Book Review: Marrow by Tarryn Fisher
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Book Review: Marrow by Tarryn Fisher

A psychological thriller that'll make you question reality.

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Book Review: Marrow by Tarryn Fisher
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My love of Tarryn Fisher's novels is getting to be a bit much, but I honestly don't care. I cannot comprehend how Fisher is able to throw readers full throttle into her novels. With that said, I was captivated by Fisher's writing. Her use of diction immerses the reader into the twisted mind of Margo Moon. The dichotomy between Fisher's beautiful and elusive language and the disturbing events it describes completely captivated me. Marrow was gripping, raw, and full of an emotional tug-of-war that makes you question your own morality. The novel felt fresh and kept me on my toes, which is hard to do with psychological thrillers. There were moments where I was actually left speechless with the lengths that Margo would go for justice.

That's actually what intrigued me the most. Margo acts as an angel of death and takes justice into her own hands when the justice system fails victims. She plays judge, jury, and executioner. And the question that I was left with was: is this justice? Because as much as the people Margo sought vengeance against were, in fact, bad people they never got to pay the price for their crimes before Margo took matters into her own hands. Conflicting feelings on what is morality and how morality and justice go hand-in-hand are solidifying themes for the novel. It made me really sit back and think. I read this about five years ago and to this day I always find something new and it still makes me sit back and really sit with these thoughts. Marrow provides an introspection into the mind of a killer who believes she is doing the morally right thing and avenging victims of rapes and murders. It makes you wonder about Margo's sanity, her morality, and how we, as a society, fail the victims of crimes committed.

So, to anyone who decides to read possibly the best psychological thriller that I have read to date, I want you to digest this novel for what it is and really think about your own morality. Because what is justice?

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