This book is marketed for fans of Gillian Flynn and My Favorite Murder. It failed to measure up to either. The only 'twisty' parts of the story had to do with unsettling interactions between adults and teenagers.

Teddy's older sister, Angie, went missing 10 years ago and Teddy's father has just committed suicide, which opens the wounds again. Teddy discovers that her father, Angie's stepfather, had been active on a Reddit subthread investigating Angie's disappearance. Teddy begins to fall down the same RABBIT HOLE through Reddit connections.

The reader learns of Teddy's dysfunctional family: her father's drug problems, her mother losing her first husband and then marrying his brother, her sister's drug abuse and disappearance circumstances, and her own mishandled grief, alcoholism, and promiscuity. Teddy then meets someone named Mickey (19F) who inserts herself in Teddy's life and keeps her investigating Angie's disappearance,

There are also many mentions of injury, torture, and death of animals throughout, which was unnecessary and gratuitous.

None of the characters had any redeeming qualities. It was bad choice after bad choice - like being forced to watch a train wreck over and over. There was also no answer to Angie's disappearance in the end. I kept wondering when it was going to have a reveal - and then I just wanted it to be over.

Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC. 1 star.

Thank you RB Media and Netgalley for this audio Arc of Rabbit Hole. Narrated by Rebecca Quinn Robertson.

The narrative begins when Teddy's Father commits suicide after struggling with his own mental health for 10myears when his other daughter, Angie goes missing. Teddy is then thrown into a world of trying to find out what exactly happened to her sister which quickly leads to the same obsession as her Father experienced.

The narrative of Teddy, seen as a 1st person POV gives a 4D view of Teddy, the unresolved grief that she experiences and how she hides this from others and herself. This fuels the obsession with trying to uncover what happened with her sister. The mystery/thriller part is dark in places and twisty. There are a few subjects that people may find triggering and if they can move through that, the book is really emotive.

The narration by Rebecca Robertson was melodic and I found myself lulled into a relaxing mood rather than alert. With this in mind, even though Rebecca as a lovely voice, it didn't really suit the narrative of this particular book in my opinion. It's still however, well read.

3.5 stars

Thank you, NetGalley!!

After finishing this book I had to reread the description to make sure I read it right. This book is so slow and if I wasn’t listening to the audiobook, I would have put it down, and never picked it back up again. The dog's death was so unnecessary. This book is marketed as twisty but it wasn’t it. I hate to rate a debut author so negatively but it was so slow and a little boring.

10 years after Teddy’s sister, Angie went missing (and presumed dead), Teddy’s father, who is still consumed with grief, kills himself. His suicide brings Teddy into the world of unsolved true crime and into the Reddit rabbit hole while she takes over her father’s compulsion to solve her sister’s disappearance and in doing so, brings her back to the depths of her own unaddressed grief and come to terms with the loss of her sister. The obsession with her sister’s case takes over her life leading to Teddy make some questionable choices.

✨✨My Review
I found this an incredibly readable (and the audio engaged me from the first minute - the narrator was great!) novel and I finished it in a day going back and forth between the audio and the book. I think this novel is a balance between a mystery/thriller (while the reader learns the facts behind Angie’s disappearance) and a novel about dealing with the effects of grief and trauma (leaning more towards the latter). Either way I couldn’t put it down because while I didn’t personally love the characters (and I don’t think you’re supposed to, they are not entirely appealing) I still needed to know what happened.

4.25

Thank you NetGalley and RB Media for the ARC to review

The thriller tag and cover don’t do this one justice - it’s not so much a thriller as an exploration of grief, mental health, and addiction.

The protagonist drove me mad (making choices as a high school teacher like getting wasted and making out at a dance she’s supposed to supervise, bringing a literal gun to school, etc.) but she felt true, even if not particularly likeable. I spent the novel wishing she would pull herself together and that level of emotional attachment for an unlikeable character is quite a feat.

This was well written and thought provoking. I would absolutely read more from this author, though I do think her marketing team did her dirty labeling this a thriller.

Thanks, NetGalley and SoHo Crime, for the gifted ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I wanted to love this! I'm so disappointed. The writing is great, it just isn't what it's marketed to be. It seems like it will be a thriller about a woman looking into her sister's disappearance after her manic father's suicide. That barely plays into this! She met like 2 people online and had creepy relations with them.

I wanted answers to the online rabbit hole I was promised we were falling into but instead I had to hear about a dying dog the entire book until his horrifying conclusion. They sure wrapped that up but not the questions I had about the sister and dad. The important parts just felt repetitive and I kept thinking I was about to get the goods and would be let down again.

This was a very melancholy book without any real atmosphere. It's sad, it's dark, it's gross. That's on purpose- and this is a stunning debut as far as the writing is concerned, however I am not the audience for this content so I don't want to rate it low but I do suggest maybe making it clear that it is more like general fiction or perhaps a family drama surrounding grief, because that's what it is. These people were disgusting, but they definitely were built well. The main characters at least.

