A review by michbella17
White Bodies by Jane Robins
3.0
I was very intrigued by the synopsis of this book and was so happy when I was approved for an ARC. I will give Robin's debut 3.5 stars. Our protagonist, Callie is seemingly already obsessed with her sister but becomes even more obsessed when she's certain her sister's husband is super controlling and abusive. Callie then gets dragged into the website, controllingmen.com that is an online support group for people that have loved ones in abusive relationships.
I found this story dragged me in right away. The first chapter opens with Felix's funeral and Callie fells responsible for his death and she is shocked that the police haven't come to find her yet. The story then backs up to when Tilda and Felix have just met and have just started dating. I found it a slow build-up to Felix's death again. Some chapters in the first half flip back to when Callie and Tilda were kids, giving the reader a glimpse into the weird dysfunctional relationship these two sisters have. The second half was more exciting.
I did like the writing style of Robins. It was a good mixture of description and dialogue. The story is told in first person POV of Callie. Within a few chapters I was pretty certain I had the ending figured out and for the most part I was right. I feel I must comment on Callie's "weird behaviour" that she starts as a little girl and I must say this was one of the weirdest things a character in any book I've read has ever done and I just didn't get how it added to the story or was needed.
Thank you to NetGalley for approving me for this ARC.
I found this story dragged me in right away. The first chapter opens with Felix's funeral and Callie fells responsible for his death and she is shocked that the police haven't come to find her yet. The story then backs up to when Tilda and Felix have just met and have just started dating. I found it a slow build-up to Felix's death again. Some chapters in the first half flip back to when Callie and Tilda were kids, giving the reader a glimpse into the weird dysfunctional relationship these two sisters have. The second half was more exciting.
I did like the writing style of Robins. It was a good mixture of description and dialogue. The story is told in first person POV of Callie. Within a few chapters I was pretty certain I had the ending figured out and for the most part I was right. I feel I must comment on Callie's "weird behaviour" that she starts as a little girl and I must say this was one of the weirdest things a character in any book I've read has ever done and I just didn't get how it added to the story or was needed.
Thank you to NetGalley for approving me for this ARC.