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Review #1
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I have never written a book review before but as a practicing prosecutor for over a decade, the chapters dealing with the trial were cringe-worthy wrong. The author used exculpatory wrong, everything about the trial procedure and process was extremely wrong (witnesses dont sit in on openings, defense opening violated numerous professional responsibility ethics, and a BIG error dealing with victim testimony but I dont want to have a spoiler). Suffice to say that it seems the author got her knowledge of criminal proceedings from Law and Order TV. To me, write about what you know. Not what you see on TV. Majority of folks wont care but for those of us who actually practice – it was too distracting.
Review #2
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Rachel Krall is the host of a successful true crime podcast, ‘Guilty or Not Guilty’. Her first two seasons have uncovered new evidence that overturned a conviction of murder and solved a cold case. Now her third season takes her to the small North Carolina coastal town of Neapolis where she will be following the trial of Scott Blair, a college student arrested for raping a sixteen year old girl.
The case has divided the small town. Scott was an outstanding swimming star of the local high school and is almost certainly on his way to the Olympic swim team ….. unless he is convicted of rape. However, his wealthy parents can afford a top lawyer and publicity to put Scott in a good light. Unfortunately the girl he allegedly raped has been forbidden by the court to speak about the case and so is unable to defend herself publicly. Despite being called only ‘K’ to protect her anonymity, everyone knows who she is and she has been vilified and bullied at school and on social media.
The novel is written in two voices. That of Rachel as she attends the trail and records her daily thoughts for her podcast and that of Hannah, a woman looking for Rachel’s help in finding the truth about her sister Jenny’s death 25 years before. Hannah contacts Rachel via notes left for her to find, that will draw her in until she becomes obsessed with finding out more about Jenny’s death with it’s obvious parallels to the trial she is attending. Rachel’s pursuit of the truth behind Jenny’s death befor and after her days in court serves to provide most of the tension in the book as she uncovers long held secrets that have been buried deep by the town.
Rachel is well written by Goldin as a journalist who is acting as an impartial observer to the trial, reporting the facts but also discussing the ethics and difficulties of such a trial where it basically comes down to his word against hers and who the jury can most be persuaded to believe. Through Rachel’s voice Goldin also highlights how traumatic it is for a woman to have to relive every detail of her rape on the witness stand and to then have the Defence lawyer try to prove her a liar. She asks why any woman would want to go through that unless she had been raped. Whatever the outcome, K’s life will never be the same happy and carefree one she had before the meeting Scott.
There is a hint that Goldin might be back with another season of Rachel’s podcast and I for one would welcome that.
Review #3
Audiobook The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
This story had connected-above-the-law white privilege in spades, repeated cases of rape, bullying and mistreatment. The ending left me unsatisfied. I felt there was not true redemption. And although it may have been a true representation of what a rape victim goes through at trial, it was torturous and Rachel repeatedly says she understands why rape victims do not report their rapes and/or go to trial. Is that the message we want going out into the world?!
Another peeve I have is that the letters that Hannah writes read like a book: long and descriptive about mundane details – that’s not how someone hurriedly writes a letter as they follow you around town. If the author wanted to tell Hannah’s story, which was obviously important, then tell her story, form her pov or otherwise, don’t put it in letter form – that’s not how people write notes.
Have you ever watched a movie trailer, then watched the movie, and thought “I didn’t get much more from the movie than I did watching the trailer”. That is what came to mind after finishing this book. Other than just finding out who the killer is, and even then I said, yeah ok. Whatever. I was just left unsatisfied by that ending. But I suppose I am losing patience with the suspense novels that are being published at lightning speed as of late. Perhaps I need to stick with the pros.
This story felt inspired in part by Where the Crawdads Sing, and Sharp Objects, although not nearly as good as either.
Review #4
Audio The Night Swim narrated by Bailey Carr January LaVoy Samantha Desz
This was a WOW book from start to finish! I really looked forward to reading it because I had read THE ESCAPE ROOM and loved it. In her latest novel, Megan Goldin did an even better job of drawing me into the swirling waters of her plot and trapping me there. I loved every minute that I spent with Rachel, Hannah, Jenny and K. Rachel is a podcaster, in town to cover the rape trial of swimming champion Scott Blair. She is an investigative reporter who knows how to do her research and to track down witnesses. In the middle of her podcast that is a do or die for her career, she is contacted by a girl named Hannah who wants her to look into the death of her sister Jenny, a young teen who supposedly drowned twenty-five years ago. Rachel is interested in the rape trial, but she is totally absorbed by the tragic death of Jenny. I enjoyed the pacing of the plot, the different points of view and especially the transcripts of the podcasts. Everything was very realistically and sometimes graphically displayed. There were twists that were expected and then some that were total surprises, which made me rate the book even higher. If I could give it more than five stars, I definitely would! Fans of psychological drama and suspense will love this book!
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255, Guides Concerning the Use of Testimonials and Endorsements in Advertising.
Review #5
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All the feels with this book. Difficult subject to cover, and in this instance was done beautifully and very effectively.
As a woman, I felt outrage. As a mother, I felt terrified. As a human, I felt very sad.
The way the two parts of the story come together was very well done, I had already come to some conclusions and put some pieces together, but that took nothing away from the twists or the story as a whole.
I think this book is worth a read, but I am personally unsure who I would recommend it too… I think this kind of story is important and should be written about and read by the masses, but I know plenty of people that read for fun and would absolutely hate to read something this hard going!
For me, one of the plus sides was how quickly I completed it, this was not a book that sat around for long – (I think it took about 4 hours in bits and bobs to read, every time I had an opportunity I was reading a bit!) – if the book had dragged it would have been nearly as effective as the speed read I found it to be.
Written in an interesting way, in parts through the podcast, blog and letters, which I found kept it all quite factual and didn’t give the reader too many characters to really connect with – the old story involving the Stills family was moving, the Jenny Stills tale made me very sad, but because it was a story being told so much later than the events took place it was a sad nostalgic type feeling. The ‘new’ victim was described as K so much of the time that while you sympathized, you didn’t really connect on a deep level.
Good book. Read it!
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