Title: A Breath After Drowning
Author: Alice Blanchard
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
Pages: 441 (Paperback)
Publisher: Titan Books
Publication date: April 10th, 2018
Synopsis from A Breath After Drowning's Goodreads page
The stunning new psychological thriller from the award-winning author of Darkness Peering and The Breathtaker.
Child psychiatrist Kate Wolfe's world comes crashing down when one of her young patients commits suicide, so when a troubled girl is left at the hospital ward, she doubts her ability to help. But the girl knows things about Kate's past, things she shouldn't know, forcing Kate to face the murky evidence surrounding her own sister's murder sixteen years before, bringing Kate face to face with her deepest fear.
THOUGHTS
I received a finished copy from Penguin Random House in exchange for an honest review - Thank you Penguin!
I have always been a fan of a good murder mystery (I am a die-hard fan of Agatha Christie's books), as well as psychological thrillers. Lately, all I want to read is thrillers! However, I do sometimes find it hard to find a good one that feels different from all the other thrillers that are out there lately. This one is one of those ones that is different, and is really well done!
This book is not a small one - it is a larger thriller, and that made me a bit hesitant going into it. I normally like smaller ones, where there is less details so the details that are there are important. That being said, I FLEW through this book, in 3 days!
I really enjoyed every aspect of this book - I loved how the main character is a child psychologist, and how she slowly starts believing that she is going crazy and losing her mind. I love how we get to see her slow descent into her (supposed) madness (everything makes sense in the end - but there's no spoilers here, so you will have to read the book to find out!)
I also love how the characters were so well thought out; they are all extremely important and there isn't any extra characters sitting around. I love thrillers and mysteries where the author is able to hide the killer in plain sight, not in the background. It really makes the twist at the end more exciting, and more memorable!
The plot itself was also really well done. It was fast-paced and memorable, and every aspect of the plot had some significance. It was very well written, and I loved every part of it.
When I also received this book from Penguin, they sent me a vial with some fake blonde hair in it, as well as a fake hospital bracelet. I was so confused as to why they sent those things, until I read the book, and everything made sense in the end! It really was well thought out to send me those things, because it made me want to get to the end to see why they had sent them to me!
This was my first Alice Blanchard book, and I really want to get my hands on her other books, especially if they are at the same level of amazing as this one was!
Overall - ★★★★☆.5
Synopsis from A Breath After Drowning's Goodreads page
The stunning new psychological thriller from the award-winning author of Darkness Peering and The Breathtaker.
Child psychiatrist Kate Wolfe's world comes crashing down when one of her young patients commits suicide, so when a troubled girl is left at the hospital ward, she doubts her ability to help. But the girl knows things about Kate's past, things she shouldn't know, forcing Kate to face the murky evidence surrounding her own sister's murder sixteen years before, bringing Kate face to face with her deepest fear.
THOUGHTS
I have always been a fan of a good murder mystery (I am a die-hard fan of Agatha Christie's books), as well as psychological thrillers. Lately, all I want to read is thrillers! However, I do sometimes find it hard to find a good one that feels different from all the other thrillers that are out there lately. This one is one of those ones that is different, and is really well done!
This book is not a small one - it is a larger thriller, and that made me a bit hesitant going into it. I normally like smaller ones, where there is less details so the details that are there are important. That being said, I FLEW through this book, in 3 days!
I really enjoyed every aspect of this book - I loved how the main character is a child psychologist, and how she slowly starts believing that she is going crazy and losing her mind. I love how we get to see her slow descent into her (supposed) madness (everything makes sense in the end - but there's no spoilers here, so you will have to read the book to find out!)
I also love how the characters were so well thought out; they are all extremely important and there isn't any extra characters sitting around. I love thrillers and mysteries where the author is able to hide the killer in plain sight, not in the background. It really makes the twist at the end more exciting, and more memorable!
The plot itself was also really well done. It was fast-paced and memorable, and every aspect of the plot had some significance. It was very well written, and I loved every part of it.
When I also received this book from Penguin, they sent me a vial with some fake blonde hair in it, as well as a fake hospital bracelet. I was so confused as to why they sent those things, until I read the book, and everything made sense in the end! It really was well thought out to send me those things, because it made me want to get to the end to see why they had sent them to me!
This was my first Alice Blanchard book, and I really want to get my hands on her other books, especially if they are at the same level of amazing as this one was!
Overall - ★★★★☆.5
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