Platform Seven

by Louise Doughty

[readingwithwrin]

May Contain Spoilers

Platform Seven at first reminded me of the book the Lovely Bones with how the main character was now a ghost and looking back at the life she lived in order to remember how and what happened to her.

However, this book was not nearly as nice as that book when it came to ending and justice being served. Lisa is the main character with a few side characters that we meet along the way that provide insight into what happened the night she died.
Lisa is a woman in her 30s who is in a new relationship before she died one that she was happy to be in, to a certain extent. But it all starts going very wrong slowly over time and we see her being a victim of gaslighting to the extreme. We see Lisa start to pull away from friends and family slowly throughout the book as she relives her life to find out why she died that night, and along the way she realizes all that happened to her and how it even affected everyone around her.

Overall this is a story of someone who was in an abusive relationship attempting to get out and the worst happening to them without anyone else knowing about it. Its an important story, but one that just wasn't for me sadly. It wasn't really a mystery or a thriller in my opinion as it was very easy to figure out what was happening about a quarter of the way through due to how the boyfriend was acting about things. It was interesting to see how gaslighting happened in this situation and how easy it can be to fall victim to the manipulation tactics that they use.

I might try another book by this author, but its gonna take awhile.