What Doesn’t Kill
You is the third book in the Chesil Beach series and that did
initially concern me that I hadn’t read the first two. But don’t
let that put you off there is absolutely no need to read the others
to enjoy this novel.
All the characters
were 3 dimensional our hero Griff and his wife Evie have already
separated before our story begins. Some of the subjects which are
tackled such as domestic abuse and self harm will be particular hard
hitting to people who have been in similar situations.
Other hard to deal
with subjects are dealt with too but there is light and laughter to
contrast the dark and powerful.
Griff’s ex decides
to show up and cause all sorts of problems to add to the myriad of
one already happening in the book. Griff doesn’t understand why
Evie is doing so much to help his father Logan .
I don’t want to
give spoilers away or other clues but Laura E James tackles
everything in the book with a sensitivity that I did appreciate
having faced some of the dark themes mentioned in the book myself. If
you have never read any of Laura’s previous novels I would give
this one a try. It is slow to get going in comparison to some I have
read but believe me when I say you will not regret sticking with the
story.
5/5 STARS
