A review by rkmelcher
The Abstainer by Ian McGuire

3.0

The last third is a bit slow-going, and the ending is rather harsh and unsatisfying. Not to say it needed a happy ending, but it needed something more. A bit of a shame, given the first two-thirds are pretty page-turning, and the book as a whole is unsurprisingly terrifically well-written. A bit of a letdown after The North Water, but still an overall good read.