They Drown Our Daughters

They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe (audiobook read by Mara Wilson) is a haunting story of generational trauma, of mothers and daughters, told through the lens of supernatural horror. This novel weaves together multiple timelines in joined together by both location and blood, and does so more successfully than some other works that utilize the alternating timeline structure. Overall I found the story of Meredith and her daughter, Alice, and mother, Judith, in their town of Cape Disappointment (what a name, and it's a real place) to be anything but. Monroe did an excellent job of establishing setting in vivid detail and crafting lots of fascinating characters across different eras. I found some parts of the plot to be a bit muddy and the pacing too slow in some sections, but nevertheless this was an extremely enjoyable read. This is not, in my opinion, the kind of horror that will give readers nightmares, but rather a more literary and reflective book that manages to be both chilling and poignant. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️