eddy is a complicated heroine whose ill-advised decisions and self-destructive tendencies make her less than sympathetic, though also impossible to ignore. Her descent is swift and systematic, leading to sensationalist developments and voyeuristic turns. No one and nothing, she learns, should be trusted—including her own tangled memories. The dark corners of the internet feed a teacher’s investigation into her sister’s probable murder in the contemporary thriller Rabbit Hole.
Brody’s debut is visceral and at times gut-wrenching, exploring the ways grief and a need for answers can be exacerbated and exploited by a culture obsessed with true-crime stories. Powerful and unforgettable.
Escalating series of bad decisions seem almost inevitable, but there’s a clear logic to how Teddy reaches them, even if, by light of day, it seems fuzzy. Despite a few ham-fisted metaphors and egregiously unbelievable moments, the dizzying pace mixed with introspective passages (not to mention very short chapters) keep readers turning pages so the book flies by. A timely rumination on true crime, internet obsession, and paranoia.
Sure-footed ... Narrating from Teddy’s point of view, Brody explores in elegant prose potent themes both contemporary (internet addiction) and evergreen (grief), though she winds up delivering more of a twisted character study than a bona fide mystery. For genre fans who don’t mind loose ends, this is worth the plunge.
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