The combination of anonymous prologue in which the main character remains unidentified, as does the dead body described only as 'the English Girl' and the heartbreaking first chapter where the horror of a family in mourning for a child is introduced creates a dark atmosphere, the perfect setting for a modern mystery thriller.
Although the sections can be differentiated between by their tenses it is unclear in what order they occurred. Was the body discovered before the child died or after? Did we learn something about how the child died or is this the start of an entirely different mystery? If so how are they linked and what has caused the death of at least two people?
Such a short opening has left me with so many questions and I can't wait to discover the answers in what promises to be an exciting thriller.
Although the sections can be differentiated between by their tenses it is unclear in what order they occurred. Was the body discovered before the child died or after? Did we learn something about how the child died or is this the start of an entirely different mystery? If so how are they linked and what has caused the death of at least two people?
Such a short opening has left me with so many questions and I can't wait to discover the answers in what promises to be an exciting thriller.