The Wave

by L E Luttrell

Kelly O'Brien is trapped in a relationship with Carlos, a violent controlling man. She is desperate to be free of him. When Kelly meets Lucy and Tom on holiday in Thailand, Lucy comes up with the perfect escape plan. Just as they are about to implement it, a tsunami strikes the resort, leading to chaos and tragedy. Devastated over Kelly's disappearance, Carlos goes in search of Lucy for help. His aggressive behaviour causes her to flee and go into hiding. Lucy travels to Llandudno in Wales with her daughter to visit her in-laws and ends up settling there - thinking she is safe. But twelve years later, an unexpected visitor turns up on Lucy's doorstep who turns her whole world upside down. The Wave is a psychological thriller set Phuket, Thailand; Melbourne, Australia and Llandudno, Wales.

390 pages, Paperback

Published July 15, 2021

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I quite liked the story but it ended quite suddenly. I think just even just a couple more chapters leading up to a proper ending would have been good. I read this on Kindle and had to check to make sure it wasn't part of a series. It appears it's a stand alone book.

[Ellie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the premise of this book, but there was far too much unnecessary detail. And the incessant use of ‘like’ by Clara was irritating.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

PG-13 for heavy topics (abuse, death, etc). They made each character different enough that jumping around different perspectives wasn’t too confusing. They also jumped back into the past a couple times though which was a little hard to keep track of, specifically cuz they did it by date instead of saying past vs present. I love how not dramatic Clara’s response to the truth was cuz I feel like her taking a little bit of time to digest it all and to be understanding of it was a more realistic response.

The ending was laughabley awful though cuz it was very sudden. I feel like it was enough for us to assume how it’ll end but it still felt like “oh it’s over?” Like a chapter was deleted on accident or something.