As the investigation into the murder deepens, secrets from the past and present begin to emerge, creating a darker, more complicated history than Publisher's Weekly was expecting. As wholesome as that kind of friendship sounds, the pair become persons of interest in the murder investigation of Owen's wife. In what Bookreporter calls a 'near perfect thriller,' Owen and Luna met back in college and they've had what Publisher's Weekly explains is a 'strictly platonic relationship' ever since. Written in the vein of Jordan Peele's ' Get Out' and Darren Aronofsky's ' Black Swan,' Alta Journal explains what sets Morrow's 'Cherish Ferrah' explores the dangers of losing yourself in someone else, of mistaking 'submersion' for 'connection.' The racial dynamics of America's elite are a crackling tension between Cherish, Ferrah, and their parents that burns slow before eventually exploding. Farrah, the book's narrator, feels that Cherish's adoptive white parents have done too much to protect Cherish from the harsh reality of being a Black girl in what Ferrah calls 'the real world.' But when Farrah's family faces economic hardships, Cherish realizes she will go to any lengths to keep Farrah in her life - and that Farrah will do anything to stay there, not truly understanding the world she's entered into (via Electric Lit). The title refers to the book's main characters, Cherish and Farrah, who Black Girl Nerds explains are the only two Black girls living in an all-white country club neighborhood. Popsugar said 'Insomnia' is for readers who love their thrillers dark while The Washington Post warns not to read this book before bed - not if you're planning on sleeping, anyway. She's not the only reviewer who felt this way, either. For Crime by the Book, 'Insomnia' kept her 'off-kilter and on edge,' and was 'one of the most genuinely unsettling and utterly gripping psychological thrillers read in ages. Or are they?Ĭaution: this thriller is not for the faint of heart. As her own 40th birthday approaches, Emma - now married, a successful divorce lawyer, and a mother herself - can't sleep anymore.īut like so many of us do, Emma pushes forward, doing what she can to protect her family from not just her past, but new dangers that feel like they're cropping up in every dark corner. When Emma's mother turned 40, Publisher's Weekly explains, insomnia pushed her to the point of a psychotic break.

Turning 40 brings a certain level of existential dread to even the best of us, but for Emma, there's a genetic timebomb she feels ticking inside of her (via Popsugar).

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