Thursday 7 January 2021

The Girl Who Lived .. By Christopher Greyson



The first book I ever read of Christopher Greyson is The Girl Who Lived and I am wondering why didn't I discover this author earlier?! It is an absolutely thrilling novel about a sole survivor of a multiple-homicide and the cat-and-mouse game played by the killer and the would-be victim, that would for sure capture any reader's interest right from the start. 

Faith Winters is now twenty-three and is back in the same town where her dad, her elder sister, her best friend and her best friend's mom's brutal murders took place ten years ago. Barely surviving the encounter herself, Faith spirals into a pit of depression, alcoholism and unrelenting anguish. No one believes that she recognizes the killer even after all these years and is obsessed about catching the "Rat Face" single handedly. As she works to try once again to dig herself out of the grave through court mandated AA meetings, survivors groups and "family" time with her mother, her past comes back to haunt her once again.


Hush, little girl, rest your head. Hush, little girl, stay in bed. The sun and your friends are fast asleep. Now’s not a time to cry and weep. For in your dreams, there we’ll be. Hurry now, and follow me.

 

Greyson did such a phenomenal job threading the needle of the unreliable narrator trope while simultaneously creating a character in Faith that you couldn't help but root for. From the start your heart breaks and bleeds for Faith's story and what she has endured from such a young age but you can't help but want to shake her out of her self-induced survivor's guilt.

It was a well-crafted, fast-paced page turner with a resilient and an unapologetic protagonist who keeps you on edge with every thought and move she makes. The story takes so many unexpected twists with furious emotional depths that proves the authenticity of each character at every level.

I strongly recommend this book to all the avid readers who are looking for a break-neck pace action thriller novel. Please check out the Kindle Unlimied edition for the same.


Happy Reading!!!

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