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simonrtaylor's review against another edition
4.0
It's like a Mars Bar. You don't text your friends to say their life is incomplete until they try one, but you enjoy the chocolate caramel goodness.
This was derivative, sure. But it that doesn't mean I didn't devour it. The pace is fast and the lead Orla's dubious association with her Uber driver was particularly engaging.
Some twists I guessed (cue happy smugness) others I didn't (cue a wee gasp). It lacks depth and genuine psychological thrills, but it's a compelling mystery with several layers.
Buy it. Read it. You'll enjoy it as a great literary snack - expect a Mars bar.
This was derivative, sure. But it that doesn't mean I didn't devour it. The pace is fast and the lead Orla's dubious association with her Uber driver was particularly engaging.
Some twists I guessed (cue happy smugness) others I didn't (cue a wee gasp). It lacks depth and genuine psychological thrills, but it's a compelling mystery with several layers.
Buy it. Read it. You'll enjoy it as a great literary snack - expect a Mars bar.
erinashley's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
megching3's review against another edition
5.0
What a thrill. This book kept me on my toes and was very difficult to put down.
holl3640's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
suryafreeman's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 starts. Excited to see the movie adaptation soon
gretchenk92's review against another edition
3.0
This book had enough twists to keep me interested, but I found myself really frustrated with the main character’s very obvious bad decisions, with often predictable results. Overall though, the story was interesting enough!
Now I can watch the Netflix movie completely butcher it haha
Now I can watch the Netflix movie completely butcher it haha
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
3.0
"Something very bad has happened to Kate.”
I can't even imagine going on a vacation to a foreign country and having my best friend, the only other person I'm there with, disappear the first night we arrive. The absolute horror of that - being alone and trying to get help was a creeping weight through the whole story. I liked how it was set up and how each chapter revealed a new twist and turn. I had a lot of guesses - thinking it was this or that going on. I was surprised in the end. Loved this one - I can't wait to see the show on Netflix!
I can't even imagine going on a vacation to a foreign country and having my best friend, the only other person I'm there with, disappear the first night we arrive. The absolute horror of that - being alone and trying to get help was a creeping weight through the whole story. I liked how it was set up and how each chapter revealed a new twist and turn. I had a lot of guesses - thinking it was this or that going on. I was surprised in the end. Loved this one - I can't wait to see the show on Netflix!
tessa_talbert's review against another edition
3.0
⭐⭐⭐ for this one, folks and I'm still kind of hovering about it. I just don't think it was my cup of tea.
The Weekend Away is a fast-paced adult thriller focusing on a pair of friends who run away for a holiday in Lisbon together for some much-deserved rest and relaxation. Kate is rich, beautiful, and now very much on her way to divorced and looking to spread her wings. Orla is a new mother who is struggling with all of the new aspects of her life, her body, and her own mind. A holiday is just what these two childhood friends needed. But when Kate disappears, Orla searches desperately for her, following a near-nonexistent trail of breadcrumbs to find out what happened to her friend and clear her own name in the process.
There are times I find I am just not in the mood for a certain type of book. I like to put them down and come back later with fresh eyes to give them a fair shot because sometimes, it really is just me. Unfortunately, I came back to this several times and find that more than anything, the theme of this story is Envy.
I feel like this book is a perfect example of why a lot of people can struggle with the Adult genre as a whole. It is tiring to open an Adult novel and hear nothing but how unhappy grown-up life is. How people hate themselves, or their friends, or their children and spouses, how the world turns to a dull grey and there is no more happiness to be found, and it breeds jealousy and contempt so powerful that it often spills over into—all of this.
I read enough of the genre to know that some of these things are there for a reason. Content people don't usually turn to murder, but the sheer extent of Orla's jealousy of every single existing facet of Kate was exhausting and led me to wonder why they were friends at all if she disliked her so much. Orla was exceedingly naive, but her penchant for melodrama was what continuously threw me out of the story. If there was a trope to be found, it was thrown into this thing, and the execution had me rolling my eyes more than it had me excited to see the ending. The final 'gut-punch" was overshadowed almost entirely, once again, by Orla's dramatic and insincere-seeming reactions to her own thoughts. I just...It wasn't my thing.
Lovers of the genre and the juicy, campy, betrayal-based type of thriller will definitely enjoy this and I know it definitely will continue to find its audience. This one hits the shelves on 13 April 2021!
My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for granting me this ARC in exchange for my honesty review.
The Weekend Away is a fast-paced adult thriller focusing on a pair of friends who run away for a holiday in Lisbon together for some much-deserved rest and relaxation. Kate is rich, beautiful, and now very much on her way to divorced and looking to spread her wings. Orla is a new mother who is struggling with all of the new aspects of her life, her body, and her own mind. A holiday is just what these two childhood friends needed. But when Kate disappears, Orla searches desperately for her, following a near-nonexistent trail of breadcrumbs to find out what happened to her friend and clear her own name in the process.
There are times I find I am just not in the mood for a certain type of book. I like to put them down and come back later with fresh eyes to give them a fair shot because sometimes, it really is just me. Unfortunately, I came back to this several times and find that more than anything, the theme of this story is Envy.
I feel like this book is a perfect example of why a lot of people can struggle with the Adult genre as a whole. It is tiring to open an Adult novel and hear nothing but how unhappy grown-up life is. How people hate themselves, or their friends, or their children and spouses, how the world turns to a dull grey and there is no more happiness to be found, and it breeds jealousy and contempt so powerful that it often spills over into—all of this.
I read enough of the genre to know that some of these things are there for a reason. Content people don't usually turn to murder, but the sheer extent of Orla's jealousy of every single existing facet of Kate was exhausting and led me to wonder why they were friends at all if she disliked her so much. Orla was exceedingly naive, but her penchant for melodrama was what continuously threw me out of the story. If there was a trope to be found, it was thrown into this thing, and the execution had me rolling my eyes more than it had me excited to see the ending. The final 'gut-punch" was overshadowed almost entirely, once again, by Orla's dramatic and insincere-seeming reactions to her own thoughts. I just...It wasn't my thing.
Lovers of the genre and the juicy, campy, betrayal-based type of thriller will definitely enjoy this and I know it definitely will continue to find its audience. This one hits the shelves on 13 April 2021!
My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for granting me this ARC in exchange for my honesty review.
adenise47's review against another edition
5.0
This was a very good book! Once I set down and had time to read, I finished this book in one setting. I would definitely recommend this book.