A review by ellie_egg
They Drown Our Daughters, by Katrina Monroe
5.0
Thank you to Sourcebooks and Goodreads for the Kindle copy!
Wow this book! First of all, it's always so enjoyable to read books set in my home state. Funny enough, my parents had just returned from a trip to Cape Disappointment when I won this book.
Secondly, I loved the horror and thriller aspects of this book. I think the other media I most closesly relate this book to are Mike Flanagan's amazing shows The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Haunting of Hill House. The family relationships reminded me a lot of the Crain family, and the "mermaid" definitely reminded me of the lady in the lake, even before we know the mermaid's identity.
The only real issue I had was with the later portions on the island. It felt kind of muddled and almost took me out of it. But the ending brought it all back to me, and hit me right in the feels.
I would highly recommend this book, and I am so happy to have it be my 150th book of the year!
Wow this book! First of all, it's always so enjoyable to read books set in my home state. Funny enough, my parents had just returned from a trip to Cape Disappointment when I won this book.
Secondly, I loved the horror and thriller aspects of this book. I think the other media I most closesly relate this book to are Mike Flanagan's amazing shows The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Haunting of Hill House. The family relationships reminded me a lot of the Crain family, and the "mermaid" definitely reminded me of the lady in the lake, even before we know the mermaid's identity.
The only real issue I had was with the later portions on the island. It felt kind of muddled and almost took me out of it. But the ending brought it all back to me, and hit me right in the feels.
I would highly recommend this book, and I am so happy to have it be my 150th book of the year!