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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Wow! This book tugs at the heartstrings and keeps one trying to figure out the events that led to the night Olivia fell. This book will stay with me for sometime.
This book will definitely end up on your list of favorite suspenseful thrillers. The story starts right off dragging you into a who done it mystery that leaves you unable to put it down. And the heart wrenching moment that the author ends this with will have your emotions on overload.
This was sort of disappointing for me, since I had some expectations riding on it.
The main characters were so out-of-a-catalogue, the perfect girl who hates perfection, the poster boy boyfriend, the bad friend, the scumbag ex. I love certain types of character molds, but none of the ones here were likable for me, I liked the Abi-Anthony storyline but it didn't get much space.
The mystery itself wasn't flashy, I guess you could say the book was about feelings rather than thrill. But I came looking for another 2019 good thriller since I had a good streak with them. This book was in the top 5 of some 2019 thriller list and I've read the other 4 and liked 2 of them so very much and didn't hate the other 2 mostly, I even enjoyed them a little.
The audio had a good narrator and another narrator who wasn't necessarily bad but wasn't great. Laurel Lefkow -who narrated for Abi- had such a great voice and I'll look her up to see what else is there by her. Kelly Burke -who narrated for Olivia- did a good job with the character but not with male voices or certain lines that required certain emotions, and her voice reminded me so much of the girl from One Of Us Is Lying that I was surprised she didn't narrate it.
The main characters were so out-of-a-catalogue, the perfect girl who hates perfection, the poster boy boyfriend, the bad friend, the scumbag ex. I love certain types of character molds, but none of the ones here were likable for me, I liked the Abi-Anthony storyline but it didn't get much space.
The mystery itself wasn't flashy, I guess you could say the book was about feelings rather than thrill. But I came looking for another 2019 good thriller since I had a good streak with them. This book was in the top 5 of some 2019 thriller list and I've read the other 4 and liked 2 of them so very much and didn't hate the other 2 mostly, I even enjoyed them a little.
The audio had a good narrator and another narrator who wasn't necessarily bad but wasn't great. Laurel Lefkow -who narrated for Abi- had such a great voice and I'll look her up to see what else is there by her. Kelly Burke -who narrated for Olivia- did a good job with the character but not with male voices or certain lines that required certain emotions, and her voice reminded me so much of the girl from One Of Us Is Lying that I was surprised she didn't narrate it.
idk, i saw everything that happened in this book coming from a mile away, it was entertaining but wasn’t a on the edge of my seat type of read
Fast paced, easy read with a decent amount of suspense. The characters weren't super dimensional, but they weren't totally flat and stereotypical either.
Mostly I was glad to have something suspenseful that wasn't poorly written to take my mind off the world.
Mostly I was glad to have something suspenseful that wasn't poorly written to take my mind off the world.
A mystery about the fall of 17 year old Olivia told from her perspective before the fall and her mother's perspective after, this book is more than a mystery. As a mother, this book made me cry. It made me reflect on my own daughter and the unbreakable love I have for her. I cared so deeply about these characters and this beautifully written story both broke my heart and filled it with hope. I will definitely be recommending this book to people. I think it will appeal to wide range of readers.
4.5 ⭐️ a solid suspense novel woven together with a mother/daughter relationship story. I was trying to figure out the mystery the entire time - and wishing it would end differently, but knowing it couldn’t. Loved it.
What do you do when you know something and nobody will listen? When you need answers and nobody will provide them? When you can't trust anybody to help you?
Hey guys! So, full disclosure, I'm writing this review almost ten plus days after finishing this novel because I was an emotional wreck afterwards. I cried for almost a full twenty minutes, it was such a heartwarming, sad, and emotional ending to a really incredible journey.
The Night Olivia Fell is written very differently than any other thriller I think I've ever read. I've come to notice that thrillers or mysteries are heavily carried upon narration and description, but this one was propelled almost entirely by dialogue. It was fast paced and a much quicker read than other thrillers I've read in the past, and I really enjoyed that about it. It wasn't hard to follow at all, I never got lost or confused, and I found myself flipping pages quickly and long into the night.
It flips back and forth between present day, Abi's point of view, and past, Olivia's point of view. I enjoyed both POV's equally and loved watching the story unfold through both mother and daughter. It was heartbreaking as hell though because the whole time you're racing to find out answers and find out what happens you know Olivia isn't going to make it to the end of the book. You're reading all her parts of the story and you're getting to know her and like her but the whole time you're so sad about it because you know what happens to her, it's part of what makes this book so absolutely heartbreaking.
This reminded me so much of those old school Lifetime movies I would watch with my mom on the weekends where a woman's child would be in danger and she would do whatever she had to do to save them. Although this book wrecked me emotionally I did really enjoy reading it; I thought it was incredibly well written, well plotted, had realistic characters, and had all the twists and turns and shock factors I was looking for in a thriller.
This novel was an absolute fantastic debut and I can't wait to see what else the author comes up with! If you're into thrillers, or even new to the genre, I highly suggest you check it out!
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𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. ... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴.
About the book: 𝘼𝙗𝙞 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙊𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚. 𝘼 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙞 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙖'𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨.
Thoughts:𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭,𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝
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𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. ... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴.
About the book: 𝘼𝙗𝙞 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙊𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚. 𝘼 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙞 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙖'𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨.
Thoughts:𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭,𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝
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