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dark
sad
slow-paced
4.5 stars
This book started slow at first but once it started to pick up the pace, I couldn't put it down!
This book started slow at first but once it started to pick up the pace, I couldn't put it down!
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was super enjoyable as a thriller/mystery!
It was not immediately easily predictable because the story and description was definitely set up to misdirect the readers.
There’s nothing specifically scary, but the atmosphere very tangibly feels dark and sad. There’s discomfort in the grief and inability to both move on and solve the case.
You can feel there’s an issue with the cheating husband, but you can’t quite put your finger on why you’re suspicious until it’s all revealed. Maybe if you read a lot of similar mysteries you’d feel differently.
The sleepwalking is also very suspicious and the memories of her childhood really convey her fear and worries. It points you to suspect things you’d never want to of this FMC.
The ending tossed an uno reverse after uno reverse at me I was actually like: “ohhhhhh shiiiiit…OHHHHH SHIIIIT!”
Anyway…remember folks…not all men…but somehow…always a man.
It was not immediately easily predictable because the story and description was definitely set up to misdirect the readers.
There’s nothing specifically scary, but the atmosphere very tangibly feels dark and sad. There’s discomfort in the grief and inability to both move on and solve the case.
You can feel there’s an issue with the cheating husband, but you can’t quite put your finger on why you’re suspicious until it’s all revealed. Maybe if you read a lot of similar mysteries you’d feel differently.
The sleepwalking is also very suspicious and the memories of her childhood really convey her fear and worries. It points you to suspect things you’d never want to of this FMC.
The ending tossed an uno reverse after uno reverse at me I was actually like: “ohhhhhh shiiiiit…OHHHHH SHIIIIT!”
Anyway…remember folks…not all men…but somehow…always a man.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Puedo decir con gran agrado que me leí hasta la Nota del autor y ahora me voy a quedar las siguientes horas mirando un punto fijo y pensando seriamente en este libro.
A year after her infant son disappeared from his crib without a trace, Isabelle Drake is living in a waking nightmare as her life is falling apart and she suffers from insomnia. While her estranged husband is ready to move on, Isabelle refuses to give up the investigation to find her son, seeking answers by her own means. As each clue seems to suggest that her son was taken by someone close to home, Isabelle begins to question everyone around them, including herself.
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A well paced and eerie thriller evaluating what happens when a mother's instinct betrays her and the terrifying power of dreams. The author builds a strong case against several characters where I had grown to trust no one, even the narrator herself. There’s always a dreadful feeling when the victim is a child and the flashbacks certainly enhanced that horrific anxiety. When the killer is finally revealed, I felt relief rather than shock.
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A well paced and eerie thriller evaluating what happens when a mother's instinct betrays her and the terrifying power of dreams. The author builds a strong case against several characters where I had grown to trust no one, even the narrator herself. There’s always a dreadful feeling when the victim is a child and the flashbacks certainly enhanced that horrific anxiety. When the killer is finally revealed, I felt relief rather than shock.
I had almost finished writing my review for this book and the app just closed and I lost everything! It is so frustrating when you wrote the perfect review, lose it and have to try to recapture it. Just not sure I can do it.
I don’t think anyone really reads my reviews, but I write them more for me to remember the book and how it made me feel.
So I’ll try again: I enjoyed the layers in this story. Nothing was what it seemed at first glance. It was very clear early on that the narrator was unreliable, you could not be sure what she said, thought, or even saw was the truth. You knew that her son was missing and presumed dead, but nothing else really.
The story unfolded for the reader as it did for the narrator, she learned something, so you learned something. She questioned others and herself and you questioned others and her as well.
This was a well- thought out thriller. Even as truths were revealed, they felt murky and blurry, because our narrator’s state of mind was always murky and blurry. She never sleeps except when she loses time and she doesn’t know if she actually sleeps or just zones out with her eyes open. So you too feel sleep-deprived and confused and exhausted. The mystery unfolds beautifully and I did not really see the various twists coming, but when they did, they were within the scope of the narrator’s reality. I did enjoy how the author left some answers ambiguous and more conclusion- drawing than absolute fact-based truth, it was enough for the narrator and enough for the reader. Throughout the course of the book, villains weren’t always the villains and not all victims were victims. In the end, they were sorted and in their rightful place.
I think what I loved the most from this book is the Author’s Note at the end of the book.
I appreciated her insights. I loved her “voice” and her vulnerability. This absolutely endeared me to her and she will be one of those authors whose books I will place in my cart and check-out without ever reading the synopsis. There are some authors you just trust that way and Stacy Willingham has earned that spot with me.
I don’t think anyone really reads my reviews, but I write them more for me to remember the book and how it made me feel.
So I’ll try again: I enjoyed the layers in this story. Nothing was what it seemed at first glance. It was very clear early on that the narrator was unreliable, you could not be sure what she said, thought, or even saw was the truth. You knew that her son was missing and presumed dead, but nothing else really.
The story unfolded for the reader as it did for the narrator, she learned something, so you learned something. She questioned others and herself and you questioned others and her as well.
This was a well- thought out thriller. Even as truths were revealed, they felt murky and blurry, because our narrator’s state of mind was always murky and blurry. She never sleeps except when she loses time and she doesn’t know if she actually sleeps or just zones out with her eyes open. So you too feel sleep-deprived and confused and exhausted. The mystery unfolds beautifully and I did not really see the various twists coming, but when they did, they were within the scope of the narrator’s reality. I did enjoy how the author left some answers ambiguous and more conclusion- drawing than absolute fact-based truth, it was enough for the narrator and enough for the reader. Throughout the course of the book, villains weren’t always the villains and not all victims were victims. In the end, they were sorted and in their rightful place.
I think what I loved the most from this book is the Author’s Note at the end of the book.
I appreciated her insights. I loved her “voice” and her vulnerability. This absolutely endeared me to her and she will be one of those authors whose books I will place in my cart and check-out without ever reading the synopsis. There are some authors you just trust that way and Stacy Willingham has earned that spot with me.