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A review by emilyacollins123
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
3.0
TW: rape, sexual assault, murder, stalking, domestic violence
This is a story of a true crime podcast host who is trying something different with the 3rd season of her podcast. She details the trial of the most controversial crime- rape. This is a trial of a high school girl who is claiming she was raped by the town’s golden boy, an Olympic bound swimmer in his first year of college, who claims that it was consensual. Meanwhile, the host receives many letters from someone who believes her sister was murdered in the same town 25 years earlier and needs her help to prove it.
This book was good and I loved the podcast structure, especially in audiobook format. I was happy with how the story ended and enjoyed the unexpected connections at the end. However, I absolutely do not recommend this book for anyone who has been a victim of rape or sexual assault. I did not expect the detailed descriptions and questioning they included. I had to skip past some parts because they were just too triggering. I personally don’t enjoy fiction books that detail rape so intricately, and I don’t really support true crime podcasts, so this was not a very enjoyable read for me.
This is a story of a true crime podcast host who is trying something different with the 3rd season of her podcast. She details the trial of the most controversial crime- rape. This is a trial of a high school girl who is claiming she was raped by the town’s golden boy, an Olympic bound swimmer in his first year of college, who claims that it was consensual. Meanwhile, the host receives many letters from someone who believes her sister was murdered in the same town 25 years earlier and needs her help to prove it.
This book was good and I loved the podcast structure, especially in audiobook format. I was happy with how the story ended and enjoyed the unexpected connections at the end. However, I absolutely do not recommend this book for anyone who has been a victim of rape or sexual assault. I did not expect the detailed descriptions and questioning they included. I had to skip past some parts because they were just too triggering. I personally don’t enjoy fiction books that detail rape so intricately, and I don’t really support true crime podcasts, so this was not a very enjoyable read for me.