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BOOK REVIEW: Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

Psychological Thriller, Fiction, Suspense
Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

🙶After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family—his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister—have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain—and they won’t tell Matt why.

The tragedy makes headlines everywhere because this isn’t the first time the Pine family has been thrust into the media spotlight. Matt’s older brother, Danny—currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage girlfriend Charlotte—was the subject of a viral true crime documentary suggesting that Danny was wrongfully convicted. Though the country has rallied behind Danny, Matt holds a secret about his brother that he’s never told anyone: the night Charlotte was killed Matt saw something that makes him believe his brother is guilty of the crime.

When Matt returns to his small hometown to bury his parents and siblings, he’s faced with a hostile community that was villainized by the documentary, a frenzied media, and memories he’d hoped to leave behind forever. Now, as the deaths in Mexico appear increasingly suspicious and connected to Danny’s case, Matt must unearth the truth behind the crime that sent his brother to prison—putting his own life in peril—and forcing him to confront his every last fear.🙷
My Rating: 🌟🌟/5
Not bad but not great either. I'm clearly in the minority here. The blurb was really compelling and the book started off strong but it went downhill super fast. I find some parts of the story interesting, some improbable, some unnecessary, and some cringey. While I had no problem following multiple characters and POVs and the dual timelines, I felt that the book was trying to do so much. The pacing was slow and there was a lot of fluff and plot conveniences plus the ending was cliché. I also find it unpleasant to read about the family's comings and goings when from the beginning, I know they all die in the end.
✌, S
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