I really don't think there is an audience for the dog situation. Most of us hate a pet death to begin with, let alone one that's hovering over the entire book. I'm not sure why authors don't stop this. I suppose it is for the shock value but it's very off-putting.

Thanks to NetGalley for the chance to listen and review. The audio narration was great.

Rabbit Hole was a dark and depressing look at grief. It never seemed to get anywhere. It just wallowed in itself. You are subjected to very bad people who do not take much outside of their own experience and feelings into anything that they do. This is lead by the main character-understandably scarred and lost after the loss of her sister with no closure-who is quite possibly the worst teacher and pet owner you will read about this year. Her slef destruction knows no limit and every just watches her do it. When being drunk and high while making out when you are teacher chaperoning a high school dance isn’t the low point of your career, maybe you just aren’t meant to be a teacher.

The author just drags you down into the depths with her. I imagine that she was outside herself telling herself to stop it, just like the reader was doing. Just like I was doing. In the end, I felt the loss and being lost. In that way it was extremely effective.

This book was amazing, I really enjoyed listening to the narrator (because I listened to the audiobook). I really loved the characters, even though they pissed me off at some points, and also, I just loved the general plot of the books, which was what drew me in in the first place.

One interesting thing about this book is how you can actually just *feel* the grief of the family, especially when the police gave up and the family couldn't come to terms with it.

One of my main takeaway from this book is how most of the things didn't get resolved at the end, and that just made it more realistic, because in real life, not everything is solved at the end. Sometimes, we just have to pick up the little pieces we can and move on.

Lastly, the (audio)book was great and I was hooked from the beginning and the narrator was superb. Thank you for the advanced copy!

Listened to this in a day. The narrator's voice, soft and gloomy, really fit the story and felt like velvet on my ears. The plot was brilliant, of course, and I liked the complicated characters. Fans of Gillian Flynn will be happy.

Maybe this was the audio narrator but I found this book to be boring and it fell flat for me.

I didn't find it interesting and it didn't keep me interested.

Thanks NetGalley for letting me read and review

This was such a gritty and dark look into the depths that grief can pull people. I was able to listen to and advance audio thanks to NetGally and the publisher in exchange for my honest review. I really enjoyed the pacing of the story and the narrator’s voice. I tend to like to listen at x2 speed and she was perfect. I was hooked from the start and the ending in my opinion was very satisfying. I look forward to more from this author.

This didn’t feel very mystery/thriller BUT I loved the story. Teddy sucked at decision making, but don’t we all while overcome by grief? I always enjoy a modern story using social media as a tool. The “twist” near the end was unexpected. The narration was perfect for the story, it’s exactly how I’d imagine Teddy telling it, slightly monotone and casual.

SPOILERS
I could have gone without the dogs death scene???

Ten years after the disappearance of her sister, Angie, Teddy’s father kills himself. Mark was obsessed with his daughter’s disappearance and he had fallen down a rabbit hole trying to find out what happened to her. When Teddy discovers her father’s Reddit group, she finds herself caught in the same whirlpool, pulling her down, down, down. Teddy will not stop until she finds out what happened to her sister, but she may die trying

Teddy’s sister Angie vanished 10 tears ago and her father has recently committed suicide. Angie’s case was never solved, but there are plenty of conspiracy theorists in an online Reddit community with theories of what happened. After her father’s death, Teddy starts going down the same rabbit hole he did with this online group because she so desperately wants answers.

The writing here is so good, it’s atmospheric and the characters are well developed. The plot is unique, realistic and original. The grief of this family is profound and it’s understandable to me that when the police gave up, the family is willing to grasp at any straw. As disturbing and devastating as this story is, there is also some sarcasm and dark humor. I think one of the things I most appreciate here is that not all things in real life get a full resolution. Often we have to think of some likely explanations and pick one in order to move forward.

The narration is excellent with Rebecca Quinn Robertson voicing Teddy’s point of view. Thank you to NetGalley, RB Media and the author for an early listening copy.

Rabbit Hole is an incredibly depressing look into a woman falling into the abyss that is the true crime Reddit-following around her sister’s unsolved disappearance. Teddy is a narrator that starts off feeling relatable but over the course of the book starts having more unhinged thoughts and behaviors as her life falls apart. For those that are looking for a gritty and emotional story of a main character coping (or not coping) while surrounded by tragedy and loss, Rabbit Hole is a great option.

The characters in this story are ALL extremely flawed - I am not sure anyone made any healthy decisions in this entire novel. If you get anxiety while watching characters experience the severe consequences of their actions, this will be a tough read. That said, it felt extremely real, and the characters had a great amount of depth. I truly felt for both Teddy and Mickey dealing with the circumstances that ultimately brought them together.

I listened to this as an Audiobook and I really enjoyed the narrator. The whole book was voiced from a single perspective, and I thought the narration matched perfectly to how I would imagine Teddy’s voice. The pacing was good and I found my self very drawn in to the story and thinking about this book between listening sessions. I listened at 2X to get the narration at the right speed for me.

Thank you RB Media for providing this advanced audiobook copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.