Book Review: Are You Sleeping
Are You Sleeping
by: Kathleen Barber
Finished on: July 3, 2017
Synopsis:
This novel
was advertised as a mix of the podcast Serial and the thriller In a Dark, Dark Wood. Are
You Sleeping introduces
Josie's, a woman who has reinvented herself after her father's murder that occurred
when she was a child. It is now 10 years later, she lives in New York and
has changed her name and her identity.
She (mistakenly) assumes that she has left her past behind her.
Then, a new hit podcast starts exploring her father's murder, suspecting
that the man who is behind bars is innocent. Josie and her twin sister
Lanie are thrown back into the investigation, whether they like it or not.
Who did kill Josie's father? What really happened that night?
And who has known about it? This suspenseful novel explores these
questions.
My
review:
I was a HUGE
fan of Serial, so it’s not surprising that I loved the concept of this book.
Sections from the podcast are interspersed with the narrative of the
story. Our narrators are not the most
reliable, since they were children when the murder occurred and Josie was
asleep for the entire episode.
Personally, I really enjoyed this novel and flew through it. I read most of it on an airplane ride and
then was sneaking time away from my family to finish it up over the next couple
of days. While the story isn’t
necessarily unique (and its somewhat easy to guess “who did it” early on), I still
really enjoyed this one!
Overall, I rate this 4/5 stars. Short
synopsis of review.
I received a
free e-copy of this book from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
I highly recommend this
book for suspense lovers.
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