This bachelorette trip turns out not only to be tragic, but opens up old wounds that will have to re-heal after answers from the weekend start unfolding. The places and events that made her so reclusive in the first place. Piece by piece, Nora has to put together her past and present and dig deep and revisit dark places she doesn’t want to have to remember. Not able to remember the weekend’s events at first, she slowly begins to unfold the tragedy’s of what happened. Although, eerie because at night time, Nora felt she was being watched, she tried to make the best of the location and enjoy her time in an eclectic place.įast forward 48 hours later and Nora is in a hospital bed badly injured, but alive. The bachelorette party is held deep in the English country side in a glass house surrounded by a beautiful wooded area that is perfect for those who need to get away. Besides, one of her old roommates was attending and they made a pact to go together so they could be each other’s saviors in case they needed to bail. Although it has been years since they have communicated, her friendship with the bride to be was strong in the past and something kept her from not attending. (The cliché of having an author name applies here obviously, we are going to stick with Nora for consistency.) Out of the blue she is invited to a bachelorette party for her old best friend. In a Dark, Dark Wood, Leo a.k.a. Nora is a crime writer that keeps to herself. Ruth Ware is much more tame than that craziness. I mean, if we want to talk “psychological,” something like Gone Girl or The Girl with the Dragoon Tattoo pops into my mind first! Those books scared me so bad that I had to return them because I didn’t want them in my house. Ruth Ware is known for her “psychological thrillers,” but I am not sure I would be so bold in my review of her books.

I only noticed when I went back to Target to pick out my next read. The similar writing style should have alerted me, but it didn’t. I now realize it came from the mind of the same author who wrote The Woman in Cabin 10, which I read months ago. I took a gamble, I picked a book from my Target’s selection without ever hearing a review or word about it. See what lead me to this book, my summary, and then my review below: It’s time for another Verbal Gold Blog book review! In a Dark, Dark wood by Ruth Ware was my choice.

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