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emilymorgan02's review
3.0
I was intrigued enough to read this really quickly. Not my favorite kind of novel and there were lots of parts that made me cringe and feel uncomfortable...
rcstewa's review
3.0
I think I would have liked this better if I'd realized it was the third in a series. Oops.
alsreader's review
3.0
The book was good but a bit drawn out.
On a funny note, I kept thinking the proof reader of the book must not have been very good until I realized the book was from England. The things you learn from reading.
On a funny note, I kept thinking the proof reader of the book must not have been very good until I realized the book was from England. The things you learn from reading.
cherircohen's review
2.0
Ok but nowhere near as good as tana French's novels (who hannah has been compared to).
littlemascara's review
3.0
I liked the style, alternating between Sally's first person perspective, the diary, and the third-person narration from the police. I found the first two-thirds pretty compelling, trying to figure out exactly what happened with Geraldine and her daughter, her daughter's friend, and what's happening with Sally. I also liked reading an honest summation of modern motherhood - trying to have it all, as it's just an expectation for educated, middle-class moms these days, and feeling guilt for not being able to achieve the impossible.
But the ending, well, I had a lot of problems with that.
First, I never felt like they properly explained why Hey's psychotic break (because that's obviously what happened) resulted in an obsession with impregnating Sally, and I felt like the end of Sally's part of the story was abrupt and I felt like it didn't have resolution - yes, she realized she loved her family, but wouldn't she have something to say about her ordeal beyond "gee, I'm glad Nick didn't find out I slept with a psychopath!"
For that matter, I felt the end of the whole thing was abrupt. This was the first of Hannah's books that I've read, and having now read Hurting Distance, I get the Waterhouse-Zailer relationship better, but for such an intense book, I was disappointed to have a sitcommy joke to end it.
But I liked the writing, the plot and the storytelling. I'll keep reading (I loved Hurting Distance), but I just wish the final third had been as strong as what preceded it.
But the ending, well, I had a lot of problems with that.
First, I never felt like they properly explained why Hey's psychotic break (because that's obviously what happened) resulted in an obsession with impregnating Sally, and I felt like the end of Sally's part of the story was abrupt and I felt like it didn't have resolution - yes, she realized she loved her family, but wouldn't she have something to say about her ordeal beyond "gee, I'm glad Nick didn't find out I slept with a psychopath!"
For that matter, I felt the end of the whole thing was abrupt. This was the first of Hannah's books that I've read, and having now read Hurting Distance, I get the Waterhouse-Zailer relationship better, but for such an intense book, I was disappointed to have a sitcommy joke to end it.
But I liked the writing, the plot and the storytelling. I'll keep reading (I loved Hurting Distance), but I just wish the final third had been as strong as what preceded it.
twildsmith's review
4.0
From the beginning I was a little lost on the different detectives that work in the CID. Although, now, after the fact, I see that this is the third book in the series so the writer probably didn't bother to lay everything out neatly for those of us starting in the middle. This was a good, suspenseful mystery. Not quite as good as Tana French's novels but still worth reading.
notesonbookmarks's review
4.0
Decent mystery/thriller. Enough action and enough clues to keep you guessing!
robynryle's review
4.0
You'd never know this when you pick these up, but they're different mysteries with the same set of police solving them. So they're really about these police characters as much as they are about the mystery. I think I'm reading them backwards, but that's okay. This one was better than The Dead Lie Down because I thought the mystery part was tighter. And, this book slipped in a bit of an interesting commentary on motherhood.
msjaquiss's review
3.0
I was completely absorbed by this audiobook until the last hour of the story. The ending was so neat and quick that I wonder whether a ghostwriter came in and finished it while the actual author was on vacation somewhere.