The Daughter - Lucy Dawson 5/5 stars
The Daughter is an interesting book with an interesting premise, but I don't think you can call it straight up a straight up suspense thriller despite there being moments where it does follow the pattern. It's a novel filled with emotion, and decisions that no one should be forced to make especially after losing a child. When you have a book like this it's easy to latch onto a specific theme to hook your readers, and toward the last half of the book we find Dawson switching gears a bit and hit us with an interesting twist. Of course at the forefront the drive, and motivating force is all about the emotional impact key decisions cause.
While I did enjoy The Daughter, there are certain things that really made me roll my eyes. The thing is, I get the why, but it just doesn't come off as believable. Case in point the scene in the restaurant in which Jess tells Simon good-bye. While it shows the anguish Simon's wife is going through, it just isn't realistic or even possible. When you get to the scene, you'll know what I mean, and time wise? There's no way it could ever happen. Despite that, and a few other minor issues, it's still a great book. Dawson knows exactly how to pace the novel so you read it not knowing what's going to happen. From the premise we know something's about to happen and when it does, it's really shocking because it's unexpected and adds to the tension of the story.
Jess shouldn't be a character we like, but you can't help it given the fact that she just lost her daughter. We know she's made some mistakes, but Dawson gives her a vulnerability that makes you almost forget what's she's done. It's Simon's wife who is the villain in all of this. Sure, she has a reason for being angry, but she comes off as totally insane, which would make a lot of sense given the circumstances. These are all great characters that really propel the story along. No one sits in the background, not once. They all add something to the arc of the story and as the novel concludes, these are more than just characters. These are people you've come to know, and can't help but wonder how the story ends.
It's an excellent book full of twists and turns. It has just about everything you could want in a thriller without being totally predictable. It has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing which is exactly what a suspense thriller is supposed to do, and there's that whole emotional aspect which some people will become attached to. The thing is, it feels like a story that could really happen even with the moments that cause you to roll your eyes.
The Daughter is an interesting book with an interesting premise, but I don't think you can call it straight up a straight up suspense thriller despite there being moments where it does follow the pattern. It's a novel filled with emotion, and decisions that no one should be forced to make especially after losing a child. When you have a book like this it's easy to latch onto a specific theme to hook your readers, and toward the last half of the book we find Dawson switching gears a bit and hit us with an interesting twist. Of course at the forefront the drive, and motivating force is all about the emotional impact key decisions cause.
While I did enjoy The Daughter, there are certain things that really made me roll my eyes. The thing is, I get the why, but it just doesn't come off as believable. Case in point the scene in the restaurant in which Jess tells Simon good-bye. While it shows the anguish Simon's wife is going through, it just isn't realistic or even possible. When you get to the scene, you'll know what I mean, and time wise? There's no way it could ever happen. Despite that, and a few other minor issues, it's still a great book. Dawson knows exactly how to pace the novel so you read it not knowing what's going to happen. From the premise we know something's about to happen and when it does, it's really shocking because it's unexpected and adds to the tension of the story.
Jess shouldn't be a character we like, but you can't help it given the fact that she just lost her daughter. We know she's made some mistakes, but Dawson gives her a vulnerability that makes you almost forget what's she's done. It's Simon's wife who is the villain in all of this. Sure, she has a reason for being angry, but she comes off as totally insane, which would make a lot of sense given the circumstances. These are all great characters that really propel the story along. No one sits in the background, not once. They all add something to the arc of the story and as the novel concludes, these are more than just characters. These are people you've come to know, and can't help but wonder how the story ends.
It's an excellent book full of twists and turns. It has just about everything you could want in a thriller without being totally predictable. It has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing which is exactly what a suspense thriller is supposed to do, and there's that whole emotional aspect which some people will become attached to. The thing is, it feels like a story that could really happen even with the moments that cause you to roll your eyes.
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