Megan Goldin

A Novel

Bad Influence

Kenzi Linton

Megan Goldin’s “The Night Swim” was one of my absolute favorite reads last year, so when I heard the announcement of this book, I was stoked. This book talks about influencers and how social media can often seem a bit fake. I loved the thrill of it all and I really hope that we continue to get more of Rachel Krall!

Jennifer mitchell

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I have mixed feelings about this book. I absolutely love Megan Goldin's writing (and that still has not changed) and really really loved The Night Swim, the first Rachel Krall book.

However, this story left me wanting a lot more. I've come to expect brilliant plot twists in Goldin's books and so as I was reading this story I kept playing out all these crazy scenarios in my head on how I thought the book would end and how I thought everything would tie together. Except... none of that happened. There basically wasn't a twist at all, just a small "reveal" which wasn't that shocking and didn't really tie in to the current murders being investigated. 

The build up of the story was great. There are a lot of different aspects to the story and I expected everything to connect at the end, but it never did. I think that's what was most disappointing about this story. The end felt rushed and thrown together. I think this story would be great if things played out differently at the end.

Overall though, it was an entertaining book and a quick read. And, as a side note, I did love that Rachel was given a love interest in this story and am looking forward to seeing that play out more in future books. While this one wasn't my favorite, I will definitely still read anything Megan Goldin publishes in the future!

Bad Influence A Novel

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