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A review by bethpeninger
Hidden by Catherine McKenzie
4.0
This is the first McKenzie book I have read and I really liked her writing style.
The story is told through the voices of three people - Claire, Jeff, and Tish. Claire and Jeff are married to each other and Tish is a co-worker of Jeff's. Unfortunately Jeff dies in a tragic accident and his narration is some back story for the reader, which does fill in some holes and explains his perspective on things. Claire and Tish's narrations flip back and forth between past and present giving the reader a full story, along with Jeff's additions. As I said, Jeff does tragically and Claire is left to figure out life for her and their son Seth. 500 miles away Tish is also left with a hole in her life from Jeff's death although she can't tell people. She is constrained to mourn him quietly and in secret. After Tish appears at Jeff's funeral as the "company representative" Claire begins to wonder if there isn't more to the relationship between the two of them. So she begins to search for clues that Jeff and Tish were having an affair. Tish, meanwhile, is doing her best to move forward and focus on her family. What comes out is that every relationship has hidden thoughts, feelings, and sometimes even actions and sometimes what is hidden gets exposed and other times it may for the best that it stay hidden.
McKenzie did a fine job of using three POV's and not confusing the reader or the story. I liked her exploration of relationships and the realities that relationships go through. I liked the voices she used and the side characters. She writes easy and engages the reader. I will definitely be checking out more of her titles.
The story is told through the voices of three people - Claire, Jeff, and Tish. Claire and Jeff are married to each other and Tish is a co-worker of Jeff's. Unfortunately Jeff dies in a tragic accident and his narration is some back story for the reader, which does fill in some holes and explains his perspective on things. Claire and Tish's narrations flip back and forth between past and present giving the reader a full story, along with Jeff's additions. As I said, Jeff does tragically and Claire is left to figure out life for her and their son Seth. 500 miles away Tish is also left with a hole in her life from Jeff's death although she can't tell people. She is constrained to mourn him quietly and in secret. After Tish appears at Jeff's funeral as the "company representative" Claire begins to wonder if there isn't more to the relationship between the two of them. So she begins to search for clues that Jeff and Tish were having an affair. Tish, meanwhile, is doing her best to move forward and focus on her family. What comes out is that every relationship has hidden thoughts, feelings, and sometimes even actions and sometimes what is hidden gets exposed and other times it may for the best that it stay hidden.
McKenzie did a fine job of using three POV's and not confusing the reader or the story. I liked her exploration of relationships and the realities that relationships go through. I liked the voices she used and the side characters. She writes easy and engages the reader. I will definitely be checking out more of her titles.