Patrick Townsend's wife. Jules informed Detective Sean Townsend about this. McDermid concludes that the sales will be much higher than the readers' enjoyment.

It is Hawkins' second full-length thriller following the success of The Girl on the Train. Her son Josh, however, is terrified that his mom was not at the house when Nel died. [8] Jocelyn McClurg for USA Today also offers praise, suggesting "Hawkins, influenced by Hitchcock, has a cinematic eye and an ear for eerie, evocative language. The novel is told in a mixture of first-person and third-person narrative.[5]. Jules was an obese child and teenager but has since shed the weight, which makes it difficult at times for people to recognize her, and she holds residual shame about her body. A boy that Danielle Abbott's in love with. She and her sister have been estranged for years, and when Jules gets the call about her sister’s death she immediately assumes Nel is not dead but instead doing this to “spite” her or get her attention (5). Louise finds diet pills prescribed to Nel among Katie's belongings and tells Sean that Nel's murder should be made public. Nel assumed that Jules had seduced her boyfriend Robbie even though he was sexually abusing Jules. Jules goes to the Townsend house and accuses Helen of murdering Nel. [7], Similarly, Independent's Sally Newall says that the voices weren't "distinct enough". Erin comes to know that Nel and Sean had a relationship. Jules is the main character of the story and the first voice to begin the novel.
[5] Writing in The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote that Hawkins' "goal may be to build suspense, but all she achieves is confusion. After Louise leaves, she tells Jules that it was Nel who made the threat.

Lena tells Jules that Nel was murdered, having learned from Mark that Helen Townsend had a bracelet in her office that was missing from Nel’s body after her death. The review aggregator website Book Marks reported that 63% of critics "panned" the book, whilst 19% and 6% of the critics expressed "mixed" or "positive" impressions, respectively. Louise confronts Lena for keeping the information from her, and Lena tells her she threatened Katie to end her relationship with Mark. The New Statesman's Leo Robson wrote "Most of the time, the novel is plausible and grimly gripping."

Lena waits for Mark at his home and tries to kill him but ends up injured. Josh Whittaker's father. "[9], In 2017 Ali Qane’ of the Tehran publisher Kuleh Poshty Publications stated that the company he works for received the right to translate the book in Iran after Qane’ requested the author's permission to do so via a telephone call; he stated that five employees of the company are translating different parts of the book. A suspected witch who drowned in the pool in 1679. Sean, in an undisclosed location, tries to come to terms with himself and admits that it was he who killed Nel. aka: Jules. Louise, Katie's mother, was relieved that Nel died as she holds her responsible for inspiring girls to become curious about the Drowning Pool.

[6], In contrast to the general acclaim Hawkins received for The Girl on the Train, Into the Water received mixed reviews.

Alec and Louise Whittaker's daughter.

Several critics were confused by the plethora of characters (the story is told from the viewpoint of 11 characters) and the similarities of their voices. Into the Water (2017) is a thriller novel by British author Paula Hawkins.

A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Josh and Lena breaks his windows as revenge for Katie's death. Another 13% of the critics gave the book a "rave" review, based on a sample of 16 reviews. Patrick (Sean's father) then confesses to killing Nel and to killing his own wife, Lauren, years ago. . Patrick is in jail. She meets Nickie, a con artist who tells her that she must look upon Lauren (Patrick's dead wife) and not Helen.

[1] It is Hawkins' second full-length thriller following the success of The Girl on the Train. She asks Sean about it and he barks at her to check his records.

The Prince. Into the Water doesn't focus in-depth on any character, but rather moves between the perspectives of many members of a British town. Science guy who found receipt of Danielle Abbott's diet pill. Mark Henderson, Lena's teacher, finds Nel's bracelet in Helen's drawer while searching her room.

Jules is the main character of the story and the first voice to begin the novel. But it turns out that Katie asked Lena to buy her the pills. Julia Abbott's sister / Deceased.

He ties her up and tries to escape with her in the car.

Although the novel performed well, becoming a Sunday Times best seller[2] and featuring on The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2017,[3] critical reception was generally not as positive as it had been for her debut thriller.

