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cdjdhj's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent. A fast-moving, riveting, seat-of-your-pants thriller. You will stay up late to finish this one.
faithemt's review against another edition
5.0
EXCELLENT thriller. the review is over on my blog if you're interested.
eradka's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
charliejaxx's review against another edition
5.0
4.8 stars
Wow, can't remember the last time I read a thriller this good
Nina's husband, Glen went missing, his body was never found. And then, almost 2 years later, she's ready to move on with her life with her perfect boyfriend, Simon. But all is not what it seems. Simon seems to be controlling Nina, and gaslighting her, making her question things and Nina, realizing what might be happening, starts to investigate Simon.
I especially loved Maggie and Daisy, Maggie wouldn't give up and buy into Simon's act.
This was twisty, thrilling, suspenseful and scary in a good way. The book was everything, better than I expected it to be.
Wow, can't remember the last time I read a thriller this good
Nina's husband, Glen went missing, his body was never found. And then, almost 2 years later, she's ready to move on with her life with her perfect boyfriend, Simon. But all is not what it seems. Simon seems to be controlling Nina, and gaslighting her, making her question things and Nina, realizing what might be happening, starts to investigate Simon.
I especially loved Maggie and Daisy, Maggie wouldn't give up and buy into Simon's act.
This was twisty, thrilling, suspenseful and scary in a good way. The book was everything, better than I expected it to be.
linnaboobooks's review against another edition
3.0
For me this was an average thriller but nonetheless entertaining. We follow a woman who two years ago lost her husband in an incident, as she moves into her new home with her two children and boyfriend of roughly 18 months.
Her daughter is disillusion by the boyfriend and had been from the very start of her mother's new relationship. With her keen eye, she sees things that her older brother and mother don't seem to notice or mindlessly writes off as just her being an upset tween. But as time goes, her mother Nina starts to realize and wonder if her daughter is right. If there is something wrong with her boyfriend, if he's a lot darker than the person she thought she knew.
Her daughter is disillusion by the boyfriend and had been from the very start of her mother's new relationship. With her keen eye, she sees things that her older brother and mother don't seem to notice or mindlessly writes off as just her being an upset tween. But as time goes, her mother Nina starts to realize and wonder if her daughter is right. If there is something wrong with her boyfriend, if he's a lot darker than the person she thought she knew.
mennashakran's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
nattly's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-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
labunnywtf's review against another edition
2.0
Received via Netgalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.
Maybe my expectations for thrillers are too high.
I thought that going a long time without reading thrillers would correct the problem. I thought I was just absorbing too many back to back, so I went back to fantasy, and let my love for thrillers go to the wayside. And then I saw the plot for this, and get super excited.
A missing husband. A life restarted. Secrets coming to the surface, lies people tell themselves, and a new boyfriend who may or may not be dangerous to a woman and her children.
MAN, doesn't that sound great?
The first problem is the start of the book. It is so slow. It is ABSOLUTELY PAINFULLY slow. At about 39% in, I came to Goodreads to check the summary again, because I was more than a little worried I'd done it again, picking up what I thought was a thriller but which was, in fact, a domestic drama. Nope, the reviews say the twist and reveal are INCREDIBLE, keep pushing through.
And things really started working for me. The suspense, the curiosity, the need to know the truth behind the suspicions. They were there, and they were building.
And then not even 50% in, we find out the truth. And it absolutely ruins the rest of the book. If we had continued this game of "Is it real or are we crazy", this could've been an amazing story, and the reveal would've blown my brain out the back of my head.
As it was, I ended up rolling my eyes and watching the percentage bar begging it to get closer to 100%.
Dammit to hell.
Maybe my expectations for thrillers are too high.
I thought that going a long time without reading thrillers would correct the problem. I thought I was just absorbing too many back to back, so I went back to fantasy, and let my love for thrillers go to the wayside. And then I saw the plot for this, and get super excited.
A missing husband. A life restarted. Secrets coming to the surface, lies people tell themselves, and a new boyfriend who may or may not be dangerous to a woman and her children.
MAN, doesn't that sound great?
The first problem is the start of the book. It is so slow. It is ABSOLUTELY PAINFULLY slow. At about 39% in, I came to Goodreads to check the summary again, because I was more than a little worried I'd done it again, picking up what I thought was a thriller but which was, in fact, a domestic drama. Nope, the reviews say the twist and reveal are INCREDIBLE, keep pushing through.
And things really started working for me. The suspense, the curiosity, the need to know the truth behind the suspicions. They were there, and they were building.
And then not even 50% in, we find out the truth. And it absolutely ruins the rest of the book. If we had continued this game of "Is it real or are we crazy", this could've been an amazing story, and the reveal would've blown my brain out the back of my head.
As it was, I ended up rolling my eyes and watching the percentage bar begging it to get closer to 100%.
Dammit to hell.
cbrack90's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This is a weird one to review. The first few chapters were awesome, and I wanted more. And then it got boring. And then it improved. But then the writing sucked. The last 50 pages had my heart hammering surprisingly, so I think that saved it from a worse review. My one real complaint was that DJ Palmer was never a teenage girl, and I know we were annoying back then, but the chapters from Maggie's perspective drove me up the wall. It's like he told himself to dumb it down for those chapters. Frustrating. Overall, it was an ok thriller that could've been way shorter if the characters weren't all so dumb.