A review by tyreadsbooks_
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

"𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯."

(Thanks to @prhaudio for the gifted audiobook) 

✦ Read if you like :

~ morbid curiosity 

~ mysterious deaths

~ hints of supernatural 

~ 10+ POVs

~ eerie, closely knit English villages

~ slow burn

~ closets full of skeletons 

✦ My Thoughts :

This book has been on my TBR forever. I’m so glad I waited until spooky season to finally pick it up! It had a haunted, eerie vibe that was exactly what I was looking for. I loved reading the lore around the drowning pool & got really invested in the many mysteries surrounding the deaths of several young women spanning decades. 

Before you dive into the murky waters of this novel, be warned - there is a huge cast of characters. With 10+ narrators, I won’t lie, I got a bit confused at first. I had to make a few notes to keep track of who was who. But once I got a handle on them, I found unraveling all the motives & interconnected backstories so satisfying. 

If you are in the mood for an intricately crafted plot & some spooky suspense, add this one to your shelf!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder