**A Review of "Into the Water" by Paula Hawkins**

I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading "Into the Water" by Paula Hawkins, despite some characters and plot points that left me frustrated. The novel is well fleshed out, with a large cast of characters, many of whom were written poorly. The author's depiction of sexist men who view women as objects was particularly grating, and I found myself becoming increasingly frustrated while reading about these characters' misogynistic attitudes. On the other hand, there were some intriguing characters that kept me engaged throughout the book.

One of the standout features of "Into the Water" is its use of multiple point of views. The novel jumps between various narrators, each with their own unique voice and perspective. This allowed the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the characters' motivations and emotions, as well as the events that led up to the mysterious deaths in the town. For example, we are treated to the perspective of the teenager who was found dead in the river three months prior, which provides insight into her grieving process and the emotional impact of her death on those around her. We also get to see things from Nell's point of view, the sister who returns to the town after many years away, carrying secrets and a sense of unease that makes her a complex and relatable character.

The author also explores themes of grief, trauma, and the power of women in this small, troubled community. As we delve deeper into the mystery surrounding the deaths, it becomes clear that each victim had their own unique story to tell, and that these stories are all connected by the presence of a river that runs through the town. The author masterfully weaves together these narratives, creating a sense of tension and suspense that keeps the reader engaged.

**The Ending: A Surprise**

One aspect of "Into the Water" that may have surprised some readers is its twist ending. Without giving too much away, I can say that the identity of the killer is revealed in the final pages of the book, and it's a revelation that was both shocking and, in hindsight, somewhat inevitable. While I won't give away any more details, I will say that the motive behind the murder was complex and multifaceted, and one that kept me guessing until the very end.

**The Author's Craft**

Paula Hawkins is a masterful storyteller, and her skill at crafting a compelling narrative is evident throughout "Into the Water". Her writing is evocative and engaging, with vivid descriptions of the small town and its residents. While some readers may find certain characters or plot points off-putting, I was thoroughly invested in the story from start to finish.

**Conclusion**

Overall, I highly recommend "Into the Water" to fans of psychological thrillers and mystery novels. While it's not a scary book per se, it's definitely suspenseful and engaging, with a complex web of characters and plot twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat. If you enjoy books like "Gone Girl" or "The Girl on the Train", I think you'll find "Into the Water" to be right up your alley.

**Spoiler Alert**

For those who may not have read the book, there is a spoiler ahead. If you're one of them, please feel free to skip this section and continue reading from the bottom of the article.

One thing that did surprise me was the identity of the killer. I won't give away any more details, but let's just say that it was someone who seemed like a minor character in the book, but had a significant role in the mystery. The motive behind the murder was also complex and multifaceted, and one that kept me guessing until the very end.

