The Curing Room
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3.7 • 3 Ratings
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- £2.49
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- £2.49
Publisher Description
Nothing is what is seems. A horrific accident. A dead girl. A long-held secret. All the lies and deceit lead to the same mysterious room. This psychologically astute, character-driven thriller unfolds within a sleepy New England college town where Ava Marie Stassi is a young, adjunct professor struggling to advance her career while coping with a recent break-up. After tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Ava is forced by circumstance to match wits against a volatile student, Jared, who brings pent-up hostility fueled by a dark past into her quiet, mundane life...and into The Curing Room.
THE CURING ROOM by Michael Winn is smartly written and expertly crafted novel written in the tradition of Megan Abbott, Ian McEwan, Kate Atkinson, Sarah Waters, and, of course, Gillian Flynn. Fans of the great, modern thriller authors will be enthralled by Michael Winn’s foray into the dark recesses of the human psyche.
Customer Reviews
Really well written
I can’t believe I’m writing the first ever review for this book. I came across it by accident and was drawn in by the characters, the plot and the writing. The novel starts with a female narrator, Ava, followed by a male narrator, Jared, in the next chapter. This continues throughout the book, giving the somewhat differing perspectives of Ava and Jared as the story slowly unwinds. The setting of most of the narrative is a small college town in New Hampshire. The author describes college life in a small, rural town evocatively and uses the landscape as a backdrop for certain events. In places, it reminded me of The Secret History by Donna Tartt but it doesn’t quite get full marks. There are grammar and spelling issues in the novel which I was able to overlook for the story and how the layers peel back to reveal several broken people, all attempting to deal with their issues in different ways. Highly recommended 👍