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A review by bookedbymadeline
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
This book took the “thrill” out of “thriller” 😅
There’s wayyy too many POVs (11 different characters PLUS alternating timelines plus a manuscript??). I love switching POVs but this was too much to the point that there’s too many plot points (which apparently not all of them get solved in the end), and I can’t connect with a single person.
This book could use a HEAVY round of edits/cuts to focus on a few things, it tried to do way too much and I simply was not interested. I couldn’t keep up with everyone and the POVs switched too quickly and too often for me to understand any of what was going on.
I loved Girl on the Train, didn’t love or hate Slow Fire Burning, and so after DNFing this I think Hawkins was just a one hit author for me and I won’t read anymore from her
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship