Reviews

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

kitkat175's review

2.0

My overall thought of this book was that it was just okay. All these books feel the same and when listening to the audiobook they all sound the same. This book was only just okay. Surprisingly I did not DNF this book it was just okay. I feel like this topic has been done a lot in these types of books. This book to be honest fell flat, I did however finish it because I wanted to know what happened at the end. Also killing the guy off at the end WTF let him suffer in prison like WTF.

rublealexis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

hawk313's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

The story was good but the transitions between scenes were kind of choppy and the proofreading/editing was terrible. I found so many typos and an entire repeat sentence that just took me out of the story a bit. 

lesyich's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

hlflosser's review

4.0

I loved the set up of the book. The podcast the present crime the past murder all weaved together. The audio was good as the podcast sounded real. The only thing that bothered me was there was a lot of rape. As I try not to read books with this in them I was hooked before I knew it was in there. I did skip the detailed chapters but still bothered me

alyssahafen11's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

ladyphoenixqueen's review

5.0

"To tell you the truth, I don't get how we can almost unanimously agree that murder is wrong, yet when it comes to rape, some people still see shades of gray." (pg 333)

This.

Be prepared to feel - anger, elation, frustration, satisfaction, disappointment - all the emotions.

But this story is important. It brings to light so many treacherous things in our judicial system, as well as our society at large.

PSA: if you see something, say something.

bookishjen_10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

thosebookbesties_nips's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

tooleb's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0