Book: The Night Swim
Author: Megan Goldin
Pages: 368
This is my 59th read for the year
Rachel Krall, a reporter turned podcaster, has become a success in the world of True Crime. She started a podcast called Guilty/Not Guilty and now she is a well known. Her first two seasons were murder trials, but this season she has taken a different path and has latched onto a Rape trial in a small town. As she travels to the small town, she stops to rest and when she returns to her car, she finds a note stuck to her windshield. No one really knows her face, so she doesn't know how Hannah found her. Hannah is asking for help in confronting the person who murdered her sister 25 years ago. Hannah is from the same small town where Rachel is heading for the trial, and Rachel is not sure she wants to get mixed up in another story while working on her existing story. Hannah contiues to send her letters and leave her notes telling her story and Rachel becomes more and more intrqued. All the while, she delves into the Rape trial with her listeners to determine of Scott - a kid from a wealthy family and swimmer with Olympic dreams is actually guilty of the crime he is accused of. As the trial goes on, Rachel learns more and more about the people involved not only in the current crime, but the one Hannah's sister was involved in all those years ago.
This book started out great. I decided to listen to this one and I highly recommend that if you try this book. The reader is excellent but mostly because this goes back and forth between Rachel speaking and her podcast, and the podcast parts deserve the audio to bring them alive. I was quickly invested in both stories - the current trial and Hannah's past and Rachel weaves together the stories and we try to figure out who the guilty parties are. Where she loses me is the ending. I would have given this book a strong 4-4.5 stars, but the ending just left me flat. Also - I could tell where this trial was going to end up by the lean Rachel had in her podcast. She starts the story by saying she needs to stay impartial and non-bias, but that clearly took a turn one direction as she started the podcast. So it kind of gave away where things were going to end up. I love true crime podcast, and most of the time the really good ones DO stay impartial. Make the listeners really think and form their own opinions. This didn't quite do that.
It was a good listen. I am glad I listened to it and it really did make for a good book for the most part. I was always anxious to get back to it - spent long days outside working just so I could listen to it. I just wish the ending was a little stronger.
Stars: 3.5
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