Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman




I don’t know how to rate this book because I technically didn’t read it. But I also didn’t not read it, ya feel me? I read the first half, then sought out spoilers, followed by skimming the ending, and finally discussing it with my book club (aka when friends use “book club” as an excuse to go out to dinner and drink beer every month ...as though I need an excuse to do those things - HA!).

But ya. I was so uninterested in this novel that I would be lying if I said I even made a respectable attempt to finish it. I made more of an effort to find decent spoilers (which is hard as hell btw - thanks a lot all you GoodReads nerds who refuse to give anything away - thanks for nothing!) so I could somewhat contribute to an intelligent conversation about this book rather than actually reading it. The first half anyway.

The main character pissed me off more than any fictional human being should. She was terrible and stupid for so many reasons, and I pray to God the author’s goal was to make her unbearable, though I don’t think that was the case. Shame. The plot was ridiculous and utterly unbelievable. Let’s be serious, the whole thing seemed like a privileged actress decided to write a book that explored edgy and gritty topics, like ya know, Russian criminals and the current issues within the prison system and diamond selling on the black market and even ISIS, because she’s more than just a privileged actress, okay? She even knows the difference between flotsam and jetsam, guys. Watch out.

Whatever. Not to mention this shit was boring. Wake me up when it’s over. Oh wait, that would imply I actually had the stamina, and not to mention the desire, to finish this “thriller”, which clearly I didn’t.



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