A review by jkreads
Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was gripping and devastating in equal measures. A 'Strangers on a Train' type thriller, this story hooked me from the very start and I was on edge the whole time. Although the characters went to extreme measures in their grief, the actions they took were not completely unbelievable given their situation. I have never personally experienced family violence, however on a professional level as a social worker it is a topic I am all too familiar with. Men's violence against women is an epidemic in Australia - at the time of writing this review 11 women have been killed in 2023 (a rate of more than one per week). 1 in 

4 Australian women has experienced physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner. Intimate partner violence contributes to more death, disability and illness in Australian women aged 15 to 44 than any other preventable risk factor including smoking, obesity and high blood pressure. This is a SIGNIFICANT issue within our culture. This book shines a spotlight on this issue, through the lens of those left behind in the wake of this violence. Kovacic did an incredible job of capturing the raw heartbreak of the victims left behind - the families of those who were murdered by their partners.