Jules does not believe that her sister committed suicide. Jules had been estranged from her sister Nel due to an incidence from their childhood. Detective Sergeant on Danielle's death incident

A suspected witch who drowned in the pool in 1679. A Detective who interrogates Mark Henderson. aka: Nel. Into the Water (2017) is a thriller novel by British author Paula Hawkins. Jules/Julia Abbott. Lena blamed her friend Katie's death on her mother's obsession with the pool. Alec and Louise Whittaker's son. While acknowledging the challenges of writing for 11 separate narrative voices, crime novelist Val McDermid wrote in The Guardian that the similarity of the characters' tone and register makes it "almost impossible to tell [them] apart, which end up being monotonous and confusing"; furthermore, it doesn't reflect the speech patterns of Northumberland. [4], Following the unexplained death of her sister, Nel, in a pool at the foot of a cliff, Jules Abbott returns to Beckford, a fictional town in Northumberland, to care for her niece, Lena. Sean Townsend's wife / Patrick Townsend's daughter-in-law. This Study Guide consists of approximately 69 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - Helen Townsend stays at her father-in-law Patrick's cottage as her husband betrayed her. Reading Guide International Editions. 2) The cast of characters is big. Jules was an obese child and teenager but has since shed the weight, which makes it difficult at times for people to recognize her, and she holds residual shame about her body. Jules and Lena go to London and have a much stronger relationship than they did at the beginning. Lena is furious at Jules for not speaking to her mom.

They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged. Lena believes that her mom jumped into the Drowning Pool, a place where multiple women throughout the town's history have died. Danielle Abbott's sister / Lena Abbott's aunt. Into the Water BY PAULA HAWKINS.
"[8] Jules is the younger sister of Nel Abbott and the aunt to Lena. They fight, and Lena likely kills Mark. Josh tells Sean that Mark seduced Katie, and Lena reveals that Katie sacrificed herself to protect Mark from being arrested for statutory rape.

Into the Water is jam-packed with minor characters and stories that go nowhere. Arguably, too big.

A Detective Inspector / Patrick Townsend's son. He confronts her at his ex's cottage and tells Lena that he loved Katie and did not kill Nel.

everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Into the Water. Detective Sergeant Erin Morgan sensed Sean's distress in the case and found out that his mother also committed suicide in the Drowning Pool. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. Helen and Sean leave together, but Sean disappears one day and Helen does not look for him. Detective Inspector Sean Townsend's father.

[10], "Best Sellers: Combined Print & E-Book Fiction", "The Girl on the Train author Paula Hawkins' new thriller: Into the Water, review", "Into the Water by Paula Hawkins review – how to follow Girl on the Train? Jules is the younger sister of Nel Abbott and the aunt to Lena.

While both books contain themes of memory and the limitations on its reliability, the mysteries feel very different.

aka: Jules. Jules searches for her mother's bracelet which Nel wore all the time and is shocked to find that it is missing. aka: Nel. Girl found dead at pool in 1983. He commended the writing as "addictive", and added that the novel "is on a par with The Girl on a Train".

She was "semi-gripped" by the novel, but found that the "myriad of characters" made it difficult to care about them or the final reveal. Julia Abbott's sister / Deceased.

In February 2017, before the book was first published, Variety reported that DreamWorks' parent Amblin Partners purchased the film rights, with La La Land's Marc Platt and Jared LeBoff proposed as producers.

In the months after Patrick’s confession, each of the characters leaves Beckford. Since leaving Beckford for London she has even changed her name from Julia to Jules (and she insists upon this change to people who knew her otherwise). She heard fear in Nel's last voicemail, imploring Jules to meet her. Danielle Abbott's sister / Lena Abbott's aunt. ", "Paula Hawkins' new novel Into The Water confuses critics", "Dive in to Paula Hawkins' scary 'Into the Water, "Five Persian translators working separately on Paula Hawkins' "Into the Water, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Into_the_Water&oldid=980021404, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 September 2020, at 04:27.