Why We Should Read Edith Thompson

"This is a story as unique as any. It is not a thriller. It is not horror. It is neither fantasy nor memoir. It could best be described as rivetingly brilliant. The entire backdrop, the characters, the dialogs, and the setting are so relatable that it makes it impossible to imagine the presence of an ancient legend at its center. And yet, that ancient, gruesome, mind-blowing legend is the fuel that drives this story forward. The author deserves special praise for invoking our empathy for the "sinister evil" that goes by the name of Edith Thompson. By the end of the sixth chapter, I was rooting for that evil to triumph, and my empathy shifted entirely in her favor. Every chapter is crisply written. There is an unmistakable sense of doom and foreboding present throughout the story. You could literally feel the presence of evil lurking behind a shadow in some corner. That's how good the storytelling is. No one should go through what Edith Thompson had to endure all her life. But everyone should read her story. This book deserves more than a single read. It deserves a second and a third."