Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - Like Mother, Like Daughter

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Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight

10 reviews

_simply_cyndi_'s review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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avnitsch1's review

3.5

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The build up and story line kept me interested, but the ending felt abrupt and sloppy. Several pieces didn’t feel closed out but we were left guessing until the end. A good whodunit.

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author_smjohnson's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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courtdrabick's review against another edition

4.25

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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paperpetal's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

This was a quick read for me, and I really enjoyed it. I felt like the authored last two books were not on par with Reconstructing Amelia and Where They Found Her. This was definitely a step in the right direction. I found the characters unlikable at first but Kat and Chloe grew on me. Watching them reflect on their relationship as the story progresses was interesting. I enjoyed the Dual POV and the extra journal entries, therapy sessions, and court documents. Aidan is awful. I hated home so much. I was really pleased with what she did with Vivienne’s character. McCreight has one trope she’s been leaning on heavily and I wish she hadn’t used it in this, so that’s why I knocked off a half star. If I reveal the trope it ruins the ending, but it was similar to a plot point in Friends Like These. All in all I enjoyed Like Mother, Like Daughter. I recommend it for someone who wants a quick paced mystery.

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laurenmcglamery's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Thank you to NetGalley for a digital ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The plot is attractive. A mother and a daughter have a tense and complicated relationship. The mother goes missing. The daughter, in her attempt to find and save her mother, discovers things about her that help her to understand her mother more and helps to mend the strained relationship.

The execution of the plot was hard to follow. It feels like in an attempt to bury the lede on who is responsible, the author paints a really wide and confusing net. She introduces multiple characters and plots while also incorporating multiple media types to tell the story. It all felt a bit much.

The descriptions she uses to get her point across about the image of the person uses stereotypes rather than simple and direct descriptions. Each time a character was described, I braced for the cringe and ickiness.

The pacing felt off to me. So much exploring side plots to distract or lead the reader only to rush the end. The epilogue, while a summary of some details, left me feeling like I read so much of a story to be rushed in wrapping it up and a way that didn’t match the first 90% of the book, which was quite slow in my opinion.

The casual grazing over the child sexual abuse and characters’ flippancy about it didn’t sit well with me.

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