2022 ONTD Reading Challenge discussion

I think some of us will be reading Bonfire, so here is a discussion thread for it

SYNOPSIS

Should you ever go back?

It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands.

But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town's most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens’ biggest scandal from more than a decade ago involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends—just before Kaycee disappeared for good.

Abby knows the key to solving any case lies in the weak spots, the unanswered questions. But as Abby tries to find out what really happened to Kaycee, she unearths an even more disturbing secret—a ritual called “The Game,” which will threaten the reputations, and lives, of the community and risk exposing a darkness that may consume her.

With tantalizing twists, slow-burning suspense, and a remote, rural town of just five claustrophobic miles, Bonfire is a dark exploration of the question: can you ever outrun your past?

Just started this. Not very far into it but I’m enjoying it so far. I can’t read any there’s something wrong with the water stuff without thinking of Erin Brokovich though 🙊

Oh I'm glad you commented here bc I almost forgot about this thread!
I have my copy and will start it probably tomorrow. I hope it's a fast read because my library copy is due back this week and I won't be able to renew it :(

I'm on page 65 (hardcover version), so almost a quarter of the way through.

I'm also enjoying the book! It's fairly well-written. I like the main character and can relate to her on some levels. The mystery of what really happened to Kaycee is holding my interest.

I’m about halfway thru and really enjoying it. The Kaycee mystery also has me super intrigued. I can’t help but cast Krysten as Abby in my head though.

Lol im doing the same thing, I totally see her as Abby

Ugh I want her to stay away from that Brent guy. I just got past the part where (view spoiler)[he asked her out and she said yes. NOOO run from him. he's up to no good IMO!!! (hide spoiler)]

Finished this one a few days ago and I really enjoyed it. (view spoiler)[ lol fuck Brent for real though, you called it Rachel (hide spoiler)]

Ohhh I'm so tempted to click your spoiler but I won't!

I just got to the 75% mark this morning on my way into work.

I really like the twists and turns of the plot. Like (view spoiler)[everything seeming like Kaycee was dead/killed, and then "Kaycee" called her, but then the woman on the phone is apparently an imposter... so good! (hide spoiler)] I can't wait to see how things wrap up.

I finished last night. I really enjoyed it, even if I think it ended a little abruptly. I absolutely loved that Abby's relationship with Kaycee was really the most important one in the entire book, yet she's not there. It's interesting, having to work through issues when the issues are ghosts.

It was pretty good for a celeb book! It was a quick read (which is good since my hold came in a few days ago) and I liked it better than The Dry. That said, this month made me think “shit, *I* could write a book.”