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A review by havdic
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
5.0
This is one hell of a book. So immersing, gut wrenching and, addicting.
Right off the bat, you already know who the bad guy is; there’s no mystery to it, you’re not looking for and trying to find the suspect—you know who it is.
Yet, you can’t stop reading, and the more you read, the faster you want to know what’s going to happen.
I wasn’t hooked at the beginning, but I honestly just became addicted to it once I got the hang of the characters and what was happening. I didn’t want to put the book down; I had to force myself to. I love the writing style of the book, I love that the time/setting switches back and forth between the past and the present, I love the character development, the psychological aspect of it, the first and last few pages where we read some of the characters as they’re in court... just everything.
Not to mention that it creeped me out so much to the point where it got me checking all the doors in my house twice more than usual, right when I woke up and especially when I was going to sleep, lol.
I appreciate the time and effort, especially the research the author had done and put in for this book all surrounding domestic abuse—the physical and mental effects of it all that the victims go through, as well as touching down on OCD and PTSD. I also love that she didn’t sugarcoat anything. The story and characters didn’t feel dragged out, or too cliche and unbelieving to the point where it felt fake—nothing of the sorts.
This is definitely going on my favorites list. I’m interested in reading more from her and I’m definitely going to be looking into her other work soon.
Right off the bat, you already know who the bad guy is; there’s no mystery to it, you’re not looking for and trying to find the suspect—you know who it is.
Yet, you can’t stop reading, and the more you read, the faster you want to know what’s going to happen.
I wasn’t hooked at the beginning, but I honestly just became addicted to it once I got the hang of the characters and what was happening. I didn’t want to put the book down; I had to force myself to. I love the writing style of the book, I love that the time/setting switches back and forth between the past and the present, I love the character development, the psychological aspect of it, the first and last few pages where we read some of the characters as they’re in court... just everything.
Not to mention that it creeped me out so much to the point where it got me checking all the doors in my house twice more than usual, right when I woke up and especially when I was going to sleep, lol.
I appreciate the time and effort, especially the research the author had done and put in for this book all surrounding domestic abuse—the physical and mental effects of it all that the victims go through, as well as touching down on OCD and PTSD. I also love that she didn’t sugarcoat anything. The story and characters didn’t feel dragged out, or too cliche and unbelieving to the point where it felt fake—nothing of the sorts.
This is definitely going on my favorites list. I’m interested in reading more from her and I’m definitely going to be looking into her other work soon.