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A review by vagaybond
My Murder by Katie Williams
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
(Major spoilers, entire suspense level spoilers.) The protagonist turns out to have not really died, and meets the alternate version of herself. This might be a bit too much unreality for some. The other version of herself who she found had ran away to abandon her family on an impulse because of postpartum depression. There are also significant parts of the story where it is suspected that the protagonist's husband had murdered her. There are graphic descriptions of the different possibilities that the protagonist envisions. There is also a scene with a break-in, and a probably traumatized teenager as the witness who is coached into lying about what happened . Postpartum depression, early motherhood (and guilt relating to not being a good enough mother), some weird corporate PR exploitation, murder and descriptions of that, among other things, are all major themes in the story.