A review by readwithbells
The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
5.0
This subverted all my expectations. It’s not really a horror but it IS a true gothic and man did it keep me engaged the whole time. Usually with dual perspectives between the past and the present, it doesn’t really work for me, but the way this one was told absolutely did. This is more a story of grief then anything else and is really sad, but I loved the way everything built upon each other. Absolutely my favourite version of “be careful what you wish for”.
Loved:
- that we knew there was an entity in the pool the whole time
- the way mental health and self harm was dealt with
- the complex familial relationships
- the ending!! Was exactly what I expected and yet done in a wonderfully surprising way
- the audiobook narrators: loved having 2 of them and they both absolutely smashed it, *highly* recommend the audio version
Loved:
- that we knew there was an entity in the pool the whole time
- the way mental health and self harm was dealt with
- the complex familial relationships
- the ending!! Was exactly what I expected and yet done in a wonderfully surprising way
- the audiobook narrators: loved having 2 of them and they both absolutely smashed it, *highly* recommend the audio version
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Child death
Moderate: Infertility and Alcoholism
Minor: Terminal illness