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I have been meaning to read Jane Harper\u2019s books for years.<\/h2>\n
Specifically, I\u2019ve been intending to read her first novel, \u2018The Dry\u2019, which is still loitering on my bookshelf, waiting for me to give it the attention I\u2019m sure it deserves. Meanwhile, I\u2019ve enjoyed reading \u2018The Survivors\u2019, her fourth standalone book set in Australia.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s it about?<\/h3>\n
When Keiran and his girlfriend, Mia, return with their baby girl, Audrey, to their hometown to help his parents pack up their house, they don\u2019t expect to become embroiled in a tragedy. After all, they\u2019ve already experienced enough trauma in their lives\u2026<\/p>\n
Gradually, Harper unspools their and their friends\u2019 shared histories that resulted in the loss of three lives twelve years ago. As the police investigate and the local community seethes with gossip, secrets will gradually be revealed\u2026<\/p>\n
What\u2019s it like?<\/h3>\n
This is a well crafted, character-driven, slow burn of a novel, which offers multiple possibilities to the reader along the way, (Does Verity know more than she\u2019s admitting? Could Brian be dangerous?) but slowly settles into a solution that feels like the inevitable result of the characters and their known histories. I loved it.<\/p>\n
Harper convinces the reader of her characters and it\u2019s the interplay between them that gradually reveals the secrets the town has been hiding. I really enjoyed the ending; it felt perfectly fitting and tied everything together \u2013 including the prologue.<\/p>\n
Final thoughts<\/h3>\n
Kieran is remarkably careless with his small daughter, in my opinion, trekking down cliff paths with her onto beaches that flood and leaving her on the beach alone while he swims, but this carelessness is perhaps part of why he feels so real; all the characters here feel very well drawn and none of them are perfect.<\/p>\n
I really enjoyed reading this and look forward to making time to read Harper\u2019s earlier books, starting with \u2018The Dry\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Survivors\u2019,
Jane Harper,
2020, Abacus, paperback<\/h6>\n
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