Black-Eyed Susans
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For fans of Laura Lippman and Gillian Flynn comes an electrifying novel of stunning psychological suspense. A girl's memory lost in a field of wildflowers. A killer still spreading seeds. At seventeen, Tessa became famous for being the only surviving victim of a vicious serial killer. Her testimony put him on death row. Decades later, a mother herself, she receives a message from a monster who should be in prison. Now, as the execution date rapidly approaches, Tessa is forced to confront a chilling possibility: Did she help convict the wrong man?
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I'm not very sure about this book. I didn't like it, but I don't dislike it either. The narrative was very slow and I couldn't sympathize with the protagonist. It's not what I expected, but the reading kept me entertained somehow.
book 2/30 Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin 3.5/5
I read one of Heaberlin's other novels We Are All the Same in the Dark last year and absolutely LOVED it! Black Eyed Susans was good, but I didn't love any of the characters like I loved the protagonist in the former.
Black Eyed Susans is a thriller following Tessa, who was kidnapped and found buried alive with bones and body of other girls who were killed in rural texas as a teenager. The story flashes between present-day Tessa who is trying to get the man convicted off death row and 15/16 year old Tessie who is recounting her harrowing experience to her therapist before the trial. It's slower to start, but about 65% of the way through it really picks up speed to a crashing finale.
