Book Review – The Whisper Man

My first month of ‘running’ a book club has officially come to a close! I will not lie, I didn’t know the first thing about even starting a book club, let alone running one. There have been many bumps in the road during our first month, but all minor details that will be worked out in time. What I did know, however, was that after growing our little club, the next step was choosing our first read. About twenty girls, and myself, narrowed down our top choices at the end of December, and finally decided on our first book. January’s book was titled The Whisper Man, by Alex North.

I read the entire book within two days, so it is safe to say it was a good one. The book started off somewhat slow, but most great books seem to do that, so I wasn’t too concerned about it. The Whisper Man explores the relationship between a father and son after the tragic loss of Tom’s wife (his sons mother). Tom has a difficult time adapting to all of the new responsibility that has been placed on him as a single father. He decides to sell his house and move to a new town, named Featherbank, with his seven year old son Jake. Little did Tom know, that there was a killer on the loose, kidnapping and murdering young boys, a copycat of one from twenty years prior.

On top of moving to a new town, new school, and discovering that there is a murderer that the police call ‘The Whisper Man’, Jake begins acting questionable. He begins talking to imaginary friends, referencing a ‘boy in the floor’, and drawing pictures of things he should not even know about. His father begins to worry, rightfully so.

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Spoilers!

Have you ever seen the movie Hide and Seek? Where the father keeps finding his daughter standing over dead bodies and he then begins to cover for her so that she won’t get into trouble? The whole time you are watching, you are convinced that his child is some crazy serial killer, but really, the whole time its him!? He has split personality and is killing people and his daughter is really covering for him! That is what I thought was happening while reading The Whisper Man. I thought that Tom had split personality and that he was the one kidnapping and killing the boys. I also thought that he was the one who had killed his wife. Man I was so wrong.

This book had my heart racing pretty much from around page 127, all the way to the end of the 355 page book, but I was slightly let down by the ending. I am not sure if I was let down due to the fact that I had created a scenario in my head for what I thought was going to happen and it ended up not being correct, but I was feeling a bit ‘blah’ about it. I also feel as though I was left with many questions unanswered.

Even though I was left with questions and concerns about how the book ended, I still recommend reading this book! Especially if you are in a book club yourself! It is a great book to have discussions about, because everyone’s take on it is so different! When we did our ‘end of book discussion’, I realized just how differently everyone had read the book. If I had to rate this novel on a scale of 1-10, I would rate it an 8!

If you have read this book, let me know your thoughts about it in the comments!! I am also considering starting a Facebook page for people to join that want to be in my book club! Would you join?!

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