Random Things Tours: The Interview by CM Ewan

´Joel´s main purpose right now was to watch her, study her, see how she behaved´.

Hopeful, Kate is heading on a Friday evening to an interview she was sent to by her recruiter. A PR company, with a promise of professional challenges and a good salary in a fancy office. It was about time, Kate is ready for a change. However, her dream interview for her dream job ended up in a race against the clock in an improvised escape room. 

The Interview by C.M.Ewan is a gripping thriller with a steady psychological construction. It is shockingly violent but it does include as well shocking twists and revelations. In the end, it may be that there is a completely different reasoning for her being turned into a target for considerable reasons of the conspiracy. 

Several layers were brought together in order to make this story passionately thrilling for a reader of suspense books. First and foremost, it does have a highly knowledgeable psychological background and has at its forefront details of human behavior which are skilfully staged. The narrative is also built in the smallest complex details and it does twists when you expected less, particularly if you are busy trying to figure out what exactly is already taking place. This cumulative effect does blow your mind if you are trying to guess by yourself a possible way out. There is none and the author is in full control of his story and the characters. Another good point of the story which explores also in different instances the very different ways in which one can react to grief and loss. 

Although I was passionately caught in the net of the story for hours, unable to think or do anything else, I did not fully trust the timeline. It looks for me too short for so many events to take place. I love a fast paced book but in this case it did not sound and look always realistic.

In terms of characters, I may confess that both the good and the bad guys look really good. Kate, in her naive acceptance of the destiny, Joel in his psychotic dramatism, are both faces of the same human coin.

I see The Interview as a movie and although I rarely watch movies made after books, I would really love to see it on screens again, due to the out-of-control adrenaline fix. In literary worlds, that´s my perfect home.

Rating: 4 stars

Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour, but the opinions are, as usual, my own