The Darling Girls Book Review
Darling Girls
by Sally Hepworth
Ginasbookreport Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre: Domestic Suspense / Thriller / Psychological Mystery
Read This If You Love: Megan Miranda / Alex Michaelides
"I can't talk about Wild Meadows. Not yet."
The Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth is another psychological thriller from one of the masters of the genre. When a body is found on the site of the former foster home Wild Meadows, all the past trauma of the women who spent time there is unraveled. Who do the bones belong to and who put them there?
The majority of the plot is peeled back through the memories of three sisters who shared horrific years in foster care. While at the heart of the novel is the mystery about the deceased, what happened to Jessica, Norah, and Alicia and how that mapped out their current life and personalities is really the main focus of the novel. Hepworth does a great job exploring how our psyches adjust and evolve. It's fascinating to compare and contrast the differences between the three women.
Parts of this novel reminded me of The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. While The Darling Girls isn't as frightening, there are character elements that are similar enough to make me question everything! This book is a layered thriller that fans of Hepworth are sure to love.
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