V for Violet
Alison Rattle
- Reading
- If the murders or disappearances feel intense, read in shorter stretches and pause to check in. You could also agree to talk through unsettling scenes as they arise.
- Themes
- Suspicion and the mystery: Joseph returns as girls begin going missing and being murdered; Violet suspects he may be connected. Violet’s suspicion of Joseph gives the mystery a personal focus as she tries to make sense of the girls’ disappearances and murders.
- Worth knowing
- Girls go missing and are found murdered; Violet’s best friend also disappears. These events bring death, danger and the threat of loss into the story.