Through The Wall tells the story of two neighbours Lexi and Harriet. Lexi lives with her partner Tom and is trying for a baby. Harriet is a musician who lives next door and spends her time throwing wild parties in at attempt to move on from the ex-boyfriend that she is fixated with. Despite living next door and being able to hear every conversation, the couple are practically anonymous to each other. However one day Harriet spots Tom in a lift, and realises that he looks like her ex, and gradually her obsession grows.
This was another book that had been on my tbr pile for a while and has only just made it to the top. Through The Wall was a two headed take on a tale of female obsession. It did take me a little while to get into it, but once I did I found it an interesting read. It isn’t a fast paced thriller, instead it was a slow burn character study that swaps between the main two viewpoints to give us an insight into two different women linked by their choice of home. This intense focus on just the two characters heightened the tension within the book as the two characters lives began to collide.
I didn’t particularly like either character, Lexi I found especially annoying, she came across as very needy and her obsession with having a baby was her entire focus. However Harriet was more interesting, and as her back story unfolded and we found out what had happened to her previously you started to understand her actions a bit.
I found this a good read, with nice short chapters that flicked easily between Harriet and Lexi. This was a story that covered obsession, jealously, revenge and ultimately betrayal, all against the backdrop of a world where someones social media belies the truth behind their feelings and lives. I look forward to reading others by Caroline Corcoran.
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