Into The Water is not an easy book to review. Heck, it's not an easy book to read and wrap your head around, let alone try to analyze and judge. The plot line is very tightly woven, if a little bit confusing. For the majority of the book, I had a hard time following the story line and keeping track of all the characters (there were SO MANY), but thankfully it all came together in the end. 
 Initially, I was going to give this book 2, maybe 3 stars, because as I was reading it, I thought it to be very predictable and cliched. The very last chapter changed my mind completely. It wasn't until the very last pages that I realized just how extremely well plotted and foreshadowed this book was. And it was hard not to feel impressed by Hawkin's storytelling skills. 
 Into The Water deals with so many issues, from suicide, murder, abuse, statutory rape and infidelity to failed parenting and broken family ties. It doesn't just touch on those subjects, it explores them in depth, with brutal honesty and rawness. It's heavy, dark and very convoluted. Unapologetically twisted and haunting in its final message. 
 It took me almost two weeks to get through it, but in hindsight, it was well worth it.