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A review by litwithleigh
The Whole Truth by Cara Hunter
4.0
4.5 rounded down
One sentence review: A smooth journey other than a wrong turn that added 30 mins to the trip if you know what I mean
SYNOPSIS
A male rugby players accuses a standout professor of sexual assault. Meanwhile a case from DI Adam Fawley's early days comes back to haunt him and his wife.
MY OPINION
Okay so I'm often unbothered when a book is marketed incorrectly – whether it's tagged as a thriller when the thrillz are akin to my dog sniffing his ass or the synopsis was overpromising/giving too much away. BUTTTTT I have to say... the fact the synopsis didn't mention the whole ass Adam Fawley vs. Gavin Parrie storyline did throw me off because it is a SIGNIFICANT portion of the book.
This is the "detour" I'm referring to in my one-sentence review. It popped up randomly and outta left field and I was confusion about whether it had to do with the he said/she said sexual assault case or...? And for a good chunk of the book the "marketed case" so to speak is yeeted to the side and not as much as whisper is said about it until much later. Although to be fair – upon reflection – the title applies to both cases. BUT AGAIN – if you think you're only getting a he said/she said plot... SURPRISE!
Anyways other than that, I really enjoyed this. Cara "bitch you thought" Hunter delivered yet again with a story that has you flip flopping like a fish on land... did she do it? Did HE actually do it? Sexual assault cases are notoriously hard to prosecute and Cara demonstrates why. I liked the twist of the roles being reversed; hate me if you want but the victHIM hashtag had me rolling. This ain't French, words aren't gendered. Victim applies to men too
One sentence review: A smooth journey other than a wrong turn that added 30 mins to the trip if you know what I mean
SYNOPSIS
A male rugby players accuses a standout professor of sexual assault. Meanwhile a case from DI Adam Fawley's early days comes back to haunt him and his wife.
MY OPINION
Okay so I'm often unbothered when a book is marketed incorrectly – whether it's tagged as a thriller when the thrillz are akin to my dog sniffing his ass or the synopsis was overpromising/giving too much away. BUTTTTT I have to say... the fact the synopsis didn't mention the whole ass Adam Fawley vs. Gavin Parrie storyline did throw me off because it is a SIGNIFICANT portion of the book.
This is the "detour" I'm referring to in my one-sentence review. It popped up randomly and outta left field and I was confusion about whether it had to do with the he said/she said sexual assault case or...? And for a good chunk of the book the "marketed case" so to speak is yeeted to the side and not as much as whisper is said about it until much later. Although to be fair – upon reflection – the title applies to both cases. BUT AGAIN – if you think you're only getting a he said/she said plot... SURPRISE!
Anyways other than that, I really enjoyed this. Cara "bitch you thought" Hunter delivered yet again with a story that has you flip flopping like a fish on land... did she do it? Did HE actually do it? Sexual assault cases are notoriously hard to prosecute and Cara demonstrates why. I liked the twist of the roles being reversed; hate me if you want but the victHIM hashtag had me rolling. This ain't French, words aren't gendered. Victim applies to men too