![]() ![]() ![]() But there’s a sense of loss when you come to the end of each chapter. Even though these drivers aren’t her killer, a lot of them seem to have hidden horrors of their own. ![]() Each driver seems to have a different take on who she is and their relation to her. With this style, you can tell that McBean is indeed, a short story writer and I found the style unique and fresh. Each chapter is written from the point of view of a different hitchhiker as they pick up this woman – always going by a different name – and the reader experiences her changing appearance and mental state as the likelihood of her finding him becomes more grim. The Mother is about a mother hitchhiking along the Hume Highway searching for her daughter’s killer. Firstly, the premise for the book intrigued me and secondly, I hadn’t read any Australian horror and I was interested in seeing how McBean tackled the setting. I bought the book from Infinitas Bookshop in Parramatta – near where I work – the day I got my first pay from my new job. I finished Brett McBean’s novel, The Mother last night coming home on the train and was left with a chilling feeling upon its completion. Of course, the flip side of this is that once you finish one or two, you seem to finish them in droves. ![]() I have been doing a lot of reading lately, but my problem has been starting a lot books at once and not finishing them all. ![]()
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