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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I started this one without realizing it’s the final book in a set of three… Doesn’t matter though, I loved this. watching this story unfold was eerie and all-consuming. I was held in suspense the majority of the time and I really enjoyed the various perspectives as the story unfolded. I’m off to read books 1 and 2 to get some more backstory out of Henry and Lily!
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So good. I have been so pleased with Peter Swanson and his ability to write a sequel without it sucking. I mean this was a work of art honestly. I constantly did not know where this was going or how we would get there and it was such a good feeling to experience while reading.
5/5….. Peter Swanson the man that you are. So this is my second Peter Swanson novel. First book being “The Kind Worth Killing”. This book is book 3 in some kind of series and this was soo good. Also a call back to “The Kind Worth Killing” and that was so good, I was smiling the entire time we got that call back. Peter Swanson just does something to his characters that I really enjoy.
More more more Peter Swanson thanks.
More more more Peter Swanson thanks.
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
It was dark and twisted in unnecessary ways. Like the guy you thought was the killer was the killer but also this guy! And she’s killed people! I did finish it to see how it ended though.
mysterious
fast-paced
OK. So many murders, so many killing. Ho him.
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
💭 This time around, we follow Martha, a newlywed who starts getting major red flags about her husband Alan—like, could he be a serial k!ller?
Instead of snooping on his phone like a normal person, she calls up her old friend, Lily Kintner, for help. (Fun fact: back in their college days, Lily helped Martha deal with an abusive ex, so she’s got a track record of handling problematic men.) But as Lily starts digging into Alan’s past, she stumbles upon something far more dangerous than she ever anticipated.
Now, I usually eat up a multiple-POV thriller, and we get that here with Lily, Martha, and Ethan (for a bit). But despite that, I wasn’t fully engaged. I mean, it took me five days to finish this, and it’s not a long book. That alone says a lot.
✦ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝:
✔ Short chapters—easy to fly through.
✔ Quick, straightforward read.
✔ Mildly entertaining for the most part.
✦ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭-𝐬𝐨-𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝:
✘ The plot was too predictable.
✘ Martha and Alan? Boring. No spark, no depth, just meh.
✘ Some parts were dragged with unnecessary details.
✘ A little repetitive—certain things were overexplained.
✘ The ending? Yikes. Exactly what I expected, and the final POV? So cringe, I could have happily lived without it.
And let’s talk about Henry. Where was he?! Missing for 60% of the book, and even when he was around, he barely contributed. Also, Ethan… my guy, can you please develop a personality?
All that said, this was classic Swanson—thrilling in parts but not exactly unputdownable.
𝐏.𝐒. Henry, I’m gonna need you to actually matter next time.
𝐏.𝐏.𝐒 Ethan, get a personality!
🔸𝑴𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: ⭐ ⭐⭐.25
🔸𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological Fiction
🔸𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔: Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner (Book 3)
🔸𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: You might enjoy it more than I did, but for me, it was good but boring (yes, that contradiction somehow makes sense).
Instead of snooping on his phone like a normal person, she calls up her old friend, Lily Kintner, for help. (Fun fact: back in their college days, Lily helped Martha deal with an abusive ex, so she’s got a track record of handling problematic men.) But as Lily starts digging into Alan’s past, she stumbles upon something far more dangerous than she ever anticipated.
Now, I usually eat up a multiple-POV thriller, and we get that here with Lily, Martha, and Ethan (for a bit). But despite that, I wasn’t fully engaged. I mean, it took me five days to finish this, and it’s not a long book. That alone says a lot.
✦ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝:
✔ Short chapters—easy to fly through.
✔ Quick, straightforward read.
✔ Mildly entertaining for the most part.
✦ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭-𝐬𝐨-𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝:
✘ The plot was too predictable.
✘ Martha and Alan? Boring. No spark, no depth, just meh.
✘ Some parts were dragged with unnecessary details.
✘ A little repetitive—certain things were overexplained.
✘ The ending? Yikes. Exactly what I expected, and the final POV? So cringe, I could have happily lived without it.
And let’s talk about Henry. Where was he?! Missing for 60% of the book, and even when he was around, he barely contributed. Also, Ethan… my guy, can you please develop a personality?
All that said, this was classic Swanson—thrilling in parts but not exactly unputdownable.
𝐏.𝐒. Henry, I’m gonna need you to actually matter next time.
𝐏.𝐏.𝐒 Ethan, get a personality!
🔸𝑴𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: ⭐ ⭐⭐.25
🔸𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological Fiction
🔸𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔: Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner (Book 3)
🔸𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: You might enjoy it more than I did, but for me, it was good but boring (yes, that contradiction somehow makes sense).