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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
tense
medium-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
It was an okay read but I found it difficult to get past the language that the author claims a two year old would have/use. That was the most unbelievable for me. Theo seems like a 4 year old not a 2 year old.
This book. Wow!
What would you do if your baby was switched at birth with another and you were dropped this bombshell when they were 2? No, seriously, what would you do?! That’s what happened in this book. I had to sit and think about it when I first started reading. I really don’t know what I would do. I want to think I’d handle it as well as Pete and Maddy did. But, I just don’t know. And then, all the rising problems with Miles? I’d be a train wreck. I loved this book! It was so good!
It for sure made you think and question yourself.
What would you do if your baby was switched at birth with another and you were dropped this bombshell when they were 2? No, seriously, what would you do?! That’s what happened in this book. I had to sit and think about it when I first started reading. I really don’t know what I would do. I want to think I’d handle it as well as Pete and Maddy did. But, I just don’t know. And then, all the rising problems with Miles? I’d be a train wreck. I loved this book! It was so good!
It for sure made you think and question yourself.
Okay so did the author intend for the reader to know when the story is heading? Usually in the suspense genre that is a bad thing, right? Well, not only do I think it was intentional, I think it was done so the tension built up as the reader watched all the parts of the trap fall in to place! I visibly shook my head at points and even mumbled a few "ut oh"s when something particularly likely to come back to bite a character in the bee-hind happened. The story is told from two points of view and I kept waiting for a third one to pop up. I am somewhat sad that it didn't. But it also wasn't needed as the ones used along with various police report excerpts, texts, emails, etc, did a terrific job of developing all the characters involved. Oh what a mess! Oh what a wonderful mess! This one kept me up past my bedtime!
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House for a copy of the book. This review is my own opinion.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House for a copy of the book. This review is my own opinion.
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:
Complicated
Booo this would’ve been better as a soap opera
Marketed as thriller but really it was just a family drama ugh
Marketed as thriller but really it was just a family drama ugh
What a fascinating story! Imagine a knock on your door one afternoon and finding out that your two-year old child is not you biological child, but rather the man's who just knocked on your door AND that his two-year old is actually your biological child. This book kept coming with the punches. The levels of psychopathy displayed is utterly chilling. So many nuanced characters with very different personalities involved. We get a real feel for all of our main characters and exactly what they're feeling at all times. This really touches on the nature versus nurture theory in a wonderful way. Would recommend.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Read in a day, very good, didn't pick the solution
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Was a little disappointed by this book. I've loved all JP Delaney's other books do maybe my expectations were too high coming into it. It just didn't capture me the way the others have. Don't get me wrong its not a bad book, it just felt slow and predictable at times.