This book was not a captivating read, and the only reason I finished this book was to see why it was getting such fantastic reviews. You already know the murder, so the balance of the book is to find out how this murder affected everyone -even the most peripheral of characters. There are a LOT of characters, so be sure to have a scorecard handy!
This book was a fast read, and I can see this as being a popular book to take on vacation or the beach.
I guess it was just not for me.
I will say this right now---it amazes me to see how many positive reviews are written by people who have gotten this book as an ARC. Compare this to the reviews on Amazon from the people who have bought this book with their own hard-earned money...
*ARC supplied by the publisher and author.
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SYNOPSIS: "Inspired by a true story, this haunting debut novel pieces together a chorus of voices to explore the aftermath of a college student's death.
On a cold day in 1997, student Sara Morgan was killed in the woods surrounding her liberal arts college in upstate New York. Her boyfriend, Blake Campbell, confessed, his plea of temporary insanity raising more questions than it answered.
In the wake of his acquittal, the case comes to haunt a strange and surprising network of community members, from the young woman who discovers Sara's body to the junior reporter who senses its connection to convicted local serial killer John Logan. Others are looking for retribution or explanation: Sara's half sister, stifled by her family's bereft silence about Blake, poses as a babysitter and seeks out her own form of justice, while the teenager Sara used to babysit starts writing to Logan in prison.
A propulsive, taut tale of voyeurism and obsession, Nothing Can Hurt You dares to examine gendered violence not as an anomaly, but as the very core of everyday life. Tracing the concentric circles of violence rippling out from Sara's murder, Nicole Maye Goldberg masterfully conducts an unforgettable chorus of disparate voices."
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