The Creeping

"My favorite book of all time! A spine-tingling murder mystery that surprised me with every new discovery. It took me so long to return to normal life after i read it, almost like a part of me was missing! the most nostalgic second home i’ve found in a book."

"<strong>Whatever you expect, this book will defy</strong><br/><br/>It is not gore and bodies dropping left and right like a slasher, nor is it full of breathless thrills like many murder mysteries. There's no big surprise twist. That is not to say it is predictable; because it isn't predictable at all. It's just that everything, every person, every landmark, every event is so realized that the conclusion feels satisfyingly inevitable. You don't go, 'whoa I didn't see that coming!' you go 'wow OK that explains so much'. You don't see it coming but once it's there, it's as if its always been and you somehow failed to notice it. <br/><br/>This story builds upon itself at an exponential rate. While the title refers to something else entirely, creeping is an apt description for how the plot grows. It's like stumbling upon an abandoned building and finding little bits of evidence that something in the building's history is rotten and that tension of feeling like the answers are there but not being able to figure it out. And you get more and more tense and spooked and that sensation that someone or something is watching you from the shadows. <br/><br/>While many things are tied up, nothing is tied up in one big neat bow. They are smaller, messier bows. And you're still left wondering if there's more to it, the ending leaving you with vague hope/dread that it isn't all she wrote. <br/><br/>There's no black and white characters, no heroes vs villains. Everyone is a little good and a little bad. Doubt is cast on every single person as you and the main character start putting pieces together. Stella is selfish and self-obsessed, but also lost and brave and determined. Zoey is a hot mess with a slytherin esque ambition. Some characters are more than a little shady, but at the same time fair, or generous but cowardly, clingy and brave. The bad aren't entirely bad and the good aren't entirely trustworthy."