**A Final Word**

I must say that I'm still trying to process my thoughts on the ending of "Into the Water". While I knew it was going to be a twisty book from the start, I didn't see it coming. The author's skill at crafting a complex narrative and keeping readers guessing is truly impressive. If you enjoy books like this one, please let me know in the comments below!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone sit in here to review a book for you today I'll be talking about into the water by Paul Oaxacan you're unfamiliar with Paul Hawken she also wrote the very popular book the girl on the train which came out into a movie last year which is Duluth my excited her latest released into the water if you know she writes psychological thriller so if that's something you're interested in keep watching even if it's not something you're interested in and also keep watching because I'll tell you a little bit more about it so basically with this video I'm going to tell you what this book is about my overall thoughts and opinions on it without spoiling it and there will be a brief spoiler section at the end literally just to talk about the end of the book because I like to keep most of you spoiler free but there are some look I think that you kind of have to talk about spoilers so I will be talking about spoilers very briefly in the end and I will let you know when I do so this book is all about character Nell Abbott who ends up dead and there's a river she leaves behind a 15 year old daughter and her sister and Nell sister comes to town to take care of her daughter after Nell is obviously dead also within this there is a teenage girl that ended up dead at the same exact River like three months prior so we're having a lot of deaths go in this river if you can tell basically what the book jacket says about so it's kind of very vague all you really know when you go into this book is that there are these two women that are that has somehow ended up dead in the river both of these murders they've actually been treated as suicide but when we read on in this book you learn maybe are they suus what we really think are they suicide are they murders you don't really know so basically this book is all about exploring at these two deaths and more in this book and it's so much more than I would say a murder mystery book this is a psychological thriller that is definitely very intriguing it was very intriguing and I find it very hard to summarize because of the fact that it was so different and kind of intriguing in my opinion and when you look like up on Goodreads it does not have the best refuse it's very mixed which I'm surprised do not surprised by because throw on the Train also has very mixed reviews I like the girl on the train and I like this book as well and I don't know if definite say I'm an easy to please reader or it's because I'm a psychological thriller I'm very very new to the genre I've only read maybe four or five than a donor so I could be just very easy to please when it comes to that genre and I'm not expecting too much so I don't know it's hard to gauge whether I'm like this is an amazing book or maybe I'm just like I have a remedy so I like it you know things that make sense but overall I think I did enjoy this book it was definitely different than what I expected this book is more than these two murders explores this really dark and like quiet town and this town this River runs through the whole towel like it's right in the middle and there's this river that runs through it like it's like wherever they say in the book where you turn the town we always end up somehow back at the river within this river she try to explain it I couldn't really understand it like their sharp turns and there's this place called the drowning pool where women have gone to die either committing suicide or things like that and that is where these two deaths take place and that's very it's very interesting like this river has been known for death and especially woman's death all about these people within this town and the secrets are they keep with these deaths honestly and all I can really can explain it to you I know that's such a horrible subnautica like with thrillers especially for a lot of people say unless you know going into it the better and I agree with this one and if you're worried about the scare factor before I continue because I myself am a scary cat reader I could not read horror genre will never attempt it in my life ever so this is this is not scary at all not at all like the girl the train was a little bit scary to me but it's not scary at all it's definitely a book that makes you think and you're trying to figure out things but it's not period also if you're worried about the scare factor you are good I promise just wanna throw it out there for people like me hey better always like Shango asthma scary to be moving on like I said I really enjoyed it there were so many characters in this book like the one downfall I will say I had was a smoke was the fact that there was multiple point of views like I'm used to kind of multiple interviews but this one had a lot like this is my whole post-it note it is full of characters like I had to write a post note of characters to let them know when there are like ones like sister was a daughter once the lawyer like I had to write notes there were so many points of views I was getting confused with which character which so that is the downside and comin up so I'm kind of mixed on that because it takes a while to get used to the multiple point of views that we have we have upwards I want to send eight or nine the point of views are used a lot in this book some point of views are using before or five times in this book it is a good thing and a bad thing about it because it takes you about fifty to sixty pages to really differentiate each character and like really identify and like know who each one of them is that refer to my post-it note midway through the book but it is like a little bit slow going with a point of views but I enjoyed that later on because this is such a fast read I think due to the multiple point of view so to have four or five pages from one point of view than when you have ten page then we would have ten pages of another point of view so and made it really really quick in fast to read with this point of view so like I said it's kind of a good / bad thing about it whatever you want to turn it is I'm doing it as a kind of good kind of bad thing as well since we're talking about things I didn't like the ending I wasn't a super huge fans ending I like it I don't love it I feel like it should have been explained more but I understand that it's not because it's