I really enjoyed The Grandmother. First of all I adore the idea of an older protagonist…or maybe that should be antagonistic! I will say the first thing that caught me was the first person narration. I am a bit picky with first person and feel it can make or break a novel but Jane E. James made The Grandmother incredibly likable from the first chapter using it. I loved how the narration firmly puts us in present day and real life with the characters thinking about current tv personalities and the like.

The other thing I loved was the pacing and the twists and turns. Now obviously I won’t be spoiling anything, especially with a thriller novel but let me say I could never guess where it was going next and that isn’t a bad thing.

All in all this was a brilliant psychological thriller and I will definitely be looking into more from the author. It was fun to have an older protagonist and to get inside their mind as well. A definite 5 stars.

– Siobhain