Review: The Companion by Kim Taylor Blakemore

Book Info & Summary

I was so excited for this book because it seemed in the same genre of Alias Grace which I absolutely devoured. I loved the unreliable narrator who we as the reader (along with other characters in the book) desperately wanted to believe but left us questioning everything and everyone.

Things I Liked:

1. Unreliable narrator

2. None of the characters were completely likable. There were things that made you question their intentions and actions. They were sometimes wonderful and other times wonderfully cruel.

3. LGBTQ content!!! In 1850s America!!!! So rarely seen in novels and I loved that it was involved in this story (no spoilers for who or how though)

4. So suspenseful. I read the last 40% late into the night because I just couldn't put it down and had to know how it ended.

Things I Didn't:

1. The story was a little hard to track and I almost feel like I need to read it again so I don't miss anything. Time jumped between the present, past, distant past, present, back to recent past without any kind of indication time had changed. I couldn't get a handle on tracking until about halfway through.

2. The ending will not be satisfying for some. It seems like you got a resolution and the truth is finally out but did you really?

Overall I would definitely recommend this to fans of Alias Grace and I will be rereading again in the future!