Elaine Davis is happily spending time with her family at a fun fair in London when her son Charlie goes missing. Follow Elaine as she copes with Charlie’s disappearance and secrets from her past.
I did not take to The Mother of all Things as this story got off to a bad start. The early chapters of this book alternate between the present day and 5 years earlier when Charlie disappeared. This chopping back and forth between time zones really annoyed me.
Elaine then moved to Helmsley in North Yorkshire where she spent her childhood years. Thankfully from then onwards this story remained in the present day. But many more frustrations lay ahead. Gabriel would at great length describe his scenes centred around Elaine only for the reader and Elaine to discover she was having a bad dream or nightmare. This constant challenge between her dream world and the real world really irritated me and spoilt any possible enjoyment I might have been able to get from this novel.
Gabriel teases the reader a lot throughout his novel. “Beware zero six four two” features time and time again through this story, making the reader want to discover what 0642 relates to.
There is a dark side to Elaine and mental health issues are thrown into the mix. Try not to smile when Elaine gives Ashton a surprise to remember!
The story rolled on with the action accelerating to a tremendous climax. But when I got to the end of The Mother of all Things, there were many details that were not resolved. I finished this book and was very disappointed with all the loose ends that were left behind. It is okay authors leaving room for the next book but most readers want closure when they have got to the end of a book.
I was not impressed with The Mother of all Things and consider it a POOR 2 star read. This is the first book I have read from Gabriel but I shall not invest my time to read another book from him.
The Mother of all Things is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2018.
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