(I received a free copy of this book from Hodder & Stoughton, through NetGalley, in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
It might be worth noting that, when I requested this book, I didn’t have any information other than the title, author and publisher, and the front cover. I asked for it purely based on the fact that the cover looked like the sort of thing I would like.
The idea of four separate planes crashing on the same day was a particularly intriguing one. The first part of the story was quite creepy, as much because the little boy’s eye half-covered by hair made me think of Sadako from Ringu.
I think this book, no matter what the actual answer was, did a good job of showcasing how situations can get out of hand and how people can take minor things that happen and twist them to become much worse than they actually are. At the same time, I think the author gets across the feelings and emotions of the characters particularly well – like guilt and anger, whether at themselves, or at the survivors.
It was interesting that this book was written mostly like a documentary, but it did mean I kept getting confused at times. I often couldn’t tell when a new character was speaking.
The uses of different ways of getting information across was quite interesting. Because of the way the author chose to write the book, the disastrous things that happened weren’t shown in the same way and I didn’t see any scenes that were written from the point of view of one of the three.
Some parts of the book were particularly creepy, while others were more sad. I was really confused by the ending, though. It didn’t make it clear what was going on – I would have liked to have more information; maybe even a sequel.
I would be interested in reading more books by this author in the future. This was quite an entertaining read, even though it was particularly dark in places and didn’t come to an ending that was entirely satisfactory, at least in my opinion.
Ink of Blood 