Published by Bookouture Genres: Adult Fiction, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
This was an original, captivating and thought-provoking book.
What would you do if you became invisible? Rachel Ryder has been married for twenty-seven years and has two children. One night she walked into her kitchen and realized that she has become invisible to the people in her life. No one in her life pays attention to her anymore, they don’t listen to her. Can they even see her at all? She has been busy raising her children, taking care of her household that even she has lost sight of who she was years earlier.
Plus, she has an interest in violent crimes that have been happening in her area. She keeps track of the news and crimes. She even devotes a book to them. She feels for the victims and all who have been affected by the crimes. They are not the only ones she feels for. She also feels for a homeless man, and others who like her are invisible in society.
Further complicating her life, a skinny young woman has moved next door, Rachel’s daughter is moody, her husband is not paying attention to her, and she is losing periods of time where she can’t recall what occurred.
Rachel narrates her section of the book while the other sections are notes/transcripts of Amanda, a forensic psychiatrist who is interviewing Rachel. She is not the only one interviewed in this book, Rachel’s husband, her daughter, her friend Lisa and Ingrid, her neighbor are all interviewed as well. These sections were my favorite sections of the book.
It might seem as if I have told you a lot about this book but there is so much more. If you feel the beginning is slow as I did, I assure you that if you keep reading, you will see the brilliance of S.E. Lynes storytelling. There are several things/themes addressed in this book which I will not mention as I do not want to give anything away. I think this is a book that one should read with only the synopsis to go on.
Original and thought-provoking, this book started a little slow for me but once I hit my stride around the halfway mark, I could not put it down. There are some twist turns and revelations and it becomes apparent that Rachel is not the only invisible person in the book.
Well written, well thought out, interesting and thought-provoking.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.