With her
husband bleeding out in the seat beside her, Hannah is driving frantically,
trying to find a safe place for her family. They are being hunted, tracked by a
man who can change his shape, slip into the intimate lives of his victims and
destroy them from within. A man who has been alive since the early 19th
century. A man who is obsessed with her and her family. As his story is traced
through the cache of diaries locked in the trunk of Hannah’s car, from Hungary
in the 1800s to Oxford in the 1970s, Hannah realizes that if she is to have a
chance of a different life for her daughter, she must do the one thing her
entire family has always been terrified to do – stop running…
The String
Diaries came up in a blog post a few months ago and the storyline immediately
caught my attention, thrusting it to the top of my to-read list. I’m glad it
did, because The String Diaries is a great thriller that covers a sweeping
period of time, told at first in alternating chapters between the past of the
man who is tracking Hannah, her father’s meeting with Hannah’s mother, and
Hannah herself as she tries to keep one step ahead. The villain’s ability to
take on any shape creates a really claustrophobic, stressful atmosphere,
leading to some amazing twists and some real gut punch moments. Hannah is a
great heroine, strong and real, determined to protect her family. While the
ending is wrapped up a little too neatly with the one twist I saw coming from quite
a ways away, the rest of the book was masterful and I will definitely be
picking up the sequel.
I gave The String Diaries 4 stars.
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