Secure Something In The Water Edited By Catherine Steadman Paperback
In The Water by Catherine Steadman is a thriller that certainly had an opening that should grab readers right away, the main character digging a grave.
After finding out that there would be a need for a grave readers jump back in time to find out just what led to that event.
Erin and Mark seem to be very much in love and excited to be planning their wedding and honeymoon, Erin is a budding filmmaker working on a documentary in which shes interviewing criminals and Mark a successful investment banker, However when Mark loses his job that is where things start to get a little shaky in their perfect bubble,
With the honeymoon already set to happen Erin and Mark agree to set their troubles aside and still go on the vacation to Bora Bora.
Sun and surf and adventure seems to be just what the couple need to bring them right back together, When out scuba diving though they make a find in the water that will lead them down a very dangerous path,
Something In The Water was actually very engaging and kept the pages turning rather easily as the events unfolded, For me though as much as I liked finding out more and more I also struggled some with liking Erin, she would get a bit frantic which I would sometimes find annoying.
If it really werent for those moments though I would have rated higher than,since the story was one that was rather fun to watch unfold and with this being a debut novel I would certainly be interested in reading more in the future.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley,
For more review please visit sitelink com/ Something in the Water was such a page turner! It started off a little slow, but then something happens and the pace picks up and never slows.
I won't give away any plot details, because there are lots of twists and turns, but it was definitely an engaging story with multidimensional characters.
I zipped through this book over the weekend and absolutely recommend it as a gripping, clever and entertaining summer read!
Find more reviews and bookish fun at sitelink princessandpen. com Audiobookoverdrive read by the author!
I returned the book back to the library! Im not interested in hearing details after details about grave digging.
Ive zero interest.
I just rather move on to another book, First the positives: The author narrates the audiobook and she does a fabulous job, The story opens with a great line: “Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave Wonder no longer, It takes an age. However long you think it takes, double that, ”
With that line I was hooked, Until I read/listened to roughlypages of details about the intricacies and details of digging a grave, including the cubic feet of the hole, and how much the soil weighs.
Which, in case you are wondering, iscubic feet and,tons, the size of a beluga whale or hippo, But who cares
Knowing the protagonist actually had the wherewithal to google how to dig a grave made me think she was a sociopath.
Who would stop to google how to dig a grave when you're burying your husband after a series of shocking events So right off, I know Erin is either a sociopath, dumb as a box of rocks, and analyzes EVERYTHING, or maybe all three.
And when I say she analyzes everything I mean everything, You, the reader, get to hear all about it, Incessantly. With details that do not further the plot or matter one whit to what is happening,
From the grave digging scene we travel back in time to find how they got to this point, Erin and Mark are deeply in love so we are repeatedly told and planning their wedding with aweek honeymoon to Bora Bora, But Mark just lost his job as an investment banker and all potential job prospects have dried up, Erin is shocked when Mark has to spell out in detail that the loss of his job means they will have to cut back on the wedding.
This
is further confirmation that Erin is stupendously stupid, After the wedding they fly first class to Bora Bora but “economize” by stayingweeks instead of, No mention of how they will pay the mortgage on their,million dollar home.
But, Ok, I kept reading thinking this would get better, Plus I really wanted to know what it was they found in the water, It was a very slow build until it was finally revealed, Unfortunately, it was anticlimactic and things went furhter downhill from here, After the discovery, the only thing that drives the plot forward is a series of incredibly stupid decisions,
Erin narrates the story and it is often filled with completely irrelevant details that looked like a Wikipedia cut and paste job.
For instance, she tells you all you never wanted to know about GlocksWHY was this included Filler, that's why, And she never uses a few words when she can drag out the simple act of turning on a phone to an entire paragraph.
Some characters are introduced that have no purpose to the story while the characters who matter are not developed enough to explain the “twist” when it comes.
There are inconsistencies and plot holes that are never explained,
The premise is a good one, It has been done before but it held potential, With a good enough editor and some rewrites this could have been a much better book,
There are plenty ofandstar reviews out there and I am apparently an outlier,
Bottom line: skip it, But I finished it so it getsstars, I listened to Something in the Water via audiobook, read by the author, Catherine Steadman, and I really enjoyed it, Im pretty sure I would have enjoyed the book regardless, but I found her narration and British accent to be soothing, Her characters and setting descriptions were vivid, The “thing” in the water was much different than what I anticipated prior to reading the book, which wasnt a bad thing at all.
Erin Locke is making a documentary about prisoners and their upcoming releases, Her fiancé and eventual husband, Mark Roberts, is an investment banker, The story begins by setting the scene of their daily life in London and their wedding planning, There is tension surrounding them and the wedding, due to financial strain, The couple goes to Bora Bora for their honeymoon and while scuba diving, finds something in the water that changes their lives moving forward.
The rest of the story follows their course of action as Erin and Mark decide what to do, and how to do it,
As many reviewers have noted, it takes awhile for the story to get going While I enjoyed the first part of the book, detailing the couples routine life and wedding preparation, it didnt have a ton of connection to the heart of the story.
Even after the scuba diving incident, I wouldnt describe this as a fastpaced thriller, That said, I did really enjoy Something in the Water, finding myself curious to see what Erin and Marks next moves would be, as each move heightened the story and I remained interested in the outcome through the end of the book.
Reese Witherspoon, you let me down with this book club selection, What the actual hell is up with thesestar reviews This was horrible, When I gave my SO a summary of the plot, his very accurate response was “how did this get published”
Erin is our intensely unlikable heroine.
She loves to Google herself out of bad situations, While she and her husband, Mark, are on their honeymoon in Bora Bora, they come across something in the water, While irresistible to me in the description for this book, the actual item was cliché,
Erin spends the entire book making the worst possible decisions, While I get this on the simple premise that there would be no book without her INSANE life choices, its hard for me to stick with a plot that revolves around the protagonist being a complete moron.
Eventually, Erin catches up with the wrong crowd lets call them The Russians, Thank god shes loosely been working on a film about criminals and now has connections willing to help her out, With her trusty gun in one hand, and Google in the other, shes prepared to strike a deal, But things take a bad turn and she ends up unconscious in her hotel room, Luckily, Mark is able to use her Find my iPhone app to rescue her only her phone has been taken by The Russians! Erin girds her loins and prepares to save Markwith nothing, since they took her gun, too.
When things go south again, Erin calls her new filmstar criminal pal to help her out, covers up the truth, and lives happily ever after.
If that all sounds like a party to you, then give it a whirl,
See more of my reviews: sitelinkBlog sitelinkInstagram,