Review: Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody

Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody

Blurb from Goodreads:

Conspiracy theories from Reddit seduce a disaster-prone woman into an obsession with solving her older sister’s cold-case disappearance

Ten years ago, Theodora “Teddy” Angstrom’s older sister, Angie, disappeared. Her case remains unsolved. Now Teddy’s father, Mark, has killed himself. Unbeknownst to Mark’s family, he had been active in a Reddit community fixated on Angie, and Teddy can’t help but fall down the same rabbit hole.

Teddy’s investigation quickly gets her in hot water with her colleagues at the pretentious high school where she teaches English, her gun-nut boyfriend, and her long-lost half brother. Further complicating matters is Teddy’s growing obsession with Mickey, a charming amateur sleuth who is eerily keen on helping her solve the case.

Bewitched by Mickey, Teddy begins losing her grip on morality. As she struggles to reconcile new information with old memories, her erratic behavior reaches a fever pitch, but she won’t stop until she finds Angie—or destroys herself in the process.

A biting critique of the internet’s voyeuristic entitlement, Rabbit Hole is an outrageous and heart-wrenching character study of a mind twisted by grief—and a page-turning mystery that’s as addictive as a late-night Reddit binge.

My Review:

I'll start off by my only negative about this book, and it could have just been the ARC but there were no chapters.  I love chapter breaks (not excessive) because when you are trying to squeeze in reading all the time, it gives a good place to pause.  Regardless, the lack of chapter breaks made several scenes seem like they were changing characters and locations out of nowhere leading to a lot of re-reading.  But I got past that and I ended up loving this book.  I can't wait for more from this author!  Definitely add to your TBR!!

Rabbit Hole comes out next week on January 2, 2024, and you can purchase HERE!  

By twenty-five, you've given up all your hopes and dreams, your novel-in-progress, your hot body, your plans to travel to Japan. By twenty-five, you have a steady job and you're right on track for your panic-inducing suburban middle age. But what is so bad about that? What is so horrible about a warm bed and a softening body and the properly-timed tragedies of living? What could be so bad about giving birth and getting divorced and burying your elderly parents? That's what you're supposed to get.