{"id":12255,"date":"2018-12-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=12255"},"modified":"2018-12-16T23:02:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T04:02:18","slug":"review-a-breath-after-drowning-by-alice-blanchard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-a-breath-after-drowning-by-alice-blanchard\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: A Breath After Drowning by Alice Blanchard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12256\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-a-breath-after-drowning-by-alice-blanchard\/breathdrowning\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/breathdrowning.jpg?fit=1536%2C2340&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"breathdrowning\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/breathdrowning.jpg?fit=672%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12256\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/breathdrowning-230x350.jpg?resize=230%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/breathdrowning.jpg?resize=230%2C350&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/breathdrowning.jpg?resize=768%2C1170&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/breathdrowning.jpg?resize=672%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/breathdrowning.jpg?resize=1200%2C1828&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/breathdrowning.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 85vw, 230px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Breath-After-Drowning-Alice-Blanchard\/dp\/1785656406\/ref=sr_1_1_atc_badge_A2N1U4I2KOS032_twi_pap_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537145643&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=a+breath+after+drowning+by+alice+blanchard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Breath After Drowning\u00a0<\/em>by Alice Blanchard<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Titan Books (April 2018)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>448 pages; $10.37 paperback; $7.49 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Davcrkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Simms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are psychological thrillers and then there are books that dive deep into the psychology of the characters; into trauma, and the deep pits that therapy and grief can dig. \u00a0Alice Blanchard drags the readers into the pit with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Breath After Drowning<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a thriller that&#8212;while not terribly original&#8212;is as close to perfect as it can get in this genre.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katie Wolfe works as a child psychologist, a fitting profession for someone whose sister was brutally murdered. The opening chapters, which involve the suicide of a tortured teen, rip a wound in the reader&#8217;s mind that is never given a chance to heal. Almost immediately afterward she&#8217;s given another case, a teen whose troubles might lead Wolfe into waters too deep and black for her to survive. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every character seems to be tied somehow to her past, through either the murder or her turbulent upbringing. Henry Blackwood sits on death row for the murder, yet his family remains in town, suffering for the sins that may or may not have been passed down through them. How Wolfe teams up with the retired detective who still lives with the case is worth the price of the book itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To reveal more would give away one of the many serpentine plot twists that deepen as the story unfolds. Definitely an author to follow, Blanchard chisels characters that darken with each layer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reminiscent of Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins, with the rawness of Stephen King&#8217;s suspense novels, this one&#8217;s highly recommended for anyone craving a thriller that will leave a scar.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Breath After Drowning\u00a0by Alice Blanchard Titan Books (April 2018) 448 pages; $10.37 paperback; $7.49 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Dave Simms There are psychological thrillers and then there are books that dive deep into the psychology of the characters; into trauma, and the deep pits that therapy and grief can dig. \u00a0Alice Blanchard drags the readers into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-a-breath-after-drowning-by-alice-blanchard\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: A Breath After Drowning by Alice Blanchard&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80],"tags":[1583,1584,715,79,547],"class_list":["post-12255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-a-breath-after-drowning","tag-alice-blanchard","tag-dave-simms","tag-reviews","tag-titan-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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