A review by unhingedfemaleprotagonist
The Return by Rachel Harrison

4.0

I can relate to each member of the friend group at the center of The Return at some point in my life. Protagonist Elise doesn't want to let go of a friendship that clearly over. Julie wants to drag Elise down with her, because she also can't face that it's time to let go. Mae wants to classify everyone else into neat little boxes that fit her idea of them. Molly sticks around out of some sort of guilty obligation. It's not a lighthearted book - but it is horror after all.....The most horrifying part of which is the reality that Harrison captures here: life is messy. Female friendships, even moreso.