The Argument by Victoria Jenkins

The Argument by Victoria Jenkins 

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Publication date is 10th December 2019

Publisher - Bookouture

Received an advanced reader copy from @netgalley and @bookouture in exchange for an honest review. 

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This was one of those books that is a quick but good read. In the beginning, you are introduced to a family whose oldest daughter Olivia is trying to test her boundaries by sneaking out to a party. Her family seem protective of her and her younger sister Rosie to a degree which seems a bit weird. 

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The main body of the book is the battle of wills between mother and daughter and this is where the strength lies. 

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Hannah (the mother) starts to experience strange events - a break-in, keys going missing, prank calls and a strange woman turning up on her doorstep. 

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Eventually, towards the end, the revelations ramp up and the emphasis is placed on how experiences of being abused can make someone an abuser and them not even really realise. 

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The characters were well-formed but there could have been more substance places on Hannah’s mental state - more paranoia of her husband working late, not being where he was meant to be etc. I don’t know if this was deliberate by the author to focus on the female perspectives of the situation, but I feel like Michael (the father) could have been more visible in the narrative, even made his personality seem more ominous towards the end.