Smother by Day Winters Book Review

 

Margaret, Ethan, Hannah – the three main characters.

Margaret – an overbearing, manipulative mother.

Ethan – Margaret’s son.

Hannah – the love of Ethan’s life.

I am not an overly sensitive reader, so I was not triggered by any of the scenarios portrayed in this tale. However, I do appreciate the author making note of them at the beginning of this tale.

I enjoyed the mentally psychological aspect of this gruesome tale, as it always interests me how people behave and why.

Margaret always wanted a son. I never really understood why she had an aversion to girls, but she got her boy in Ethan. She was so overbearing that her first and second husbands disappeared, but no one really knew how or why.

Ethan was stuck between how he was brought up by his mother and his love for Hannah, who only wanted Ethan to see the truth and set some boundaries. This is not always easy when you have been manipulated all your life, most especially by a parent whom you are supposed to trust and not question.

Hannah was stuck between Margaret’s overbearing nature and Ethan not being able to see the truth.

I was taken by part two of this tale which was told in three voices – those of Margaret, Ethan, and Hannah. That gave me more insight into how each of these characters ticked, so to speak. And that final decision that Ethan made? And what about Hannah and how her personality changed?

This is definitely not a book for the more sensitive readers, but if you like a pretty dark, twisted tale and aren’t afraid of creepy dolls and a long-buried journal, give it a try.