pickYou can feel the suffocating heat rise off the page in this book (set in the UK = no air conditioning 🤷🏼♀️). A child goes missing, her teacher, Rachel, has a good idea where she has gone. This is a woman who seems to be struggling with her life: an absent husband, full of insecurities about her looks and her age, loss of control of her daughter. I really liked this, and if you like the unlikeable protagonist trope, you will too.
so-soAlthough I thought this was a beautifully written book, I found the pace too slow for my liking. Rachel‘s constant internalisation of her thoughts with her imagination running riot irritated me. It‘s very atmospheric and the descriptions of the oppressive heat are very vivid, so much so, it was making me break out in a sweat reading it! However, not much happens within the pages themselves and I was left feeling a little disappointed. #Pigeonhole
Heatstroke: An Intoxicating Story of Obsession Over One Hot Summer | 
