Trigger Warning: Rape and sexual assault.
Rachel has a famous podcast that follows true crime and trials. For her season three podcast she is following a rape case. Rape cases are basically a he said she said thing and Rachel is sure she will help find the truth on what really happened. However, once she arrives for the trial, Rachel starts receiving letters from a girl named Hannah who believes her sister, Jenny was murdered over 25 years ago. Jenny was said to drown and that was that. But, Hannah believes it was more and recounts that year and that night to Rachel through letters. These letters have Rachel intrigued and she starts to investigate the death of Jenny and makes her believe that Jenny just didn’t drown.
I am love thrillers and tend to be a psychological thriller fanatic. I usually don’t like legal thrillers, but I saw a lot of buzz about this so I decided to request it off of Netgalley with their new audiobook option. The audio kind of sounded echoey, but it wasn’t too bad and I was still able to listen and enjoy the book as I walked Riot. I thought The Night Swim was really gripping and interesting. It made me invested in both cases. I loved the two point of views as well as the podcast chapters. I did feel like with the podcast chapters and Rachel’s chapters there was some repetitiveness from the trial. Also, I guessed who was Jenny’s murder at the beginning of the book, so it wasn’t a huge surprise to me. Still a really good book and it takes in what really happens with rape cases and how awful it is with it being a more he said she said thing and with the victim having to relive their experience over. It is traumatizing. The Night Swim is a real eye opener and I would love to see more Rachel in the future.