![]() ![]() Also populating Hawkins’ narrative coterie are Nel’s snarky daughter Lena, her estranged sister, a psychic, a tough school principal and Katie’s resentful mother. ![]() No one can beat the excellent ability of the author’s writing, whenever there is a talk about great novel writing. Paula Hawkins is the author of this beautiful novel. Nel had been writing a history of the infamous drowning pool, which didn’t endear her to the rest of the town. Into the Water is a beautiful novel with a great story and impressive moral and social lessons for readers of all ages. The deceased: a teenager named Katie and her best friend’s mother Nel. But when two women die within months of each other, people begin to suspect foul play. ![]() ![]() Into the Wateronce again throws a group of women together, this time in the English village of Beckford, where a riverbank cliff and the “drowning pool” beneath make for a popular suicide spot. Though it doesn’t have “girl” in the title, Hawkins‘ new book is in the same vein. (O.K., that last one’s not real - yet.) These books center on complicated, flawed or unlikable female protagonists, boldly going where so many males have gone before. Paula Hawkins rode to fame on her 2015 hit The Girl on the Train, a book that deftly deploys the “girl” thriller subgenre that includes Gone Girl, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Before, The Girl from Home, The Girl on the Bridge and The Girls on the Bus Go Round and Round. ![]()
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