Disturbance follows an unnamed 26 year old narrator who, haunted by her own trauma, tries to step in and help her younger neighbour who she believes to be in an abusive relationship. What comes next is an entanglement of obsession as she interweaves herself into her life and becomes entrenched in a messy world of witchcraft which she has previously never known.

While it is not a horror in the normal sense of the word, more a very dark domestic noir with witchy vibes, the atmosphere is clawing and claustrophobic from the beginning.

By using a very closed POV. Clarke very cleverly portrays the effects of domestic violence, including its intense all encompassing nature and how it can alter one’s perceptions on reality and events.

While I enjoyed the feeling of the book and storyline, I did find the ending a tad anticlimactic and felt there was a little too much left open to interpretation.

A very thought provoking read but one which will leave you with many unanswered questions.

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