SuitabookRipper
Amy Carol Reeves
- Reading
- If the murder premise feels daunting, read together at first and pause after the opening hospital scenes to check how the suspense is landing. The ending and detail level of later violence remain unclear.
- Themes
- Care for women at the hospital: Abbie becomes interested in the welfare of the hospital’s abused and sickly women, including prostitute patients. The plot centres Abbie’s concern for patients, but this alone does not establish how the book evaluates their circumstances or agency.
- Grief and family: After her mother’s sudden death, Abbie goes to live with her grandmother, who had previously rejected Abbie’s mother for her ‘wild ways’. The disrupted family situation is clear, but the book’s treatment of grief and the grandmother’s choices is not.
- Worth knowing
- Abbie is also newly orphaned; consider whether these depictions may feel intense for your reader.