Jane loses everything when her teenage daughter is killed in a senseless accident. Jane is devastated, but sometime later; she makes one tiny stab at a new life: she moves from San Francisco to the tiny seaside town of Half Moon Bay. She is inconsolable, and yet, as the months go by, she is able to cobble together some version of a job, of friends, of the possibility of peace.
And then, children beginto disappear. And soon, Jane sees her own pain reflected in all the parents inthe town. She wonders if she will be able to live through the aching loss, thefear all around her. But as the disappearances continue, she begins to see thatwhat her neighbours are wondering is if it is Jane herself who has unleashedthe horror of loss.
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[Six p.m. Fog. Impenetrable, but not cold](TitanBooks, 25 September 2018, ebook, 320 pages, copy from publisher and voluntarilyreviewed)
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This is my first time reading the author. It willlikely be my last. I was really looking forward to reading this book. Thisblurb is interesting and I had high hopes for the book. Unfortunately, thesewere dashed. I liked that cover and that's about all. I really struggled withthe book. The book is written in a stream of consciousness style from Jane'sPOV. I didn't like this. The book is all over the place and confusing at times.I got no real sense of place or time or what was going on. The book is verydisjointed and really off-putting. I'm not a huge fan of stream ofconsciousness but have read some that work. Half Moon Bay just doesn't.I also really didn't like Jane. I felt unconnected to her and unable to carewhat happens to her. I didn't like her voice or being in her head so much. Sheis accused of being involved in the disappearance of the children and herbizarre behaviour does her no favours. I really didn't get on with this book.
