Too Bizarre, Dark & Disturbing For Me

Kismet by Amina Akhtar

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


So, this one was weird, so, so, weird, bizarre, creepy, dark, and disturbing – it was too disturbing once I figured out the twist and the ending. Also, the ravens were creepy too – gave me a whole new perspective on ravens.

This was a very different mystery/thriller type book. It’s about Ronnie, who’s ready for change and to leave all her old life behind and become a new person. Ronnie follows her life coach, Marley in a big move across the country from New York to Sedona, Arizona and they move in together to live a healthy life with yoga, crystals, healing, and everything. The relationship between Ronnie and Marley is a bit strange, to say the least. I mean, who picks up and moves across the country with their life coach and then moves in with them? Then there was mention of Ronnie’s past life with her aunt, who was very nasty, mean, and abusive and it seemed like Ronnie realized the unhealthy nature of her aunt and their relationship – can we say codependency, etc and then went and repeated it in her leaving that past life.

Once they get to Sedona, AZ, things get weirder with how murders start happening and other things with Ronnie, Marley, the ravens, and Caroline – a new ‘friend’ they make and also the twins with the store where Ronnie gets a job. Ronnie tries to figure out what’s happening some, stay safe and keep Marley safe, but then things take a turn with the twist at the very end and it gets very bizarre, dark, and disturbing.
If you like unreliable narrators, dark, disturbing, a bizarre mystery, thriller, and suspense books, then you’ll like this one, but I am not a fan.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for letting me read and review this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.



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