“The Roanoke Girls” by
Amy Engel
Review written by Diana
Iozzia
My goodness. I don’t even know where to begin with this
book. I just finished it about ten minutes, and I’m trying to gather my
thoughts. I engulfed this book in about a span of 7 hours, four hours last
night and three today. “The Roanoke Girls” is the best book I have read in
about a year or so, and I truly think it’s worth every second you spend on it.
This
book is about a woman named Lane who returns to her grandparents’ house eleven
years after she spent a summer there, to help look for her missing cousin. Lane
and her cousin, Allegra, were almost fused together, in dramatic, happy, and
terrifying sync that summer long ago. This book is told through Lane’s young
perspective at 15-16 years old, then her perspective at 27 years old.
This
book is full with unexpected suspense, thrills, chills, and more. Many have
said this is a modern day “Flowers in the Attic”. It is very similar with eerie grandparents and
(LOTS of) uncomfortable incest. Be warned. There are very strong and possibly
triggering scenes and moments. However, this book is not just about incest and
a missing woman, this is about how Lane grew up and is reflected by the summer
she spent. She revisits all of the haunts she once knew. I also found some
similarities to the book “Sharp Objects” by Gillian Flynn, which I enjoyed as
well.
I
do warn about the incest and other sexual moments. Other than that, there isn’t
too much violence or profanity. However, this is an adult book, so I don’t know
if it’s wise to think that a thriller/suspense/drama for adults would be PG. It’s
sickeningly sweet and intriguing.
There
isn’t much I can say about this book that I didn’t like. It’s interesting to
see Lane, Allegra, and their friends and how they’ve changed as adults, in
comparison to their childhood personalities. I think this would be a fantastic
film or mini-series. There isn’t room for a sequel, which works fine by me.
This book is very complete, concrete, and very well-written. I thoroughly
enjoyed this.
//I
received an advance reader’s copy through BloggingForBooks.com//
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