The swim team
mothers give up a lot to get their kids to practices and meets. They
are middle-aged, unsatisfied with their lives, particularly their
husbands, and living vicariously through their daughters' success.
Their remedies, aside from the swim team, are affairs and
consideration of divorce.
The mothers aren't
the only ones watching the swim team. A serial killer, who lives near
the pool, sees the young girls and remembers how much he enjoyed
making the light in their eyes go out. He dogs the swim team members
and eventually one is found dead.
This book is written
in second person narrative style. I believe the author did this to
connect the reader connect more closely to the characters. However,
for me, it had the opposite effect. In the opening chapters, there
were too many characters I was asked to associate with. After the
book finally settled primarily on Annie, I was tired of the style.
Some readers may enjoy this style, but for me it was tedious
particularly since most sentences started with “This is . . .” to
tell you what you were seeing.
The setting is
interesting. I believe the information about the dynamics of swims
teams is accurate. I found it fascinating. The area these families
live in sounded idyllic, a country setting with lots of space and
access to nature.
I was disappointed
in the mystery. I thought it would be more of a typical mystery with
an interesting background. In actuality, the focus is on the lives of
the women and their dissatisfaction. It became quite tedious to be
constantly in their thoughts, particularly when the thoughts were
mostly negative.
I can't recommend
this book, unless you want to experience a book written in second
person (thankfully there aren't many of them), or if you want to
experience the way middle-aged, privileged women become unhappy and
dissatisfied and how they deal with it.
I reviewed this book
for the Amazon Vine Program.
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