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A review by sharonleavy
Can Anybody Help Me? by Sinéad Crowley
4.0
I read this in one day, I couldn't put it down. Detective Sergeant Claire Boyle is pregnant, and passionate about her job. Yvonne Mulhern has recently moved to Ireland with her husband Gerry, and has a young baby. When Yvonne hears of the disappearance of a young Mum, she is certain that she has been talking to her on online parenting forum Netmammy. But will anyone listen to her? And is Claire putting her own health at risk by getting involved?
This is a brilliant debut novel. As a new Mum for the second time, the parenting forums are an all too familiar setting - the writer really did her research, it's scary how much information people share. As this story shows, anyone could be behind a screen nickname, it's very easy to pick up the slang used on boards. I'm not a fan of public parenting forums with strangers, thankfully, but if I were, I think I'd be a lot more wary after this. I was suspicious of almost everyone at one point in the book, the writer did a brilliant job of shocking me because I really didn't have it figured out. Looking forward to reading more from this author!
This is a brilliant debut novel. As a new Mum for the second time, the parenting forums are an all too familiar setting - the writer really did her research, it's scary how much information people share. As this story shows, anyone could be behind a screen nickname, it's very easy to pick up the slang used on boards. I'm not a fan of public parenting forums with strangers, thankfully, but if I were, I think I'd be a lot more wary after this. I was suspicious of almost everyone at one point in the book, the writer did a brilliant job of shocking me because I really didn't have it figured out. Looking forward to reading more from this author!