A review by whatyoutolkienabout
It's Your Turn Now by Theo Baxter, Theo Baxter

5.0

It’s Your Turn Now is a pacy, edge of your seat psychological thriller that deals with some heavy topics including domestic violence. Baxter’s writing is perfectly suited to the genre and themes. You quickly feel the claustrophobic pressure put on Daisy by her husband Bruce. The pace and build is well executed with interesting, dangerous and truly unhinged characters. I personal had a bit of a tough time with Daisy, on the one hand I obviously felt for her plight and wanted her to find a way out. On the other I found that she seemed to cause, later on, more problems for herself. Turning from the victim to a sort of accomplice by keeping secrets from not only the police but Daniel as well. Of course in a way this is realistic especially when she has had to lie to keep Bruce somewhat happy for years but it seemed to go against the original portal of Daisy as someone who is utterly controlled to a bit of the a controller by keeping those in the dark. It just was something that irked me a tad but it didn’t take from the story.

I found the tension kept me hooked and towards the end I was really wondering who would survive. I particularly like the last quarter in terms of ramping up the suspense and worry. I think this was built perfectly by the characterisation and writing of the novel. If you enjoy a good, twisty psychological thriller you will love this one.