kind of thrill it's kind of makes you think it's like a shopback or such thing so that I'm kind of mixed feelings with I'll give this book a rating I give it a 4 out of 5 I gave with the girl in the Train the same rating early I enjoyed her book and allows people very mixed about her I think he either enjoy her books or you don't I'm one that enjoys them so I like her writing sale I like the stories that she tells so yeah so far the trees all over the place it's a very weird book to read because it's so like different than any other psychological filler I've read going back to the woman who died in the drowning pool that's what they're calling it that the river that they call her name is Nell and she was a photographer which kind of freaked me out because I want photographer I was like oh let's go crazy so but she was she's a photographer and she was also researching this river that has gone through this town and she's lived in this town all of her life and she has always been fascinated with this river like it's always had like this like she's always have pool to this river so I swam in it she just had a connection with it and like I said this river has had multiple deaths linked to it like going back to the 1800s going back 50 years later like I said there was a teenage girl that that had died in rivers three months before naled died so there's a lot of deaths and she's writing this novel all about this river and this drowning pool has that trouble some women are often found up dead there she thinks are no trouble some women are gotten rid of their which it gets very intriguing what the character is going on to it learning more about your like why would troubles woman go die there like what happens so she is writing all about this river and you get to see glimpses of her writing with previous deaths in this river and it's so interesting like it's such an interesting concept for a novel all about this river that has all these multiple deaths connected to it and you're learning more about them like are they suicides are they murder or you know things like that and it's just it's more than just about Mel's death I think with this book a lot of people think is about this one woman to death it's not that you have a lot of like mystery type of things going on in this novel like four or five things going on and they all kind of tie up characters in this book so well fleshed out there were a lot of characters were written horribly like you hated them there were a lot of men in this novel that were sexist that were like think woman are horrible they don't want you know they were they were wanting to put women in their place and I was cold made me so mad at Paula Hawkins wrote it that way because I was getting so frustrated reading about these men and that just thought that women were just toys and like Oh some other characters that were really intriguing to read about you you did some of the other point of views too you also get the point of view from the teenager that was found dead in the river three months ago as mom so you can learn about grieving as well as with now the main character who's died daughters point of view gentlemen how she grieves as well as her sister Nell sister that comes back into town and she didn't want to come back at a town she's had a lot of secrets and a lot of things that she doesn't want to be brought back up when she goes back to this town so the bottom line of this book it's more than missus death that needs to be solved it's all about this river that's connecting all of these troublesome women's deaths and you're trying to figure out like how each of these women died and if it was like suicide or murder and it talks more about the town and about the people in it and the secrets and the lengths they go to to keep those secrets so I highly recommend this book like I said it's not scary I definitely enjoyed it it's a fast reader I said I really enjoyed it I don't want to talk too much further about it because I don't want to spoil it it's best to go into this book not knowing a lot just knowing is about this kind of really creepy odd town with this river and these really intense characters and all these deaths that are connected to the said river like the drowning pole I would highly recommend you check this out I really enjoyed it I like Paula Hawkins raining a lot so as far as for spoilers I will be talking briefly about those so if you have not read this book maybe come back and watch this little brief section afterwards and yeah I don't want to spoil it for you because since thrillers especially don't want to do you don't want to get school you want to discover it on your own so I highly recommend you do so spoiler so we learn at the end the person who actually killed now because I think a lot of us were conflicted whether she did commit suicide or if she was murdered Shaun ends up killing now which I was expecting and not expecting I like I found the notion of Patrick his dad just like confessing dirt easily I'm like now that falls into play is too too easy Shawn has a big part of this and I get okay like I I'm shocked I'm not shocked that he killed her I don't like the very last thing like he just pushed her and that they go down in the book I don't feel like he had like such a strong motive to do it honestly like I don't feel like that motive was super super they're like I don't know am I the only one that feels that way I would have much preferred it if like Helen would have done it Helen had so many more motives I mean was the one getting cheated on and Patrick was I don't know if Nell wasn't reminding him too much of his mother that was killed by his father or I don't know if he had some pent up feelings with that she was just asking too many questions so he's like you got to leave and the fuckton I feel about Shawn being the murderer but yeah I'm glad that Patrick from jail I hope you stayed in jail forever because that man is horrible like horrible also mark Henderson that guy made me so upset those two characters may be the most upset more than Shawn or bull horrible men like didn't like them so that's the only tools I really want to talk about the fact that Sean with the murderer what do you think about that how do you feel about that as I read the book I loved on your thoughts/opinions of that because I'm still just kind of up in the air of how I feel the ending went that was my talk review of into the water by Paula Hawkins if you have read this book please let me know your thoughts and opinions down below did you like you as much as I did or you want to cuz I didn't like it because I know a lot of people don't like this book it's got very very mixed reviews on Goodreads so let