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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
I was pretty sure this was going to be another "despicable characters, they all deserve what they get" story but I ended up liking it quite a bit. Things didn't unfold as predictably as I expected.
Definitely don't read this if you're sensitive to infertility themes, as the topic is central to the story. I appreciated the author's note about her struggles at the end.
Definitely don't read this if you're sensitive to infertility themes, as the topic is central to the story. I appreciated the author's note about her struggles at the end.
Good book, but it was a bit annoying with the infertility topic being so predominant.
It was unique, although a bit far-fetched.
My favorite characters were the cops.
It was unique, although a bit far-fetched.
My favorite characters were the cops.
3.5 rounding up to 4 ⭐️
The premise of this book was so interesting & unique! I really felt emotionally connected to the wife, Olivia, and reading the author’s note at the end and seeing that the fertility problems she was facing in real life influenced this story was really heartbreaking.
What would you do if you were having miscarriage after miscarriage, just to find out that your husband has a son, and that son is a suspect in a murder case?
Every chapter was an alternating POV and these POVs were all unique. There was the wife, the husband, the detectives, the mother, the daughter, the brother, and the murderer. This made for a compulsive read and the audiobook was perfectly narrated by Julia Whelan. This book kept me hooked from beginning to end and I was obsessed with the story. I just HAD to binge this!
However, I felt like there was a lot of missed opportunities here, and that the killer was revealed a little too early. I would have liked to have been left in the dark a little bit longer, and the ending was anti-climactic after all of that build up. I made a few predictions, one was accurate, but the rest were unsatisfying. I didn’t particularly love the last twist & the ending annoyed me.
Read this if you like:
- Fast paced & bingeable thrillers
- Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier and/or The One by John Marrs
- Plots that involve DNA
The premise of this book was so interesting & unique! I really felt emotionally connected to the wife, Olivia, and reading the author’s note at the end and seeing that the fertility problems she was facing in real life influenced this story was really heartbreaking.
What would you do if you were having miscarriage after miscarriage, just to find out that your husband has a son, and that son is a suspect in a murder case?
Every chapter was an alternating POV and these POVs were all unique. There was the wife, the husband, the detectives, the mother, the daughter, the brother, and the murderer. This made for a compulsive read and the audiobook was perfectly narrated by Julia Whelan. This book kept me hooked from beginning to end and I was obsessed with the story. I just HAD to binge this!
However, I felt like there was a lot of missed opportunities here, and that the killer was revealed a little too early. I would have liked to have been left in the dark a little bit longer, and the ending was anti-climactic after all of that build up. I made a few predictions, one was accurate, but the rest were unsatisfying. I didn’t particularly love the last twist & the ending annoyed me.
Read this if you like:
- Fast paced & bingeable thrillers
- Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier and/or The One by John Marrs
- Plots that involve DNA
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
