Six Stories
Genre: Mystery/thriller
Published: December 2016
Book description (from Good Reads):
1997. Scarclaw Fell. The body of teenager Tom Jeffries is found at an Outward Bound center. Verdict? Misadventure. But not everyone is convinced. And the truth of what happened in the beautiful but eerie fell is locked in the memories of the tight-knit group of friends who embarked on that fateful trip, and the flimsy testimony of those living nearby. 2017. Enter elusive investigative journalist Scott King, whose podcast examinations of complicated cases have rivaled the success of Serial, with his concealed identity making him a cult internet figure. In a series of six interviews, King attempts to work out how the dynamics of a group of idle teenagers conspired with the sinister legends surrounding the fell to result in Jeffries’ mysterious death. As every interview unveils a new revelation, you’ll be forced to work out for yourself how Tom Jeffries died, and who is telling the truth.
Thoughts:
Initially, I had issues getting into the story as it was being introduced, but this lasted very few pages. After that, it became more engaging as the story began to make sense.
It does begin with the retelling of the person who in my opinion had the least information on the mystery even if it all began with him. (Later the relevance makes sense but initially, his retelling was the least important in my opinion).
It is completely a story that because it is told in sections, you start to speculate, grow to care about someone then suddenly change your mind about them.
It does feel very realistic in the way that the mystery is being discovered a little at the time because after all the investigation is merely taking place and you get the information a little at a time. But once you get into the story it is very difficult to put it down.
We have the same story but everyone had something to add to it. The clues were not seen by the teenagers or adults that were present in the incident, not then and not before either.
The teenagers all had pretty standard lives in their own ways and yet they were not part of the majority so it did make sense that they felt so connected to one another in the Rangers.
The big revelations you can't say you are 100% surprised, you get the hints through a lot of the retellings but then you're almost convinced that it is not so. Again it is something that is forcing you to infer and theorize.
There was something that made it seem long, maybe that it was giving the vibe for audio but I could only access it through a digital version and reading it felt like not the best option for this particular piece. But it was still enjoyable.
I really enjoyed it!
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