me know your thoughts and opinions down below if you like this video be sure to give it a thumbs up and hit subscribe to see three bookish videos for me every single week I will see you in my next video byehello everyone sit in here to review a book for you today I'll be talking about into the water by Paul Oaxacan you're unfamiliar with Paul Hawken she also wrote the very popular book the girl on the train which came out into a movie last year which is Duluth my excited her latest released into the water if you know she writes psychological thriller so if that's something you're interested in keep watching even if it's not something you're interested in and also keep watching because I'll tell you a little bit more about it so basically with this video I'm going to tell you what this book is about my overall thoughts and opinions on it without spoiling it and there will be a brief spoiler section at the end literally just to talk about the end of the book because I like to keep most of you spoiler free but there are some look I think that you kind of have to talk about spoilers so I will be talking about spoilers very briefly in the end and I will let you know when I do so this book is all about character Nell Abbott who ends up dead and there's a river she leaves behind a 15 year old daughter and her sister and Nell sister comes to town to take care of her daughter after Nell is obviously dead also within this there is a teenage girl that ended up dead at the same exact River like three months prior so we're having a lot of deaths go in this river if you can tell basically what the book jacket says about so it's kind of very vague all you really know when you go into this book is that there are these two women that are that has somehow ended up dead in the river both of these murders they've actually been treated as suicide but when we read on in this book you learn maybe are they suus what we really think are they suicide are they murders you don't really know so basically this book is all about exploring at these two deaths and more in this book and it's so much more than I would say a murder mystery book this is a psychological thriller that is definitely very intriguing it was very intriguing and I find it very hard to summarize because of the fact that it was so different and kind of intriguing in my opinion and when you look like up on Goodreads it does not have the best refuse it's very mixed which I'm surprised do not surprised by because throw on the Train also has very mixed reviews I like the girl on the train and I like this book as well and I don't know if definite say I'm an easy to please reader or it's because I'm a psychological thriller I'm very very new to the genre I've only read maybe four or five than a donor so I could be just very easy to please when it comes to that genre and I'm not expecting too much so I don't know it's hard to gauge whether I'm like this is an amazing book or maybe I'm just like I have a remedy so I like it you know things that make sense but overall I think I did enjoy this book it was definitely different than what I expected this book is more than these two murders explores this really dark and like quiet town and this town this River runs through the whole towel like it's right in the middle and there's this river that runs through it like it's like wherever they say in the book where you turn the town we always end up somehow back at the river within this river she try to explain it I couldn't really understand it like their sharp turns and there's this place called the drowning pool where women have gone to die either committing suicide or things like that and that is where these two deaths take place and that's very it's very interesting like this river has been known for death and especially woman's death all about these people within this town and the secrets are they keep with these deaths honestly and all I can really can explain it to you I know that's such a horrible subnautica like with thrillers especially for a lot of people say unless you know going into it the better and I agree with this one and if you're worried about the scare factor before I continue because I myself am a scary cat reader I could not read horror genre will never attempt it in my life ever so this is this is not scary at all not at all like the girl the train was a little bit scary to me but it's not scary at all it's definitely a book that makes you think and you're trying to figure out things but it's not period also if you're worried about the scare factor you are good I promise just wanna throw it out there for people like me hey better always like Shango asthma scary to be moving on like I said I really enjoyed it there were so many characters in this book like the one downfall I will say I had was a smoke was the fact that there was multiple point of views like I'm used to kind of multiple interviews but this one had a lot like this is my whole post-it note it is full of characters like I had to write a post note of characters to let them know when there are like ones like sister was a daughter once the lawyer like I had to write notes there were so many points of views I was getting confused with which character which so that is the downside and comin up so I'm kind of mixed on that because it takes a while to get used to the multiple point of views that we have we have upwards I want to send eight or nine the point of views are used a lot in this book some point of views are using before or five times in this book it is a good thing and a bad thing about it because it takes you about fifty to sixty pages to really differentiate each character and like really identify and like know who each one of them is that refer to my post-it note midway through the book but it is like a little bit slow going with a point of views but I enjoyed that later on because this is such a fast read I think due to the multiple point of view so to have four or five pages from one point of view than when you have ten page then we would have ten pages of another point of view so and made it really really quick in fast to read with this point of view so like I said it's kind of a good / bad thing about it whatever you want to turn it is I'm doing it as a kind of good kind of bad thing as well since we're talking about things I didn't like the ending I wasn't a super huge fans ending I like it I don't love it I feel like it should have been explained more but I understand that it's not because it's kind of thrill it's kind of makes you think it's like a shopback or such thing so that I'm kind of mixed feelings with I'll give this book a rating I give it a 4 out of 5 I gave with the girl in the Train the