Emma wants out. Unwell, living with her bully of a stepdad and getting by on benefits, she longs for a better life. Enter Adam, stage left. A doctor. Handsome, caring, things are looking up, Married though, But Emma shouldn’t fret as Adam will soon be single again. Question is, who’s dictating events?

With the first person narrative changing between chapters, you get viewpoints not only from Emma but from those that would stand in her way. The plotting is wonderfully cloying and brings out the most base and raw human emotions. The
interplay with birds and how their actions can mirror ours are fascinating and add a macabre undertone to the narrative.
In Sick to Death, the author has not only captured the stresses and struggles of being in a dysfunctional family not of your choosing but has demonstrated that although we don’t have to play the hand we are dealt, there’s something to be said for hesitating before saying twist.

At last an original drama!
Fabulously written characters and a storyline that i became totally immersed in.
Emma is sick, her family other than her daughter are just awful human beings.
If only she could find true love and a means of escaping her life?
I did get one of the twists but not all of them!
A brilliant read that i highly recommend.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.