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Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

72 reviews

ashleymg99's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Holy. Shit. The ending. Everyone says the last 20 pages are crazy and my god, are they right. The payoff is insane. 

I literally got to the last few chapters and I went “ah I know where this is going”. No the fuck you don’t. You think you do, but you absolutely do not. 

All I can say is this book is crazy - between 2 unreliable narrators, time jumps, and secrets, it leaves you guessing until the end. The twist is unexpected in the best way, because it takes everything you thought you knew and turns it on its head. The ending bumps my star rating from like a 3 to a 3.5
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runefactories's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i saw the body snatching coming, but i was surprised that rob body snatched adele first.
fun twists, unlikeable characters, but decent read overall
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oliviaslibrary's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? No

2.0

the ending of this book really threw me, the final twist is pretty fucked up so I knocked a star off. It changed the way I saw the entire story and I don’t know if it was for the better. Still enjoyed the mystery.

edit: actually the ending twist makes me really mad and I’ve ranted about it to all of my friends… 
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ainrosle's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

If I were to judge this book based on the last third of it, then yes, it would have received high stars. The last few chapters of the book was exactly what I had expected out of the book. The first 2-third of the book is just something you can skim over. Nothing worth noting, nothing memorable. 

It was very slow, the characters aren't loveable and it's so frustrating because it could have been a 5 stars book. I had the wrong expectation of the book going in, thinking it was more of a thriller but really more of a suspense, mystery and paranormal element to it. It does require a suspension of disbelief (a lot of it), which I am generally fine with if it had been executed flawlessly. 

It's just a book with forgettable plot because... there was nothing to remember in the first place...
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anitaboeira's review against another edition

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3.0

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meeeg's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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zianna_reads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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brookey8888's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Honestly this was entertaining but it was also kind of boring at the same time. Nothing thrilling really happened so I kept wondering like what was gonna happen and what was the point. But the ending I did not see coming at all and I was shocked. I don’t know if I necessarily like it but I didn’t see it coming so there’s that.
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vkitoria's review against another edition

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mysterious tense 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

2.75

yes this is a thriller but it’s important to say that it’s also MAGICAL REALISM. don’t go into this thinking that there’ll be a logical conclusion.

with that being said, once it was made clear that there were supernatural events going on, the “crazy twist ending” became obvious. i’m someone who never correctly predicts twist endings so when i do? it’s not a very good twist.
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anne311's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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