I’ve always been the kind of reader that wants to take favorite books from each stage of my life into every new one. I was certain The Turn Of The Key by Ruth Ware would become one of those. The problem is, having read it through once, I don’t think I could face reading it again.

I was fine coming to the conclusion that I'm too emotionally fragile and scarred to go through reading books like Handle With Care or My Sister's Keeper more than once.
It was, however, a bit of a shock to discover I had something akin to that same ratled reaction to my latest Ruth Ware find.
Like The Lying Game, another Ware title, The Turn Of The Key was wrenching in a way I wasn't expecting.
It's honestly a bit of a revelation to consider how much is out there in fiction that speaks to just about any kind of person or experience. Give me a Ramsey Campbell novel and I can tuck myself into it's evocative and layered prose all day long. It takes nothing away from the quality of any other style of fiction. Moreover, Ruth Ware is a talented enough writer that I'll always chance her works; if only one time through.

Those of us who actually love reading are fortunate indeed.
Thoughts?