📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚 The Family Plot
AUTHOR: Megan Collins @megancollinswriter
Publisher: Atria Books @atriabooks
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐1/5 + 🐰
Published: August 17, 2021
The Review 📚 The Family Plot
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- I heard Gabby (from Gabbyreads) talking about this book and it sounded so intriguing. Thanks to @netgalley and Atria books for the opportunity to read this.
💜 What I liked:
- The story is one of those that you can read fast as the suspense moves you along. So many people are suspect in this book and the journey through this darkness is quite interesting.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- The main character, Dahlia, wasn’t that likeable. Most of the time, her grief causes her to miss things right in front of her and I really wanted her to emerge as a strong main character. Instead she presents as confused and at times even a pushover.
🚦 My face at the end: 😬
💭 3 Reasons to Read:
- 1. Dark and sinister location
- 2. True Crime references
- 3. Dioramas
🕧 Mini-Summary:
- Dahlia was raised around death all her life and she never got over the disappearance of her twin brother Andy. She returns to her childhood home after the death of her father, only to uncover more secrets she never knew.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.
📘 Summary 📚 The Family Plot
When a family obsessed with true crime gathers to bury their patriarch, horrifying secrets are exposed upon the discovery of another body in his grave in this chilling novel from the author of Behind the Red Door and The Winter Sister .
At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse has a lot to learn when it comes to the real world. Raised in a secluded island mansion deep in the woods and kept isolated by her true crime-obsessed parents, she has spent the last several years living on her own, but unable to move beyond her past—especially the disappearance of her twin brother Andy when they were sixteen.
With her father’s death, Dahlia returns to the house she has avoided for years. But as the rest of the Lighthouse family arrives for the memorial, a gruesome discovery is made: buried in the reserved plot is another body—Andy’s, his skull split open with an ax.
Each member of the family handles the revelation in unusual ways. Her brother Charlie pours his energy into creating a family memorial museum, highlighting their research into the lives of famous murder victims; her sister Tate forges ahead with her popular dioramas portraying crime scenes; and their mother affects a cheerfully domestic façade, becoming unrecognizable as the woman who performed murder reenactments for her children. As Dahlia grapples with her own grief and horror, she realizes that her eccentric family, and the mansion itself, may hold the answers to what happened to her twin.