S.K. Tremayne: The Drowning Hour

Hannah is stuck on an island. She can't get out of there because she's afraid of water. Luckily, the hotel she works at is located on this same island. A few months earlier, several hotel guests drowned. What exactly happened?

I've read S.K. Tremayne's books before, but The Drowning Hour is the worst of them. The book is absolutely incredibly boring, most of the text can be skipped without a worry. The events of the entire book could be condensed into a few sentences and nothing would be lost.

I already knew in advance that I wouldn't like this book, since the basic plot of the entire book is not interesting at all. I guess I should have skipped it.

And again, those characters are just disgusting. And of course, so sad and depressing.

 

Ashley Audrain: The Whispers

But sometimes it's the good people who do the worst things.

If you think that you want a child and/or a relationship, this book might change your mind.

A boy falls out of his window in the middle of the night, and is left hanging between life and death. What really happened? And what's wrong with the lives of the families in a seemingly idyllic neighborhood?

I didn't like the way Ashley Audrain's book The Whispers begins. Suddenly, a large number of people are thrust into the reader's face at once. Yes, the characters become familiar, but the beginning is difficult.

I probably read this book in less than a day. The whole time I was plagued by a heavy feeling, and I had to remind myself that it was because of this book, and not because of my own life. So this is yet another book about the depressing lives of depressing people.

 

I didn't even remember that I had read this author's previous book, The Push, which also deals with dark family drama.