Follow the Butterfly is my first read from the author and I have high expectations from this one. The premise about relationship between a serial killer with her psychiatric was intriguing.

Following multi POVs, readers will dive deep into nowdays and background for each characters. Actually the voices sound similar although come from different perspectives. How they describe them self are totally over glorification. The informations also unreliable and irrelevant with the real event that happening. The pace is slower than my favorite. The plot have potential and but seem unfocused and underdevelopment.
The twist and turn wasn't enough to make this story powerful.

Thank you Netgalley and Pushkin Vertigo Publisher from Pushkin Press for providing copy of this ebook. I have voluntarily read and reviewed it. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Expecting Publication : 7 March 2024

For me this was simply a case of where the overused unreliable narrator did not work. I stuck with it mainly because I was on a plane and couldn’t find my next book to be read without internet.

I found this book an interesting read that had me wanting more, but in places also struggled to relate and understand the main character. That being said, I overall enjoyed this read and would recommend reading.

I really enjoyed this book, ‘Follow The Butterfly’ debut novel by Finnish journalist and author Marta Kaukokonen which has been translated into numerous languages and the rights sold to to tv companies.
The story is told by four people, Ida (a psychotherapist), Clarissa (Ida’s latest patient, who is a serial killer), Pekka (Ida’s husband) and Arto (an alcoholic journalist). All four of them have their own sections and was very hard to work out who, if any were unreliable narrators. My interests were kept throughout, trying to work out the pieces of the puzzle, and I did not work it all out until the final reveal.
Recommend this for anyone who would like something different from the usual books within the mystery thriller category.
Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for a Kindle copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I struggled to get into this book, it just didn't keep my attention at all unfortunately. I had to come back to it a few times to finish it.

This book just wasn’t for me. It lacked to hold my attention and the plot seemed very silly at times. The characters were unclear in purpose too.

Clarissa Virtanen may be a psychotherapist by profession, but she is almost a celebrity in her own right. Appearing in magazines and newspaper interviews with tiresome regularity, she is known for her sexy dress sense and wild girl image.

Nevertheless, you would be mistaken in thinking she lacks depth - not least when it comes to her genuine devotion and diligence in treating her patients. Clarissa is willing to go to great lengths to help those she believes to be at risk for suicide, in particular.

So, when a young woman named Ida - an apparent suicide risk - becomes one of her newest clients, Clarissa makes a deal whereby Ida promises to hold back from hurting herself for at least six months, so that she has a real chance to benefit from therapy.

But is Ida being truthful about what her problems really are?

Well, in a word, no. Because Ida is a prolific and unrepentant serial killer, and her reasons for coming to Clarissa have very little to do with any risk of self-harm...

This is a dark and twisted tale which will keep readers enthralled. Ida is, as you might suspect, not a very likeable character. But she is quite a fascinating one, nevertheless. The other characters in the story are also well-drawn, so overall, this is a quite engrossing read.