same rating early I enjoyed her book and allows people very mixed about her I think he either enjoy her books or you don't I'm one that enjoys them so I like her writing sale I like the stories that she tells so yeah so far the trees all over the place it's a very weird book to read because it's so like different than any other psychological filler I've read going back to the woman who died in the drowning pool that's what they're calling it that the river that they call her name is Nell and she was a photographer which kind of freaked me out because I want photographer I was like oh let's go crazy so but she was she's a photographer and she was also researching this river that has gone through this town and she's lived in this town all of her life and she has always been fascinated with this river like it's always had like this like she's always have pool to this river so I swam in it she just had a connection with it and like I said this river has had multiple deaths linked to it like going back to the 1800s going back 50 years later like I said there was a teenage girl that that had died in rivers three months before naled died so there's a lot of deaths and she's writing this novel all about this river and this drowning pool has that trouble some women are often found up dead there she thinks are no trouble some women are gotten rid of their which it gets very intriguing what the character is going on to it learning more about your like why would troubles woman go die there like what happens so she is writing all about this river and you get to see glimpses of her writing with previous deaths in this river and it's so interesting like it's such an interesting concept for a novel all about this river that has all these multiple deaths connected to it and you're learning more about them like are they suicides are they murder or you know things like that and it's just it's more than just about Mel's death I think with this book a lot of people think is about this one woman to death it's not that you have a lot of like mystery type of things going on in this novel like four or five things going on and they all kind of tie up characters in this book so well fleshed out there were a lot of characters were written horribly like you hated them there were a lot of men in this novel that were sexist that were like think woman are horrible they don't want you know they were they were wanting to put women in their place and I was cold made me so mad at Paula Hawkins wrote it that way because I was getting so frustrated reading about these men and that just thought that women were just toys and like Oh some other characters that were really intriguing to read about you you did some of the other point of views too you also get the point of view from the teenager that was found dead in the river three months ago as mom so you can learn about grieving as well as with now the main character who's died daughters point of view gentlemen how she grieves as well as her sister Nell sister that comes back into town and she didn't want to come back at a town she's had a lot of secrets and a lot of things that she doesn't want to be brought back up when she goes back to this town so the bottom line of this book it's more than missus death that needs to be solved it's all about this river that's connecting all of these troublesome women's deaths and you're trying to figure out like how each of these women died and if it was like suicide or murder and it talks more about the town and about the people in it and the secrets and the lengths they go to to keep those secrets so I highly recommend this book like I said it's not scary I definitely enjoyed it it's a fast reader I said I really enjoyed it I don't want to talk too much further about it because I don't want to spoil it it's best to go into this book not knowing a lot just knowing is about this kind of really creepy odd town with this river and these really intense characters and all these deaths that are connected to the said river like the drowning pole I would highly recommend you check this out I really enjoyed it I like Paula Hawkins raining a lot so as far as for spoilers I will be talking briefly about those so if you have not read this book maybe come back and watch this little brief section afterwards and yeah I don't want to spoil it for you because since thrillers especially don't want to do you don't want to get school you want to discover it on your own so I highly recommend you do so spoiler so we learn at the end the person who actually killed now because I think a lot of us were conflicted whether she did commit suicide or if she was murdered Shaun ends up killing now which I was expecting and not expecting I like I found the notion of Patrick his dad just like confessing dirt easily I'm like now that falls into play is too too easy Shawn has a big part of this and I get okay like I I'm shocked I'm not shocked that he killed her I don't like the very last thing like he just pushed her and that they go down in the book I don't feel like he had like such a strong motive to do it honestly like I don't feel like that motive was super super they're like I don't know am I the only one that feels that way I would have much preferred it if like Helen would have done it Helen had so many more motives I mean was the one getting cheated on and Patrick was I don't know if Nell wasn't reminding him too much of his mother that was killed by his father or I don't know if he had some pent up feelings with that she was just asking too many questions so he's like you got to leave and the fuckton I feel about Shawn being the murderer but yeah I'm glad that Patrick from jail I hope you stayed in jail forever because that man is horrible like horrible also mark Henderson that guy made me so upset those two characters may be the most upset more than Shawn or bull horrible men like didn't like them so that's the only tools I really want to talk about the fact that Sean with the murderer what do you think about that how do you feel about that as I read the book I loved on your thoughts/opinions of that because I'm still just kind of up in the air of how I feel the ending went that was my talk review of into the water by Paula Hawkins if you have read this book please let me know your thoughts and opinions down below did you like you as much as I did or you want to cuz I didn't like it because I know a lot of people don't like this book it's got very very mixed reviews on Goodreads so let me know your thoughts and opinions down below if you like this video be sure to give it a thumbs up and hit subscribe to see three bookish videos for me every single week I will see you in my next video bye\n"