After the Silence: a twisty page-turner of deadly secrets and an unsolved murder investigation

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Ten years later a documentary crew arrives, there to lift the lid off the Kinsellas' carefully constructed lives, determined to find evidence that will prove Henry's guilt and Keelin's complicity in the murder of beautiful Nessa. Mostly through Keelin Kinsella’s perspective, but also via the documentary transcripts and a collective voice from the Islanders. I felt immersed in the Island setting and the secrets that I had to unravel and not just the who but the why, and all the threads that led to that point. O'Neill has proven herself to be particularly adept at portraying victims of trauma, from sexual assault to domestic abuse, as we’ve seen in much of her work to date. After the Silence is an abiding story of abuse, patriarchy, toxic masculinity, and the tolls that these take on women—up to and including their very lives.

Firstly I'd like to thank Tandem Collective UK, Riverrun and Louise O'Neill for a hardback copy of After the Silence for an honest review!No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. He goes through a period of victim shaming and gaslighting which felt really uncharacteristic, and it seems this was completely looked over as he and Keelin are friends again in the next scene as if nothing happened. I'd recommend this to anyone who like true crime podcasts/documentaries (in particular West Cork) or fictional versions of them ( Sadie comes to mind). It kept me hooked on till the end to see what new evidence the crew will be able to reveal and whether the truth will actually be revealed or get buried again. Most of the full sentences that were in Irish were translated after the fact anyway, so I don't really know what people are complaining about.

You can’t forget the way it ostracized the Kinsellas, and how, against such opposition, they would necessarily feel the need for solidarity. The documentary film-makers are a bit of a distraction, and having one of them the victim of abuse feels perhaps a bit glib. I really hate it when a premise to a book promises something so much more than the book itself actually offers.In Henry’s mind, his love for Keelin justifies how he behaves towards her, because our society teaches men that to love a woman is to want to control her, to put her on a pedestal, to bind her to you so that you can admire her and praise her—but on your terms and in a way that can never threaten your own success. Ten years ago, on an island off the coast of Ireland, the wealthy Kinsella family threw a wild party. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. A tour de force from a spectacular storyteller, it will have you gripped from the first page to the last, but it will stay with you long after that as well. If you are an avid mystery reader you can spot miles off ‘who dunnit ‘, but that doesnt matter one bit in this case.