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olivia795's review against another edition
3.0
It won't win any awards but it kept me interested and I enjoyed the audiobook.
chlosbookishworld's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book! It gripped me from the very beginning and I enjoyed exploring the two different timelines I feel as though they different timelines made the book read really fast which is always a positive for me. I also must say this book shocked me TWICE with twists which never happens to me I am often able to guess twists before they happen.
The reason I’ve rated this book a 4/5 is because I found Toni to be incredibly frustrating at times. She was a great mother and I loved that she wanted to work hard to provide for her daughter, but the constant slip ups were really irritating for me they left me feeling, at times like I wanted to shout at her through the book.
I listened to this book through Audible and I really enjoyed the narrator. Over all really pleased to have read this book and I highly recommend it to all thriller lovers.
The reason I’ve rated this book a 4/5 is because I found Toni to be incredibly frustrating at times. She was a great mother and I loved that she wanted to work hard to provide for her daughter, but the constant slip ups were really irritating for me they left me feeling, at times like I wanted to shout at her through the book.
I listened to this book through Audible and I really enjoyed the narrator. Over all really pleased to have read this book and I highly recommend it to all thriller lovers.
calliek927's review against another edition
3.0
This was probably one of my least favorite K.L. Slater books so far. It just felt like it was dragging, and then got just almost TOO far fetched, even for a fiction story.
I like the suspense and twists her books normally have and as usual, Lucy Price-Lewis was perfect in her narration.
I like the suspense and twists her books normally have and as usual, Lucy Price-Lewis was perfect in her narration.
namitakhanna's review against another edition
5.0
Blink by K.L.Slater is a a gripping fast paced psychological thriller with great twists and turns.
Tori Cutter lost her husband tragically in Afghanistan and finds it difficult to cope with day to day activities and resorts to sleeping pills. She and her five-year-old daughter Evie move closer to her mom in Nottingham for a fresh start. In a financial crutch, Tori finds a job at a real estate company, meanwhile Evie finds it difficult to cope in her new school. One day Tori is late picking up Evie from school and faces a mom’s worse nightmare. Evie has disappeared and no one knows anything. For years Tori gets blamed by the media and judged by other people for being a bad mother. But she hasn’t given up hope and will keep searching till Evie is found.
The story goes back and forth between “Three years earlier” and the “Present Day”. The characters are very well developed and one cannot help but feel for Tori. The book is full of twists and turns which keeps you guessing throughout. It is a cleverly written, fast paced, psychological thriller with a surprise ending.
Many thanks to the publisher & NetGalley for this advance reader copy in exchange for my honest and fair review.
This and more reviews at https://chloesbooksblog.wordpress.com/
Tori Cutter lost her husband tragically in Afghanistan and finds it difficult to cope with day to day activities and resorts to sleeping pills. She and her five-year-old daughter Evie move closer to her mom in Nottingham for a fresh start. In a financial crutch, Tori finds a job at a real estate company, meanwhile Evie finds it difficult to cope in her new school. One day Tori is late picking up Evie from school and faces a mom’s worse nightmare. Evie has disappeared and no one knows anything. For years Tori gets blamed by the media and judged by other people for being a bad mother. But she hasn’t given up hope and will keep searching till Evie is found.
The story goes back and forth between “Three years earlier” and the “Present Day”. The characters are very well developed and one cannot help but feel for Tori. The book is full of twists and turns which keeps you guessing throughout. It is a cleverly written, fast paced, psychological thriller with a surprise ending.
Many thanks to the publisher & NetGalley for this advance reader copy in exchange for my honest and fair review.
This and more reviews at https://chloesbooksblog.wordpress.com/
lauraleto's review against another edition
1.0
If you are a fan of good tricky thriller - that's not the book. If you like solve mystery before the end of the book - not gonna happen. 1/3 part of the book tells it all and to listen more or less the story about struggling mom and some one silly misfortune during which child is kidnapped... nothing new here.
A read by a tea cup for few evenings, nothing else.
A read by a tea cup for few evenings, nothing else.
howtobebooks's review against another edition
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author.
I was looking forward to this after reading so many great reviews. It starts off with a great backstory, the present revealing a comatose woman wondering what happened to the missing girl, while the past shows a single, grieving mother attempting to cope after losing her husband in Afghanistan. And things seem to go from bad to worse, as those surrounding her are hellbent on making her life as difficult as possible. This is where the red herrings were too obviously thrown all over the place.
And yes I did guess who was behind the abduction halfway through the book, which is the biggest problem when you try too hard to stop the big reveal and the pitfalls of following the standard thriller formula.
If you're an avid thriller reader - this will be another run of the mill novel with a less than spectacular showdown.
If not, it will be an enjoyable read.
I was looking forward to this after reading so many great reviews. It starts off with a great backstory, the present revealing a comatose woman wondering what happened to the missing girl, while the past shows a single, grieving mother attempting to cope after losing her husband in Afghanistan. And things seem to go from bad to worse, as those surrounding her are hellbent on making her life as difficult as possible. This is where the red herrings were too obviously thrown all over the place.
And yes I did guess who was behind the abduction halfway through the book, which is the biggest problem when you try too hard to stop the big reveal and the pitfalls of following the standard thriller formula.
If you're an avid thriller reader - this will be another run of the mill novel with a less than spectacular showdown.
If not, it will be an enjoyable read.
alexatiletile's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
rosie_reads_x's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this book! It had lots of clever twists, turns and red herrings which kept me guessing the whole way through! The chapters switch between the present day and three years ago. In the present day, you get the point of view of someone who is in hospital suffering from ‘locked in syndrome’ meaning that they can hear and see everything around them but can’t move. I was trying to guess the whole way through who this person was going to be but I was still shocked when the big reveal came! When the chapters flip back to three years ago, the story follows Toni who is trying to bring up her daughter Evie in the wake of her husband Andrew’s death. Things are really difficult for them after they are forced to relocate to Nottingham and Evie struggles to adjust to her new school. And then one day the worst happens and Evie goes missing.
All in all this is a great thriller and I’d highly recommend!
All in all this is a great thriller and I’d highly recommend!
girgalk's review
2.0
Not for me, anticlimactic and not really worth the hype. Story doesn’t have much of a point