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amos0924's review
3.0
The story is intriguing and unfolds in a non-linear way, but when the main characters (particularly the teenage daughter) come across so insufferable, it's hard to care one way or the other the fate of The wife/mother
ladyliterateur12's review
4.0
This book was well-written and certainly had me intrigued from the beginning. It is an unfortunate tale though and it got more bizarre towards the end. Sadly not a lot of redemption in this book from what I could see.
tspice24's review
3.0
I kept reading because I wanted to find out what happened but in more of a stubborn kind of way, not because I was intrigued. I felt like this book was on the verge of a deeper meaning but didn't quite get there. Overall, the book was just alright.
tpanik's review
4.0
Devour this in one sitting, because the dread and anticipation within this story will follow you while you're not reading. A well designed story about the worst possible ending for a marriage.
msroark's review
4.0
Short and sweet. Expected a twist ending a la Gone Girl etc.
More just a sad tale of two people who were too different from each other to be married to each other.
If the events had not happened the way they did, they probably would have divorced.
More just a sad tale of two people who were too different from each other to be married to each other.
If the events had not happened the way they did, they probably would have divorced.
ajamieson's review
2.0
It was really hard for me to care about these characters. Even the ending was more of a "welp okay then" than anything else.
atschakfoert's review
3.0
While the premise of this book is very similar to Gone Girl, it is not nearly as suspenseful and the characters are far more realistic in this novel. Having said that: the characters are more realistic but they are really boring. It was difficult to have much sympathy for any of them because they had such dull personalities (maybe insensitive but they are fictional so...). The ending was great, though, which did a lot to save the book from being a dud. I would definitely recommend this to people who want a Disney version of Gone Girl.
allyshay's review
3.0
Is someone paying Steven King to write book reviews? Every review he's given for the last books I've read have been near carbon copy and the books have been meh at best. Seriously, what is this man doing with his time?
c713914's review
2.0
I'm starting to think I should avoid books that have Stephen King recommendation quotes on the front - the last two I read were just major disappointments. On the bright side, it was really short. But the husband was just so boring, the teenage daughter insufferable and the wife a massive whiner. I just never bought them as a couple and I didn't particularly care about the underlying mystery. I guess maybe people do act like this in real life, but I just didn't think any of the characters acted like actual people would.