The Whispers by Ashley Audrain.
Thank you to Penguin Random House for the copy of The Whispers by Ashley Audrain in exchange for my honest review.
Book Synopsis
From the author of THE PUSH, a page turner about four suburban families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens--and what is lost when good people make unconscionable choices
The Loverlys sit by the hospital bed of their young son who is in a coma after falling from his bedroom window in the middle of the night; his mother, Whitney, will not speak to anyone. Back home, their friends and neighbors are left in shock, each confronting their own role in the events that led up to what happened that terrible night: the warm, altruistic Parks who are the Loverlys' best friends; the young, ambitious Goldsmiths who are struggling to start a family of their own; and the quiet, elderly Portuguese couple who care for their adult son with a developmental disability, and who pass the long days on the front porch, watching their neighbors go about their busy lives.
The story spins out over the course of one week, in the alternating voices of the women in each family as they are forced to face the secrets within the walls of their own homes, and the uncomfortable truths that connect them all to one another. Set against the heart wrenching drama of what will happen to Xavier, who hangs between death and life, or a life changed forever, THE WHISPERS is a novel about what happens when we put our needs ahead of our children's. Exploring the quiet sacrifices of motherhood, the intuitions that we silence, the complexities of our closest friendships, and the danger of envy, this is a novel about the reverberations of life's most difficult decisions.
My Review
Thank you to Penguin Random House for the gifted copy of The Whispers in exchange for my honest review.
The Whispers is a suspense/thriller genre read which is a well balanced mix of plot and character driven writing. The chapters alternate between distinct narrators and the author did an excellent job of writing the different narrators and including the name of each narrator at the start of each chapter so the reader knows which characters point of view they are reading with the start of each new chapter.
This book kept me turning the pages and the short chapters with alternating narrators made for a bingeable read. Each of the narrators in this book had their own secrets and though I wouldn't describe any of these characters as likeable, I definitely would say that these characters are what made the plot and the writing so compelling and is what kept me reading. I can't say anything else, but wow that was a crazy ending designed to leave the reader asking, what happens now?
I definitely enjoyed both The Push and The Whispers and I look forward to reading more books by Ashley Audrain in the future.
My Rating: 4/5
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Book Details
Author: Ashley Audrain
Publisher: Viking
Publication Date: June 6, 2023
Genre: Thriller. Suspense. Fiction. Mystery. Mystery Thriller. Drama.
Edition: Paperback
Pages: 336
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