If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise… the woods, she realises that her parents are keeping secrets from her – secrets that could unravel everything.
Years later, Kitty starts to question what really happened out in the forest. When the police revisit a suspicious death, she must examine her most painful memories – and this time, there’s nowhere to hide…
A gripping and suspenseful thriller that will captivate you from first to last page. Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and The Widow’s Cabin by L.G. Davis.
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I really didn’t like this book. I didn’t like the characters or how they were expanded upon. I couldn’t get into the story line. After the first few chapters I couldn’t get into it, so I skipped to the last few chapters, a method I use to see if the end would justify reading the whole book, and I found it wasn’t worth it.
This was a really good horror novel. Doesn’t rely on gore, just a really creepy story. Loved it!
I liked the book up until the end and it just ended abruptly. It didn’t have a complete and satisfying ending.
Currently reading and it is GOOD
Boring.
Would not recommend
Hard to put down. Keeps you wondering. I recommend.
I am not usually drawn to childhood narratives, but this was a remarkable child, with descriptive skills, that drew me in, This spellbinding story.served as the adult character’s feedback loop, the foundational basis for everything that came after in her life. As an 11-year-old,, left on her own, to interpret the world of her parents, as it unfolded, in all it’s aberant ways, she copes with her conflicting and raw emotions, in a manner that causes her to disassociate, both as a child and an adult. Some terrifying moments of self-realization.
Disappointing.
Cliff hanger
Loved this book but it also scared me. Great job!!!!
An interesting take on an unreliable narrator/narrative. I really liked it, especially the eerie writing.
Hold Your Breath by B P Walter is the first book that I have read by this author. Katherine Marshland has had a novel published. She says it is a fictionalized version of her life. But what is truth and what is fiction? As a child, she knows her mother has changed and is not well. In fact, she suffers from some type of mental illness. When her father temporarily moves them from their home to a cottage in the middle of the woods, he attempts to cure his wife without having to institutionalize her.
The book jumps back and forth in time from 2020 to 2018 to 1987. I found this broke up the flow of the book for me. However, the characters were quite compelling and definitely had flaws and virtues. The plot twists were interesting, but what is reality? The pace is more of a slow burn. I’m still not 100 percent sure of everything that occurred in 1987.
The ending felt very odd to me and is somewhat inconclusive. However, the book is very different and this will appeal to many readers. It does have several strong themes running through it including violent assault, mental illness, suicide and other themes that would be spoilers.
Overall, I am glad I read this novel. It is dark and disturbing and has some unusual twists. If this sounds like something you would enjoy, then I recommend that you check it out.
Thanks to Avon Books UK and B P Walter for a complimentary ARC of this novel via NetGalley and the opportunity to provide an honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way.