Tuesday 11 August 2020

Review: The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard

The Nothing Man: A brilliantly twisty thriller from the critically ...
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard (Amazon)

I really don't know what to say about this book. And not necessarily in a good way. I'm just so conflicted about it.

Almost twenty years after the murder of her parents and younger sister, Eve is ready to face the truth and is writing a tell-all book about the event and her life as the only survivor, with her goal being to catch the killer: The Nothing Man. But little does she know that the killer is closer than she thinks, reading her book and plotting his final kill... the one that will bring an end to everything.

Okay. On the positive side, I couldn't put this book down. I couldn't stand to read it, but I also needed to know how it ended. On the other hand, however, it was genuinely chilling. Can we just stop writing about women being raped, for the love of God? I refuse to believe that there aren't other topics to write about instead. I'm just sick of reading about it.

So you see the problem... I couldn't put the book down, but similarly didn't particularly want to finish it.