Into the Water review

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betrayal, Death, family, Guilt, Infidelity, Lies, Relationships, secrets, Water

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Book Nook. Today we are going to be doing a review on Into the Water by Paula Hawkins. Hawkins is also the author of Girl on the Train which was turned into a movie starring Emily Blunt. If you want to read my review of the book click here and my review of the movie click here. Before we get into it I encourage you to comment down below and tell me your thoughts. Also make sure you follow my blog so you don’t miss any or my reviews in the future. So, without futher ado, let’s get started.

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Nel Abbot is a young woman found dead in the river in her small town; the river that has claimed that has claimed the lives of young women for years. Nel’s sister, Jules, is forced to return to town to take care of her niece, Lena. As the police investigate the circumstances of Nel’s death secrets surrounding the deaths of the other women are revealed.

After reading Girl on the Train I didn’t have high hopes for this book. Girl on the Train and Into the Water were both recommended to me because I read Gone Girl. Because Gone Girl was so crazy I immediately thought Girl on the Train would be the same but it wasn’t. That’s not to say it wasn’t a good read. Anyway, this book didn’t do it for me. For one thing it had too many POVs. I think the reason for this was so that the reader would have a variety of potential killers to choose from. However, it ended up being confusing and unnecessary in my opinion. I also didn’t like that somehow eveyone in the town was connected. It didn’t seem realistic. Again, I believe the story was written this way to keep the reader on their toes. I also noticed how similar Jules was to the character of Nicki. Nicki is an older woman who claims she’s psychic and talks to her deceased sister Jeannie. Throughout the book it seems as though Jules has a habit of speaking to her deceased sister, Nel. I wished that the story would’ve elaborated on this aspect. On whether or not Jules is “communicating” with Nel because of her guilt or because there’s a mental reason. I also didn’t like how essentially every man in the story blamed a woman for his problems. Buts that’s a minor issue.

What I was hoping for was a thrill story. Something that would give me an adrenaline rush like with Gone Girl and Girl on the Train. Unfortunately, that did not happen. I did like the surprise ending but that’s about it.

As I said before, I wasn’t really feeling this book. The pacing was good, however, but after a while one could kind of guess where the plot of the story was going.

Overall, I give it a 2/5.

Until next time!