Reviews with content warning for Death - Behind Her Eyes

Really wanted to give this a higher rating because I was really enjoying it until about maybe 3/4 through, but the ending and the very final "twist" just weren't it for me.

I had kind of suspected something like what happened might be going on kind of mid-way through, but I was thinking

that David and Rob had switched bodies

Not that I had any idea what that really meant for the story, it was just something that came to mind. I had no idea of who really had done it.

All of the

out of body experience

kind of took me out of the story. It pushed everything over into the realm of sci-fi/fantasy just enough that I wasn't super into it. I know that some people can lucid dream, but it takes a lot of work to get good at it, and the

out of body stuff

was an even bigger reach.

Very disappointed in the ending

I was not happy to see the antagonist not only come out on top but also kill our protagonist?? I know suspense/thriller types don't always have a true "happy" ending but this was just too much for me. After everything Louise had gone through, it was just very disappointing and unsatisfying, and I hate that it was all kind of up in the air about what will happen to her child and family. Also I don't know exactly what it was but there was just something mildly homophobic about Rob being in love with David and thinking the only solution was to steal a woman's (Adele) body to be with him. I mean clearly Rob ended up having some issues but they were just never hinted at or investigated enough for me to believe that he would immediately think that what he did was the only solution.

I don't really know what I was expecting out of the book. It was a fine middle of the road story with an awful ending. I read it because I wasn't sure I wanted to watch the show of it on Netflix. Probably will not now.

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abbs15norm's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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thefictionalhevschwar's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was a whirlwind read, enthralling and addictive like the characters that are within, but shocking and completely mind-boggling. After finishing the book I can now attest to the claim on the front cover of the "the most shocking ending you'll read all year". You will definitely deduce what the ending will be, but only from piecing together pieces of the puzzle placed throughout the story, right from the beginning. This is, if you're paying attention.

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valayne's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was an interesting plot and I enjoyed listening to the audible, but it was just too slow for my liking. There was not a whole lot of excitement or thrills throughout the book

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midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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coolbeancat's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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lauren2000's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was an amazing psychological thriller with paranormal mixed in. I saw this show on Netflix and decided to buy the book and neither was disappointing and the tv show was kept true to the book. With the surprise plot twist at the end I would happily recommend this fast paced read to anyone who loves a good psychological thriller with a paranormal twist.

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horrorghoul's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

TW: Drug use, animal dying (descriptive scenes), cheating spouse, death of parents, murder,

*****SPOILERS*****
About the book: Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone.When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man from the bar. The very married man from the bar…who says the kiss was a terrible mistake but who still can’t keep his eyes off Louise.And then Louise bumps into Adele, who’s new to town and in need of a friend, but she also just happens to be married to David. David and Adele look like the picture-perfect husband and wife, but then why is David so controlling, and why is Adele so scared of him?As Louise is drawn into David and Adele’s orbit, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong, but Louise can’t guess how wrong―and how far a person might go to protect their marriage’s secrets.
Release Date: January 31st, 2017
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Pages: 307
Rating: 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ 1/2

What I Liked:
• Fast paced book
• You want to know what's going to happen

What I Didn't Like:
• I don't understand the point of breaking the book up with "Part one, part two... Etc..."
• The direction of this book
• The ending
• All the fucking wine! So many mentions!

Overall Thoughts: Talk about a book that can evoke do many different emotions in only 300 pages. On one hand you're cheering for Louise at the beginning to hating her by the end (she's honestly a shit person who seems to ditch her child even after he's been gone for a month) to Adele who you wonder what shit she's been through herself and why she's such an obsessive crazy bitch. By the ending you just feel bad that she got sucked into this mess.
The beginning of the book you fucking hate hate and hate David by the ending you want to hug him.

Have you every seen Hannibal Holocaust? So the story goes that the people making the film wanted to create something to shock people so badly. They added terrible scenes of animal killings as well as rape scenes. That's how I felt about this book. The author changes the book from a psychological thriller to a science fiction book. By the last few pages your maybe remembering this happening somewhere before but in a different way.... There's a movie starring Kate Hudson that's called The Skeleton Key; in that movie they use Hoodoo to switch bodies and keep body jumping. Oh then that final twist I didn't see coming but it didn't feel like it added anything. The way it's all described from Adele and David's pov it all seens so rushed and random. The way they both described Rob didn't lead anyone to think he loved David or even liked him. There's no way you woukd habe thought that. Plus the notebook left behind comes off like he's in Lust of Adele, but Louise mentioned that pages were torn out, so perhaps Adele aka Rob removed them so she didn't know. Dude that ending though just seemed so added at last minute. I looked back on the book and he just talks shit about him and doesn't even try to stick around when David came to the clinic to see Adele.

Final Thoughts: That ending thought it was going to make me love this book but nope.

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