All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoy Stacy Willingham’s novels. They manage to be both character and plot driven. The pacing is unlike any other and there are always awesome twists that don’t make you feel stupid. I think that combination is very hard to achieve.
This is the story of Isabelle whose baby is taken from their house a year ago and she hasn’t slept since then and has been desperately looking for him. She has been doing everything she can to scour every opportunity to talk about it and even agrees to do a podcast to see if it will help find the person who took Mason.
She and her husband are now separated and he’s with someone new. So she’s going through the loss and betrayal all at once. The book also alternates between the present and the past where she has suffered another terrible loss so Isabelle is not sure if she can trust herself.
The insomnia in this book is almost a character. It makes isabelle so hazy and sometimes we can’t tell if she’s an unreliable narrator or not. We can viscerally feel her doubts and worries as she experiences them.
I loved this book and highly recommend Willingham’s books. They are also fantastic on audio!
with gratitude to Macmillan Audio and netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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