
The Sea of Lost Girls
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Natalie Naudus
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By:
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Carol Goodman
In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Shari Lapena, and Michelle Richmond comes a new thriller from the best-selling author of The Lake of Dead Languages - a twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one woman's carefully hidden past might destroy her future.
Tess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Now she’s the wife to a respected professor at an elite boarding school, where she also teaches. Her 17-year-old son, Rudy, whose dark moods and complicated behavior she’s long worried about, seems to be thriving: He has a lead role in the school play and a smart and ambitious girlfriend. Tess tries not to think about the mistakes she made 18 years ago, and mostly, she succeeds.
And then one more morning she gets a text at 2:50 AM: It’s Rudy, asking for help. When Tess picks him up, she finds him drenched and shivering, with a dark stain on his sweatshirt. Four hours later, Tess gets a phone call from the Haywood school headmistress: Lila Zeller, Rudy's girlfriend, has been found dead on the beach, not far from where Tess found Rudy just hours before.
As the investigation into Lila's death escalates, Tess finds her family attacked on all sides. What first seemed like a tragic accidental death is turning into something far more sinister, and not only is Tess’ son a suspect, but her husband is a person of interest, too. But Lila’s death isn't the first blemish on Haywood's record, and the more Tess learns about Haywood’s fabled history, the more she realizes that not all skeletons will stay safely locked in the closet.
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Great Story
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Good book a little predictable
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Allround amazing!!
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Never Disappointed
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Good story meh narration
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It kept my attention, but
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chilling and engrossing
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The story itself is excellent -- suspenseful, gripping, and with lots of unpredictable twists and turns.
That said? Its treatment of grooming, abuse and trauma is hugely problematic.
The main character is a victim of grooming, and physical and sexual abuse. Throughout the story her self-loathing is overwhelming, and she continually blames herself rather than her abuser. There isn't really any acknowledgement, however, that her choices are a result of this abuse, and her resulting trauma. I spent much of this book angry. I understand that the author is trying to write an authentic character, but the extent of the blame the victim puts on herself is over the top, and there isn't really a moment where the narrator acknowledges that though she made her choices, she doesn't bear the blame for them.
Additionally, the serial abuser and child predator is humanized as a mentally ill father whose love for his son is more important than his history. I appreciate depth and multidimensionality of character, but this book takes it too far.
Overall, I cannot recommend this book. The author needs to take a long, hard look at what her book says about abuse, and ask whether the message she is communicating is really something she wants to take ownership of.
Engaging, but problematic
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Here are the main problems:
1. According to this book, every man who teaches high school is a predator.
2. Victims of said predators will continue to choose these men as partners
3. But don’t worry because these hapless women will end up saved by a man who doesn’t teach high school so must be a good one.
Add to that a narrator who can’t pronounce the word library, and you have a truly awful listening experience.
Again, Carol Goodman has written some amazing novels, but this, most definitely, isn’t one of them.
So disappointing!
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One of the Worst Things I Ever Heard
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