Willingham managed to pack a lot of plot in multiple timelines. I only found one or two of the twists super obvious, but not in a way that made reading the story a worthless endeavor. Instead, Isabelle’s insomnia felt like a reasonable trauma response that made her question herself.Īll the Dangerous Things included quite a few twists that were unexpected. I was shocked to find that in this novel it actually worked for the most part and did not feel like a giant slap in the face to anyone with mental health issues. Plus, I am so tired of mental illness being used to make women unreliable narrators. Part of the reason I questioned reading this was it sounded so much like Willingham’s debut. This book is billed as a domestic thriller with a potentially unreliable narrator. I was excepting to detest it, similar to A Flicker in the Dark but ended up pleasantly surprised.Īll the Dangerous Things is a story about a kidnapped child and his mother’s desperate search to figure out his disappearance. I debated whether to give Stacy Willingham another shot and eventually caved and bought her sophomore novel through Book of the Month. While I thought the writing was good for a debut, the story was greatly lacking and filled with cliches. If you have followed my reviews for a year or so, you will know that I was not a fan of A Flicker in the Dark. But she is determined to figure out the truth no matter where it leads. His incessant questioning paired with her severe insomnia has brought up uncomfortable memories from her own childhood, making Isabelle start to doubt her recollection of the night of Mason’s disappearance, as well as second-guess who she can trust… including herself. In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or buried clue, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster―but his interest in Isabelle’s past makes her nervous. Isabelle’s entire existence now revolves around finding him, but she knows she can’t go on this way forever. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her―literally.Įxcept for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn’t slept in a year.
With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. One year ago, Isabelle Drake’s life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. Despite second-guessing if she had something to do with his disappearance, Isabelle will not sleep until he is found. It has been a year since Isabelle’s son was taken in the night and a year since she has had a full night’s sleep.
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