What readers think of Drowning Ruth, plus links to write your own review.

An apt title. While the writing is excellent I had higher hopes for the last third of the book. There was no satisfactory resolution. Amanda didn't learn anything. She doesn't take responsibility for her actions...everything is every one else's fault. She thinks she is in "control" but she is impulsive to such a degree that she ends up "killing" everyone around her. She had "lost her balance" years before...not just in the last few pages. I found her repugnant in the end. This book is not so much about "secrets" as not growing up and taking responsibility, thinking before you act, and realizing there are consequences. I'm disappointed that Ruth buys into Amanda's mental illness.

Though I read this book some months ago, and have lost some of the details in my memory banks (middle age brings deficits in the bank!), I can attest to the fact that this one is a must read. There are secrets here, and beneath the layers of years lie the truth. Why did Ruth's young mother drown in the icy lake? Why does Ruth insist that she drowned too? It held me fast until the very last page. A rewarding read.