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Writer's pictureKalyani Gaikwad

The last good summer by J.J Green

Updated: Apr 19, 2023

"That's the trajedy about life, you never knew you were living your happiest time, you never knew to savour it and make most out of it."



The story starts with Belle, the main protagonist, seeing Fionn power, a name from her past, at her window, and vanishing seconds later. That is when she comes across the fact that he had been killed a few days back. The arrival of Fionn in Belle's home had set into motion a chain of tragic events and now years later now that Fionn is dead, a scandal awaits to be exposed.


This is an debut novel of J.J. Green, and very impressive work. The pace of the book is slow, which is expected from a slow burn book, but one thing that I think could have had been better was the introduction to characters. I was disappointed because the characters kept crawling out of nowhere and made it difficult for me to connect to them.


Set in Ireland, the book tends to explore the the environmental scandals and the effects on life. With just enough general knowledge needed to know the consequences of the crime, the author very beautifully wove a web of characters in the suspense novel.


Easy to understand writing style. A very engaging plot. The first two chapters were enough to get me hooked to the story. The first chapter explained the circumstances in which belle met Fiona and on the next he disappeared, honestly I am all in for this. I already knew I would like what was coming.

Alternating past and present timeline yet the author has very cleverly tied both the timelines together as one. A book featuring a strong female lead, Belle, who is set out on finding what happened to Fionn power. A twisty tale of corruption.


Overall a bingeable decent read. Thumbs up. 👍


Synopsis -

In the summer of 1986, Belle McGee is thirteen. The arrival of Fionn Power at her family home sets in motion a tragic chain of events. Now a forty-something investigative journalist living in Dublin, Belle returns home one night to find Fionn standing in the hallway before inexplicably vanishing. Unsettled, Belle immediately phones her sister, who tells her that Fionn was found dead that very morning. In her journey to find answers, Belle exposes corruption and scandal and is forced to stop running from the shameful truth of 1986.



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