The Grownup

Like a twisty victorian ghost story in a modern setting, too silly to be immersive but works well as a light read. And that's probably what it is; note that the actual story is just 37 pages - the rest of the 64 that Play Store informs you of are excerpts and other bloat.

This is the first book I have read by Gillian Flynn and I was not impressed with the ending. It left me wondering where the rest of the book was. There was no closure and too many unanswered questions. The storyline was good and sucked you in, but the ending was very disappointing. You really have no idea if Susan or Miles is the nutjob in the story or if the husband really left or even if he loves his son, Miles. It has put me off wasting time reading her other stories, which is a shame.

So this was creepy and confusing and I don’t really know what to think about that ending so I am giving it a non-committal 3 stars. The story of Grownup challenges to question what story you know, and what is real by how it is framed. Even at the end, we don’t know what happens and I guess for some that is something awesome but my curious ass wants a proper conclusion dammit. Anyway, the main story goes like this - a psychic/sex worker (it is complicated) is asked to come cleanse a house of malevolent spirits by a rich woman. She first thinks that the woman will be easy to trick, but while in the house, she starts to feel watched, and creeped out. The creepy teen step-son and the weirdness of the house doesn’t help. She doesn’t know who is bad - is it the step-son or the house, or is it as the kid says - the mother itself? Who knows? This book is more about the experience and the messing up of your beliefs in what could be possible. I personally did not see that twist coming but my buddy reader did, so maybe I was just caught up in the atmosphere of the novel. Whatever it was, the ending just left me conflicted, okay?