When Claire befriends the brother of the boy whose death she caused twelve years ago, she stirs up old emotions and triggers a new dilemma. By the end of the visit to her home town, a search for closure may turn into a fight for survival.
**Mature Content Warning** 17+ for language, and adult situations. This story will touch on some dark themes: murder, rape, suicide.
I found this book to be interesting enough that I read it to the end, but it turned out that it was totally predictable, which for me makes it only a 3-star novel.
An unusual feature of Guilt was the use of first person for the present day main character and third person for the younger MC.
I was a bit confused, however, about the writer. The first few chapters and the last few appeared to have been written by a young, inexperienced writer: the language sometimes didn’t flow smoothly, and diction was sometimes off the wall. The author appeared to be trying to use words that were less ordinary; the result was that the language sounded pretentious and sometimes just missed conveying the intended meaning. There were even some misspellings that the editor didn’t catch.
The much larger middle section was nicely written. The language was smooth, and the diction was appropriate.