Friday, 29 April 2016

The Grownup - Gillian Flynn

When purchasing this book, I hadn't realised that this is short story. I was still very keen to give this a go as I had really enjoyed my previous Flynn reads. This was really easy to get through in one sitting!

Our protagonist is a 'phsycic' con-artist and it is during an appointment with a client, that our lead spots an opportunity to extort some more cash from them. The gullible client tells that she feels her new house is haunted by malevolent spirits and that her stepson is being possessed. The psychic offers to cleanse the house. A sort of exorcism. But the more time spent there, the more convinced she becomes that something supernatural actually is lingering in the building, and sets about solving the mystery of the haunting. 

Given that it is a short story, it is hard to get a sense of who the characters really are, though a good job has been done by Flynn despite this. You're definitely not meant to like the lead character anyway! I know that much!

The story keeps a good pace and flows nicely. It did all seem to be all over very quickly though and we went from the depth of the action to the abrupt ending in bit of a whirlwind! In my view, this could easily have been a great full-length novel with some more exploration of the background and more character development. A really enjoyable light read.

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