A review by pipingroller
The Dry by Jane Harper

2.0

Overrated. Where is all the imagery of the drought?? I did not feel any oppressive heat whatsoever in the writing. I don’t know - maybe I was expecting too much due to the hype. I feel like it could have been a cross between Wake in Fright (which absolutely nailed the heat imagery and how it affects people’s personalities) with The Dressmaker (a novel which nails the small town nuances of small town folk with a long history) all wrapped up in a nifty little murder mystery. But I just couldn’t believe these characters. No swearing and Falk was so boring I just felt nothing for him.