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๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ : โญโญโญ๐ซ
๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ... ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด.
About the book: ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐. ๐ผ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ช๐๐จ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐'๐จ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐จ.
Thoughts:๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง. ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ,๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐
#christinamcdonaldauthor #thenightoliviafell #christinamcdonald
๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ... ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด.
About the book: ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐. ๐ผ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ช๐๐จ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐'๐จ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐จ.
Thoughts:๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง. ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ,๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐
#christinamcdonaldauthor #thenightoliviafell #christinamcdonald
Four Stars. This book was told from two perspectives: the mom and the daughter. It was a fast read and one that kept me guessing. I completely enjoyed this book and It was down to the last pages before I had it figured out.
I hated almost every character in this book. The writing had a childish feel to it, which may be because the mother was a teenage mother & the daughter is a teenager.
This book took me a while to read because I didnโt love it.
This book took me a while to read because I didnโt love it.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The plot is predictable
I knew from the blurb alone that The Night Olivia Fell was going to be emotional and suspenseful, and McDonald definitely delivered. Abi learns that her daughter has been in an accident and is now braindead. Not only is her daughter hooked up to a bunch of machines, and Abi has to learn to say goodbye, but we learn that Olivia is pregnant. Abi will have to watch her daughter in this condition for months as she waits for her grandchild to grow enough to be delivered.
What unfolds is Abi and Olivia's story, told in alternating chapters. We watch Olivia in her final months alive as she traverses finding her father, learning to cope with school and her mother's demands, dating, and severe bullying. We watch Abi desperately try to piece together her daughter's last days, to figure out who the father of Olivia's baby is, and we watch Abi try to figure out who did this to poor Olivia, because the police aren't helping and Abi's maternal instinct knows there is more than she's being told.
I loved Olivia's persistence in knowing that someone was keeping the truth from her. My heart hurt for her that Sarah didn't seem as on board with figuring out what happened to Olivia. I can understand not wanting your sister to get caught up in it all, but Abi could have used the support. Her fears could have been easily brushed off as a mother's instinct, but that "click" she had when she realized that she wasn't taking seriously really set the pace to find out what happened and who did it.
There were some really great characters in the book. Anthony was a great friend to Olivia and he helped her immensely in her path to figure out what happened. While Sarah was just a minor character, her unwavering support of Olivia was endearing. Olivia is the definition of a perfect main character because even in the face of losing her daughter, she's strong. She knows something is off and she follows her gut. I found myself cheering her on with each step and each new discovery.
McDonald did a great job with having the reader question everyone, every time they came into the scene. I was questioning everyone, it was great and really well done. This was such a fun read because it was emotional, but stressful, which you come to expect from thrillers. Really well done.
What unfolds is Abi and Olivia's story, told in alternating chapters. We watch Olivia in her final months alive as she traverses finding her father, learning to cope with school and her mother's demands, dating, and severe bullying. We watch Abi desperately try to piece together her daughter's last days, to figure out who the father of Olivia's baby is, and we watch Abi try to figure out who did this to poor Olivia, because the police aren't helping and Abi's maternal instinct knows there is more than she's being told.
I loved Olivia's persistence in knowing that someone was keeping the truth from her. My heart hurt for her that Sarah didn't seem as on board with figuring out what happened to Olivia. I can understand not wanting your sister to get caught up in it all, but Abi could have used the support. Her fears could have been easily brushed off as a mother's instinct, but that "click" she had when she realized that she wasn't taking seriously really set the pace to find out what happened and who did it.
There were some really great characters in the book. Anthony was a great friend to Olivia and he helped her immensely in her path to figure out what happened. While Sarah was just a minor character, her unwavering support of Olivia was endearing. Olivia is the definition of a perfect main character because even in the face of losing her daughter, she's strong. She knows something is off and she follows her gut. I found myself cheering her on with each step and each new discovery.
McDonald did a great job with having the reader question everyone, every time they came into the scene. I was questioning everyone, it was great and really well done. This was such a fun read because it was emotional, but stressful, which you come to expect from thrillers. Really well done.
This was amazing and unputdownable. I was drawn in by the claims that it was for fans of Big Little Lies and I loved it even more than that. My heart broke to watch a mother struggle to prove her daughterโs brain death wasnโt accidental, and it was impossible not to suspect everyone Olivia knew. (I received an eARC from the publisher through netgalley for my honest review)
Olivia falls and turns up brain dead but pregnant. Her mother is devastated and tries to piece together what happened while they wait for Olivia to be far enough along to get the baby out. Olivia has a boyfriend, and she's also seeing another guy. Plus her best friend is more like a frenemy. And she has found her *twin*, and now she is figuring out who her real father is (an evil politician). So there's a lot of suspects.
The narration switches from the mother to Olivia before her death.
I didn't feel this story was that unique, and it was a slow burn that didn't seem to have a sense of urgency to solve.
Being from the Seattle area, it was funny to hear the audiobook narrator struggle with the pronunciation of local terms, such as Puget (she said "Pooget" instead of "Puget") and Mariner (she said "Mareener" instead of "Mariner").
The narration switches from the mother to Olivia before her death.
I didn't feel this story was that unique, and it was a slow burn that didn't seem to have a sense of urgency to solve.
Being from the Seattle area, it was funny to hear the audiobook narrator struggle with the pronunciation of local terms, such as Puget (she said "Pooget" instead of "Puget") and Mariner (she said "Mareener" instead of "Mariner").
hopeful
sad
3.5 stars - almost 4. This book kept me engaged and I couldn't stop reading it but it just fell a little short for me. There were a few plot holes but it was stilll a good read.
I really liked this one. The plot is nothing new...theres nothing surprising or shocking in this story...but it is just so well told. These characters feel like real people to me and I just really connected with this one. Definitely recommend.