Even though this is a relatively short read in comparison to the average book, I found myself going back and re-reading certain sections, mainly to see if I could see the end coming but also because the author does a really great job of flipping between multiple POV’s.
We start in an airport where our unnamed narrator waits as their flight is delayed, they then meet Jeff, who is an old college acquaintance who then subsequently invites him to wait out the delay in the first class lounge.
I really like the style of the book, it reminds me of the old strangers revealing their secrets to each other trope, think Forrest Gump but with a few less chocolates!
Following this style we then get into our story where Jeff takes the lead and starts to tell our narrator his “never before told” story. It takes place 20 years before, where Jeff saved the life of a man drowning in the ocean.
Jeff saves an LA art dealer called Francis, and Jeff who feels somehow entitled to check on him start to entwine himself in his life. Francis never knows of Jeff’s true identity as his saviour during this time and Jeff uses this to learn about him, become part of his life and check that the man he saved is doing ok!
The multiple POV’s help us to put space between the characters, especially between the narrator and Jeff as our doubt starts to rise on whether or not the characters and their stories can be trusted or are in fact wholly accurate!
This is where I found myself popping back to certain sections to re-read information and incidents even before I got to the last few pages, and the last line of the book, I didn’t really see it coming and for that reason I loved it.
I recommend this if you like a good psychological thriller, it's short and sweet so cuts out most unnecessary plot points and filler and really leaves you rethinking a lot at the end of the book.
We start in an airport where our unnamed narrator waits as their flight is delayed, they then meet Jeff, who is an old college acquaintance who then subsequently invites him to wait out the delay in the first class lounge.
I really like the style of the book, it reminds me of the old strangers revealing their secrets to each other trope, think Forrest Gump but with a few less chocolates!
Following this style we then get into our story where Jeff takes the lead and starts to tell our narrator his “never before told” story. It takes place 20 years before, where Jeff saved the life of a man drowning in the ocean.
Jeff saves an LA art dealer called Francis, and Jeff who feels somehow entitled to check on him start to entwine himself in his life. Francis never knows of Jeff’s true identity as his saviour during this time and Jeff uses this to learn about him, become part of his life and check that the man he saved is doing ok!
The multiple POV’s help us to put space between the characters, especially between the narrator and Jeff as our doubt starts to rise on whether or not the characters and their stories can be trusted or are in fact wholly accurate!
This is where I found myself popping back to certain sections to re-read information and incidents even before I got to the last few pages, and the last line of the book, I didn’t really see it coming and for that reason I loved it.
I recommend this if you like a good psychological thriller, it's short and sweet so cuts out most unnecessary plot points and filler and really leaves you rethinking a lot at the end of the book.