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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
Picked this up at a small town book shop in the clearance section and found out it was signed only after I bought it which is awesome. The book was a very slow start but the end was worth it and I definitely didn’t see all the plot twists coming.
I'm an Indigo Employee, and I received a finished copy of this book, from Indigo Books & Music - in exchange for my honest feedback.
As someone who is usually very good at predicting book and movie plot lines, this one definitely threw me off its scent. There were some great red herrings in here - i thought I knew for sure how it was going to end, and then all of a sudden, it was a very different ending. This story had some interesting insights into narcissism - which is a common trait in domestic thriller villains - but the science and the actual psychological insights into narcissism didn't really add much to the story for me.
The book definitely had its slow parts. Walker is a decent writer - but I felt like she used a lot of "telling" instead of "showing" - and I get that that was the way the plot was framed - but it seemed a bit elementary to me. It was decent, and definitely a very quick read, but I wish it had been more suspenseful.
As someone who is usually very good at predicting book and movie plot lines, this one definitely threw me off its scent. There were some great red herrings in here - i thought I knew for sure how it was going to end, and then all of a sudden, it was a very different ending. This story had some interesting insights into narcissism - which is a common trait in domestic thriller villains - but the science and the actual psychological insights into narcissism didn't really add much to the story for me.
The book definitely had its slow parts. Walker is a decent writer - but I felt like she used a lot of "telling" instead of "showing" - and I get that that was the way the plot was framed - but it seemed a bit elementary to me. It was decent, and definitely a very quick read, but I wish it had been more suspenseful.
I love psychological suspense because I am fascinated by the human mind and the reasons that people think, feel or behave as they do. Emma in the Night was an intriguing look at Narcisstic Personality disorder and how Cass and Emma suffered because of it. Three years previously when they were 15 and 17 Cass and Emma mysteriously disappear. Then Cass suddenly returns alone with one desire – to find her sister Emma.
The case of the girls’ disappearance had almost destroyed Dr. Abby Waters, the FBI forensic psychologist assigned to the case. She was convinced that the girls’ mother suffered, as her own mother did, from NPD. But, she could not convince anyone on her team that the mother was in any way involved.
When Cass returns and starts telling the story of what happened to the two of them it seems even more apparent that Dr. Waters was wrong about their mother. But, more questions remained than were answered, especially when Emma could not be found.
The twists and turns will keep you guessing until the very end and the insight into the feelings, emotions and actions of all of the characters is fascinating.
The case of the girls’ disappearance had almost destroyed Dr. Abby Waters, the FBI forensic psychologist assigned to the case. She was convinced that the girls’ mother suffered, as her own mother did, from NPD. But, she could not convince anyone on her team that the mother was in any way involved.
When Cass returns and starts telling the story of what happened to the two of them it seems even more apparent that Dr. Waters was wrong about their mother. But, more questions remained than were answered, especially when Emma could not be found.
The twists and turns will keep you guessing until the very end and the insight into the feelings, emotions and actions of all of the characters is fascinating.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
very disturbing, that's all i can say
however, it's difficult for me to focus on the long paragraph
and the format got a bit messy in the end
about 2.75 stars
however, it's difficult for me to focus on the long paragraph
and the format got a bit messy in the end
about 2.75 stars