Adrift by Will Dean

Adrift by Will Dean
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thank you to Atria Books via NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
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Peggy and Drew, both aspiring writers, move to an isolated canal boat with their fourteen-year-old son. Peggy is the glue that holds their family together, even as their son is bullied relentlessly for his physique and his family’s lack of money. But when Drew becomes frustrated by his wife’s sudden writing success, he moves their boat further and further from civilization.

With their increasing isolation, personal challenges become harder to ignore, even as they desperately try to break toxic generational patterns. But when Drew’s gaslighting becomes too much for Peggy to take, it sets off a catastrophic series of events.

With Will Dean’s signature “well-drawn characters and excellent prose” (Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author), Adrift is gripping exploration of the ties that bind when everything spirals out of control.
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When I saw that Will Dean had a new book coming out, I immediately added it to my TBR. After all, his book The Last One is a book that I still can't stop thinking about and recommend often, almost two years after I read it. This new book is about as different from The Last One as it could be, but it is well worthy of a spot on your bookshelf.

Throughout this entire book, there was never a point where I didn't just feel...uneasy. The gaslighting that Peggy is subjected to at the hands of her husband both made me feel for Peggy and question my own recollection of some the events I had read about. As I wondered how it was that Peggy and her son could possibly survive life on this secluded boat with a man who was becoming less and less like the man Peggy had married, the sense of impending doom I felt had me glued to my Kindle, and I found that I could not put down this book until I was done with it. This is domestic suspense at its finest, and it left me looking forward to reading more from Will Dean.

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