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A Nearly Normal Family by Mattias Edvardsson
4.0

I was putting off this book for some reason. But when I did actually pick it up I found it pretty easy to get into. I actually didn't want to put it down. That being said the first handful of chapters read like a list (I did this, then I did this, next I did this), but I started to wonder why. Was the character setting up an alibi?
Part One:
This part was in the fathers POV. I started to theorize that maybe he was involved. Or that maybe things he was accused of did happen but his blocked them out of his memory to protect himself. Something wasn't right about him and his behaviour.
Part Two:
This was Stella's POV. Which was the POV I was most interested in hearing. What I found interesting was how Shirine (her psychologist while in prison) had her read books that all followed a similar theme. Something Stella could relate to. But without Stella really knowing what she was doing.
During this part I felt maybe I was wrong about her dad. Maybe it was someone else. Someone who it made sense as the story developed.
Part Three:
Her mums POV was the only one where someone new wasn't added to me suspect list.

What I loved about this book is that I found myself questioning my theories every part. There was 3 or 4 people who could have easily been guilty. None of them would have shocked me in the end. But I did find myself unsure up until the epilogue.