Review: This is How it Ends

This is How it Ends by Eva Dolan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Ella Riordan is a community activist who became famous when she was beaten by police during a social protest. Now Ella is a squatter in a building where the owners are evicting tenants so they can convert it into luxury condos, and she’s determined to stay and defend the few holdout tenants, despite death threats.

One night after a rooftop party with her fellow holdouts, Ella finds a horrible scene awaiting her in her apartment. In a panic, she calls her neighbor Molly, who convinces her that the police won’t believe she’s innocent. Together the two women concoct a gruesome plan to hide the body down the building’s elevator shaft.

But the secret won’t stay buried for long. As truth hangs in the balance, a neighbor tells Molly he had heard Ella arguing with a man in the hallway and mistrust grows between Ella and Molly, as repercussions of that night threaten to change both women’s lives forever.

 

This is quite a hard book to follow - it's told from different POVs and timeframes - one moving forward from an event that the book revolves around, the other moves backwards eventually giving an insight into what led up to the opening scenes.

I also didn't really take to the characters.

However, having said that, it was an interesting read, up to date and with a twist at the end I didn't see coming.

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