: We will find you. Meanwhile, her brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah in the desolation of the old family house, cleared of wrongdoing by the police but tried and sentenced in the court of public opinion and in a new documentary about the crime.
When Wyatt finds a lost girl dumped in a field of dandelions, making silent wishes, he believes she is a sign. The town's youngest cop, Odette Tucker, believes she is a catalyst that will ignite a seething town still waiting for its own missing girl to come home. But Odette can't look away. She shares a wound that won't close with the mute, one-eyed mystery girl. And she is haunted by her own history with the missing Tru.
Desperate to solve both cases, Odette fights to save the lost girl in the present and to dig up the shocking truth about a fateful night in the past--the night her friend disappeared, the night that inspired her to become a cop, the night that wrote them all a role in the town's dark, violent mythology.
When Wyatt finds a lost girl dumped in a field of dandelions, making silent wishes, he believes she is a sign. The town's youngest cop, Odette Tucker, believes she is a catalyst that will ignite a seething town still waiting for its own missing girl to come home. But Odette can't look away. She shares a wound that won't close with the mute, one-eyed mystery girl. And she is haunted by her own history with the missing Tru.
Desperate to solve both cases, Odette fights to save the lost girl in the present and to dig up the shocking truth about a fateful night in the past--the night her friend disappeared, the night that inspired her to become a cop, the night that wrote them all a role in the town's dark, violent mythology.
To be honest this was a struggle to finish because it moved too damn slow for my tastes.I have mixed feelings with what I'll call the "pay off"at the end.
Pros:The characters(we have 3 POV's here)are very well developed but despite that, I really didn't care for any of them. The plot was intriguing and I did love the creepiness/Gothic feel.
Cons:Confusing at times and again this moved way too slow. No real surprises but then again it's rare for a book to take me unawares.
I give this three hearts (out of five).
I'd love to hear your spoiler free thoughts about this book if you've read it or another similar book you've read.
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