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Book Review: ‘Furious Violet,’ by Sarai Walker
The New York Times • • technology
Key Points:
- "Furious Violet," a thriller by Sarai Walker, centers on Violet West Shelley, a childless true crime writer haunted by an anonymous note saying "Hello Mother," which triggers deep emotional trauma linked to her own mother's suicide.
- West is researching a serial killer from the 1970s and '80s who called for his mother after crimes, paralleling her own fraught relationship with motherhood and daughterhood.
- West's mother, Juliet, was a volatile and celebrated poet akin to Sylvia Plath, whose cult following both idolizes and resents West for her connection to Juliet.
- The novel explores themes of legacy, identity, and the complex dynamics between mothers and daughters, as West confronts both external threats and internal struggles.
