Book Title: The Night Olivia Fell
Author: Christina McDonald
Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Pub Date: 02/05/2019
4 STARS ★★★★
GOODREADS SYNOPSIS:
In the vein of Big Little Lies and Reconstructing Amelia comes an emotionally charged domestic suspense novel about a mother unraveling the truth behind how her daughter became brain dead. And pregnant.
A search for the truth. A lifetime of lies.
In the small hours of the morning, Abi Knight is startled awake by the phone call no mother ever wants to get: her teenage daughter Olivia has fallen off a bridge. Not only is Olivia brain dead, she’s pregnant and must remain on life support to keep her baby alive. And then Abi sees the angry bruises circling Olivia’s wrists.
When the police unexpectedly rule Olivia’s fall an accident, Abi decides to find out what really happened that night. Heartbroken and grieving, she unravels the threads of her daughter’s life. Was Olivia’s fall an accident? Or something far more sinister?
Christina McDonald weaves a suspenseful and heartwrenching tale of hidden relationships, devastating lies, and the power of a mother’s love. With flashbacks of Olivia’s own resolve to uncover family secrets, this taut and emotional novel asks: how well do you know your children? And how well do they know you?
MY THOUGHTS:
Very rarely does a thriller bring me to tears but The Night Olivia Fell was able to do so. Starting from the beginning when Adi gets a call in the middle of the night telling her there has been an accident involving her teenage daughter, Olivia. When the phone rings in the middle of the night you immediately know it is not good news and this call was no different.
Adi is a single mother who has gone to great lengths to protect her daughter. She oversees her daughters schoolwork, pushes her to volunteer, sets strict rules and basically makes it so she knows where Olivia is at every minute of the day. If you were anything like me when you were a teenager, then you found ways to break your parents rules without them ever finding out.
Upon arriving at the hospital Adi finds out that Olivia fell off a town bridge and is now braindead. To make matters worse…Olivia is pregnant! The hospital explains to Adi that they will be keeping Olivia on life support in hopes that the baby will survive. Given that Olivia is only a few weeks along, this give Adi plenty of time to get the answers she so badly needs.
The last chapter broke me…I will not anything more than that because I do not want to spoil anything but have your tissues ready.
Thank you to Gallery Books for gifting me a copy via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!
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