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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
This is my first novel by Wendy Walker. This novel alternates between Dr. Abby Winter's third person POV and Cass Tanner's first person POV. Dr. Abby Winter is a FBI psychologist who worked Cass's and Emma's disappearance case three years prior and in present time Cass suddenly appears home without her sister after being gone for three years.
Dr.Winter struggles with not solving this case three years prior and this case hits close to home for her because Abby is certain that Cass's mother is narcissistic and Abby's mother was also narcissistic. Abby desperately wants to believe that daughters of narcissistic mothers can break the cycle of narcissism.
Overall I really enjoyed this novel and I found it a very quick read. From the very beginning, I considered Cass's narrative to be unreliable and cryptic. Walker slowly drew out Cass's secrets until the reader discovered what happened to Emma that night. This novel definitely gave us an entertaining tale about an extremely dysfunctional family. A superb 4 star thriller!
Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.
Dr.Winter struggles with not solving this case three years prior and this case hits close to home for her because Abby is certain that Cass's mother is narcissistic and Abby's mother was also narcissistic. Abby desperately wants to believe that daughters of narcissistic mothers can break the cycle of narcissism.
Overall I really enjoyed this novel and I found it a very quick read. From the very beginning, I considered Cass's narrative to be unreliable and cryptic. Walker slowly drew out Cass's secrets until the reader discovered what happened to Emma that night. This novel definitely gave us an entertaining tale about an extremely dysfunctional family. A superb 4 star thriller!
Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.
The cover of this book is very deceiving, I saw a girl dancing on the beach with a bit of smoke or fog. I normally do not read a blurb, but I needed to know what path I was going to be led down and I’m not disappointed at all. I love a good “revenge” story, but this story is more. WAY more than that. The backstory comes at you in waves throughout the main part, so you are never left in the dark very long. The narrator is solid, and I think anyone that likes thriller / mysteries will enjoy the untangling of the “smoke” on the cover and the mirrors.
This was a quick enjoyable read about a complicated family that appears successful and normal by outside appearances.
The story explores and reveals what goes on behind closed doors as it follows the family, and a psychologist and detective trying to find the truth and a missing daughter and sister.
The story explores and reveals what goes on behind closed doors as it follows the family, and a psychologist and detective trying to find the truth and a missing daughter and sister.
not only deeply inaccurate and vaguely sexist (“sex power”), it is also terribly paced and plotted. do not read this please read anything else
3.75/5
Two girls are missing, only one returns. A narcissistic mother and a daughter who may have inherited her propensity for manipulation make the entire plot unreliable. Good to the last drop.
Emma in the Night was a much anticipated psychological thriller that did not disappoint. As someone who reads a lot of similar books, I find them oftentimes repetitive and predictable, the same basic book over and over again. This one was truly unique and unpredictable.
Two girls are missing, only one returns. A narcissistic mother and a daughter who may have inherited her propensity for manipulation make the entire plot unreliable. Good to the last drop.
Emma in the Night was a much anticipated psychological thriller that did not disappoint. As someone who reads a lot of similar books, I find them oftentimes repetitive and predictable, the same basic book over and over again. This one was truly unique and unpredictable.
3.5– at times I loved it and at times it made my eyes roll
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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
Creative twist.
dark
tense
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy
Moderate: Rape