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"They tried to hide the truth. But the camera never lies..."
Synopsis
Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people.
It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. But now, ravaged by the effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it's a ghost town - and the perfect place for film-maker Alex to shoot her new documentary.
But the community is deeply suspicious of her intentions. After all, nothing exciting ever happens in Blackwood Bay - or does it?
Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to an extraordinary secret.
S J Watson writes:
In writing Final Cut I wanted to move away slightly from the entirely domestic, urban and claustrophobic feel of Before I Go To Sleep and open the story world a little. I’m returning to my preoccupations of memory, narrative and identity, though bringing a fresh spin and new maturity to them.
The story follows a young ambitious documentary film maker whose first film was lauded and her second less so, and who is struggling with her third film. She hits on the idea of making a film about life in a small, northern village and is persuaded, against her better judgement and for reasons unknown, to film in Blackwood Bay. Once there she discovers a town shrouded in mystery and full of secrets, that threaten to engulf and ultimately destroy her. She has to dig deep to save herself, as well as the lives of others.
In researching the book, I was drawn to the idea of the way we document our lives now, on Instagram and Twitter etc., and the downsides of that, as well as the darkness that can hide in plain sight and the abuses that people can visit on their fellow humans. The sad fact is I had to tone down some of the horrific atrocities I read about, or else the book would’ve been too dark, even for me.
My Review
I could not wait to get stuck into this read after been such a huge fan of the authors first novel "Before I go to sleep" and I was not disappointed!
In this read we meet Alex a documentary film maker, making her way to Blackwood Bay in the UK , a small struggling tourist destination with a chilling past it tries to forget, the disappearance of 2 girls and the apparent suicide of another.
Alex is on the hunt for the next big documentary, after sudden success before she hates the feeling of it been a one off and its looking for a more homely, normal people place when she is sent a postcard recommending Blackwood Bay.
Yet Alex feels like there os more to the story the plan to interview members of the local community I am sure in her head a wonderful idea, but her welcome is less than warm and full of mistrust.
As Alex delves deeper in to Blackwood Bay the past comes back and she gets closer than she ever imagined to the truth but is she ready to risk it all?
The first half of this read was a slow burn getting to know Alex and the town of Blackwood bay was the creepy undercurrent of fear rests just below the surface as the past is exposed the read really takes off and never stops!
Packed with tension I found the latter half of the read one I could not put down
I really enjoyed the way this book flips from the past to the present day and I loved the inclusion of teenage diaries and letters in the book, this is and added element that I really like at the moment!
Finally the read builds up to the shocking conclusion, and just WOW it left me utterly reeling! This was an amazing psychological thriller and I can already see the big or small screen calling again!
Author Bio
S. J. Watson’s first novel, Before I Go To Sleep, became a phenomenal international success and has now sold over 6,000,000 copies worldwide.
It won the Crime Writers’ Association Award for Best Debut Novel and the Galaxy National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year. The film of the book, starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong, and directed by Rowan Joffe, was released in September 2014.
S. J. Watson’s second novel, Second Life, a psychological thriller, was published to acclaim in 2015.
S. J. Watson was born in the Midlands and now lives in London.
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Thank you to the Publisher and Author for sending me an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel and for the opportunity to review these works.
All reviews are my own unbiased opinion.
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