Location: North Carolina Type: Physical book
Timeline: non-linear Genre: mystery
Narration: multiple character's perspectives
Review:
Stars: 4
I loved the story. There were lots of twists I did not figure out before the reveal. I could not put it down until I finished it. This would make a good book club book because there are many talking points. It was a quick read for me and may be enjoyed in a nice, cozy beach house.
Sex:
N/A
Language:
Fuck: 31
Ass: 4
Bitch: 0
Shit: 16
GD: 0
Triggers:
N/A
Questions:
Cassidy asks the question in chapter 1: "Who do you save?"
Then she gives reasons for each person:
Brody: He was a dad; people would miss him
Grace: She is a trauma therapist
Amaya: Cassidy isn't sure she could make it on her own
Joshua: Nothing came to mind
Oliver: His house
Hollis: If it came to it she could help save all the rest
Based off these notes, who do you save?
Is it always instinct to save yourself first?
While you read the story does your answer change?
Day one, Amaya goes missing. Cassidy reveals something Amaya once told her.
"Sometimes for no reason at all, she would become stuck. Like even the decision to move had become too much. Frozen by the responsibility of choice, in every moment of her life."
Can you relate?
How can you become unstuck?
Do you think it was by chance or design that Cassidy found the phone on the beach?
Who did you think the phone belonged to?
Cassidy has spent so much time running from these people. But when Oliver comes home the first morning, Cassidy makes the realization that these people truly knew her best.
Why do we often spend so much time and effort to separate from those that know us best?
In chapter 6 Brody and Cassidy were talking and Brody revealed that there is a tell-all podcast about the accident.
Who did you think was behind it?
It is asked many times: Do you believe in fate?
Do you?
Why or why not?
In chapter 14 there are some cameras found at the house.
Who do you think was responsible for them?
Why was someone watching/listening?
In chapter 15 Oliver makes a shocking confession: Ian overdosed at the shallows. But Oliver moved the body.
Why would he move the body? An overdose isn't a homicide.
Do you think the killer got away with Ian's murder because Olive didn't report the death in the Shallows?
How would it have changed the story if Oliver had reported the death to the police when he found the body?
"I thought it was suicide," Oliver said, throat moving. And what he left unspoken: that he had made sure Oliver would be the one to find him such a heavy burden to bear."
How would it make you feel if someone you cared about made sure you were the one to find their body?
Is the burden of finding someone dead different if the death was not suicide?
When Grace tells her view of events of the accident, she talks about seeing into the darkness of people.
How does that effect Grace long-term?
How would it change you?
Do you think Ben did something to Mr. Kates that caused the deadly accident?
Did you ever suspect Russ?
If so, when did you figure it out?
What gave him away?
Journaling is a common method used to help work through trauma. But it seemed to back fire on Cassidy. There was a danger because she wrote down the truth.
What could she have done instead of the journals to help with the trauma?
Has journaling ever helped you through a hard time?
Were you ever afraid of someone finding out what was in your journal?
Do you think Cassidy meant for the accident to happen?
What do you think she thought the outcome would be?
Do you think the occupations (each person helping others) makes up for the actions of the night of the accident?
Why or why not?
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