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Title: Long Bright RiverAuthor: Liz Moore
Published: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 496
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
Set in Philadelphia, two sisters, once inseparable, have grown up and gone in completely different directions; one has become a police officer and the other is out on the streets, victim to her own addiction. Then, one of them goes missing at the height of a series of murders.
Review:
I thought this was interesting and this is the kind of story that has a lot of elements that I generally really like it books, so it's no surprise that I very much enjoyed this.
There is a bit of mystery in this book but that's not what makes it good; the characters and the relationship between them is. Getting to know the main character and seeing her navigate both her professional life and her family life was fascinating and, at times, infuriating. She's a complicated and complex character and one you don't always agree with and sometimes you don't like.
I think the setting of this is also excellently captured, the atmosphere is great and I like how it explores the opioid crisis and addiction head on. The story feels dark and heavy a lot of the time, but I really like that. I also really like how the story flips back and forward between present day and the past, I felt like that worked really well.
I do think the book got off to a very slow start and I think overall, it's quite a slow story (and maybe a little too slow). I also thought the mystery aspect of this book was perhaps not that well executed and the conclusion of that part of the story felt a little hasty and underdeveloped.
This is an emotional story about two sisters and everything that goes on around them, and I think it's definitely worth the read if you like literary fiction and suspense, although beware this does feel quite serious and gloomy for the most part, so you should maybe be in the mood for that.
You can read more about it on Goodreads
