From the Bookshelf of Bound Together

A Slow Fire Burning
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Start date
August 12, 2021
Finish date
August 25, 2021
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Diane S ☔
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ARC publishing 8/31/21
Aug 12th thru Aug 25th

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Diane S ☔
Aug 12, 2021 rated it liked it
A young man in his twenties is found stabbed to death on the houseboat where he had been living. I admit that I've always been entranced by the idea of living in one, minus the murder of course. A woman who lives in another of the boats is the one to find his body and at first glimpse she seems like the typical busy body type of person, always looking, judging. Soon though, there will be two other women involved, unreliable narrators all. There are connections between these women and the dead ma ...more
Britany
Nov 28, 2023 rated it really liked it
Wow, I was completely engrossed in this one.

I've read all of Hawkins previous thrillers (I think). This one was complex and layered and was narrated by the incredible Rosamund Pike, which added an extra little treat.

A man is murdered on a houseboat, and many suspects start to arise and the secrets this tiny community is keeping slowly start to unravel. Laura is a little damaged mentally from an old childhood accident and acts erratically. Theo & Carla are a separated couple who recently lost Car
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Karen
May 04, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
audio. Excellent. 4.5

One of Paula Hawkins characters in the book describes this book so well:

"I thought it was so interesting, the way you turned the whole thing around, you know, telling the story backward in some parts and forwards in others, letting us see inside the killer's head—that was so brilliant! At first you, like, you don't know what's going on, but then it's just like...woah. So cool. I loved the way you turned everything on its head, playing with our sympathies and empathies and al
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