The next time you see me

More character study than mystery, I chose this book to fulfill the Reading Prompt “Shares my Name” - The Next Time You See Me, written by Holly Goddard Jones.

I am so glad I did. Such excellent storytelling with a cast of outsiders and outcasts in a small southern town whose stories thread together into a complex but intimate tale. Loss, heartbreak, squandered dreams - all culminating into violence and betrayal.

It opens with a missing woman and spirals from there. The author writes well- whether in the voice of a middle schooler, a tired old factory worker, a sad schoolteacher. So many good threads in here.

This book is 10 years old and it's a gem. Highly recommended.