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A review by pretentiousbreadcrumbs
The Dry by Jane Harper
5.0
The Dry served me a remarkable way to enter 2019 and leave 2018 behind.
Set in the fictional Town of Kiewarra, Jane Harper vividly sketches the town into your psyche with vivid descriptions of the draught the town is suffering and the hardships which come with it.
Aaron Falk returns after 20 years to the small, distraught Kiewarra to attend his friends funeral, who along with his family have been caught up in what appears to be a murder-suicide. Aaron Falk has secrets of his own in Kiewarra and it doesn't take long for the small town to ensure they are not forgotten.
The pace of this story is superb; it certainly teases you, but doesn't leave you hanging for too long and it keeps its focus on the captivating elements of the story.
This book reinforced strong personal memories of perils that come with growing up in a small town which I am grateful to have left behind upon becoming a city slicker.
The Dry was hard to put down and even harder to walk away from now that I've finished it.
Jane Harper has set a very high standard for her first novel that I'm worried her future work will always be compared to this for the rest of her career.
Ultimately, The Dry is a book I would comfortably recommend to both new readers and veteran bookworms alike.
Set in the fictional Town of Kiewarra, Jane Harper vividly sketches the town into your psyche with vivid descriptions of the draught the town is suffering and the hardships which come with it.
Aaron Falk returns after 20 years to the small, distraught Kiewarra to attend his friends funeral, who along with his family have been caught up in what appears to be a murder-suicide. Aaron Falk has secrets of his own in Kiewarra and it doesn't take long for the small town to ensure they are not forgotten.
The pace of this story is superb; it certainly teases you, but doesn't leave you hanging for too long and it keeps its focus on the captivating elements of the story.
This book reinforced strong personal memories of perils that come with growing up in a small town which I am grateful to have left behind upon becoming a city slicker.
The Dry was hard to put down and even harder to walk away from now that I've finished it.
Jane Harper has set a very high standard for her first novel that I'm worried her future work will always be compared to this for the rest of her career.
Ultimately, The Dry is a book I would comfortably recommend to both new readers and veteran bookworms alike.