A Narrow Door by Joanne HarrisMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
4.5 Stars.
This was so good! I didn't know that it's a third book in a series but it could be read as a standalone. It was a great thriller which could be considered as a Dark Academia book with a femenist touch. Now, I want to read all the books of Malbry series. It has some "For Your Own Good" kind of vibes.
The narration was amazing and sometimes a bit creepy which made my listening experience so great and enjoyable. My advice is to listen to this book rather than read it.
The story starts when the remains of a body are discovered in the year of 2006 at St. Oswald's School for Boys now opening its gates to girls and where Rebecca Buckfast is the first female headmaster. Roy Straitley, an old Latin teacher at st Oswald's tries to understand why is the headmaster so reluctant to call the police to investigate.
From there starts the unravelling of a really dark past like Roy said "Her tale unfolds like an onion; leaf by leaf, layer by layer, soon to reveal the thing at its heart that must make an old man weep."
Rebecca Buckfast is like Scheherazade in recounting her story to Roy little by little day by day until the ending.
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