The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon: Review

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon: Review cover

I managed to get myself creeped out with this new book I reviewed this week. I have a pretty tough constitution and usually don’t let things get to me. However, this author tells a story that’s definitely going to make it tough to sleep tonight.

It’s a story that crossed many generations and one you will definitely remember – every time you hit the pool. Read on for my full review.

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
Publisher : Gallery/Scout Press (April 6, 2021)
ISBN-13 : 978-1982153922

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon: Review cover

ABOUT:
Be careful what you wish for.

When social worker Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it’s just another one of her sister’s episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax away for over a year. But the next day, Lexie is dead: drowned in the pool at their grandmother’s estate. When Jax arrives at the house to go through her sister’s things, she learns that Lexie was researching the history of their family and the property. And as she dives deeper into the research herself, she discovers that the land holds a far darker past than she could have ever imagined.

In 1929, thirty-seven-year-old newlywed Ethel Monroe hopes desperately for a baby. In an effort to distract her, her husband whisks her away on a trip to Vermont, where a natural spring is showcased by the newest and most modern hotel in the Northeast. Once there, Ethel learns that the water is rumored to grant wishes, never suspecting that the spring takes in equal measure to what it gives.

A haunting, twisty, and compulsively readable thrill ride from the author who Chris Bohjalian has dubbed the “literary descendant of Shirley Jackson,” The Drowning Kind is a modern-day ghost story that illuminates how the past, though sometimes forgotten, is never really far behind us.

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon Review

I had a real hard time rating this book because it creeped me the heck out. But the more I thought about it I knew it had to be a five star story because this book managed to get under my skin just like the author intended.

This is a story that crosses many generations and intertwines families like no other story you have probably read. It reminds me of the creepy stories told around the campfire or at sleepovers with your friends. The ones where you try to scare the crap out of everybody.

This author took that and ran the ball with it. I will certainly never look at a deep pool the same way again. Thankfully, mine’s pretty shallow. LOL

The story is told from different perspectives and in two different times. One from the 1920s to 30s and the other from today. We get the beginning of the story in slow drip’s throughout and then we have the present. When the two finally blend together, it’s definitely not all that you expected.

Some things you can guess. Some things you expect. But the ending is definitely a surprise and a creepy one at that.

McMahon loaded this story with psychological twists, psychosis, foreshadowing, the paranormal, and the all-around creep factor. She weaves a magnificent story that sucks you in, while holding your breath, afraid to believe, but yet wondering could it really be true??

This is one book you have to read to decide for yourself!

5 STARS!

Disclaimer: Chris has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review but did receive a free ebook so she could evaluate and use it for this post. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.

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