Author: Gillian Flynn
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2015
Number of Pages: 67
Plot: This is a short story written though the eyes of an unnamed narrator. She makes her living faking it as a psychic, praying on the gullible minds of lonely housewives and young mothers looking for excitement. On the side she does some illegal soft-core sex work. One day the unnamed narrator meets a woman called Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15 year old stepson Miles. They live in an old Victorian house called Carterhook Manor. Susan is convinced that some malevolent spirit is inhabiting their home. The narrator doesn't believe in the supernatural or exorcism. However when she enters the house for the first time she begins to fell like like house is watching her, waiting for her to let her guard down.
Thoughts: I found this book yesterday hidden on the self of my local bookstore and to say I freaked out was an understatement. A new Gillian Flynn story? Another terrifying world I could get lost in? Without a shadow of doubt I bought a copy and dug into it as soon as I got home.
I finished this book in about 30/40 minutes. It was terrifying! By the time I got to the last page I was too scared to move. The plot twists in this book are incredible. I've read enough Gillian Flynn novels to know nothing is ever black and white with her, but every time the plot twist sneaks up on me.
This novella is perfect for Halloween, it's a very fast read but it will chill you to the bone. Flynn's character's are real and raw. By the end of any of her novels you are wishing you could talk to every character to get their side of the story.
'The Grownup' will leave you wondering what happened next....? It'll keep you up all night tossing and turning, scared to turn off your light. If that doesn't scream Halloween Read, I don't know what does.
5/5 stars for 'The Grownup' by Gillian Flynn.
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