THE BLUE HOUR
Paula Hawkins
I want to like her books, more than I do. I want my reading experiences to feel like I’m drinking to the point of drowning, all I am is thirsty.
“There’s nothing left here to decode.”
Sabrina Carpenter
THE BLUE HOUR stars Vanessa and Grace. There are other characters but these two are the only ones you need to remember. All that’s left of Vanessa are her journals, her art, and a knot of unresolved yearning in Grace’s stomach. And now a mystery surrounding her life’s work. All of it feels like an exercise in grief, none of it will feel like a resolution.
The questions raised feel like tilling a grave, and Grace dies a little every time. Will the truth ever be uncovered, or will it continue to be cast afloat, forever unmoored?
I keep going back to her although nothing has worked for me like THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN did. My reading experiences between now and then have been cold (INTO THE WATER), and hot (A SLOW FIRE BURNING), this one is right in the middle.
The material is not that interesting to me. It felt tepid and uninspiring. The characters feel inauthentic, doing and saying things that don’t reconcile. The thriller, not thrilling, the mystery, not mysterious, the writing has nothing to notate, not much to read.
Thanks to Netgalley and Mariner Books for the advanced copy!
THE BLUE HOUR…⭐️⭐️⭐️
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