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A review by sjj169
Somebody I Used to Know by David Bell
3.0
3.5 stars
Nick is just an everyday guy. He works a job he is good at, tries to see his son (step-son) when he can, recently got divorced, and he has gotten himself a dog. He is just existing. So when he goes to the grocery one afternoon and sees a woman who is a twin to his college girlfriend he tries to talk to her. She runs. Later she is found dead with his name and address in her pocket.
The police of course find him interesting since he was the last person to see her alive and she had that paper with his name/address on it.
Nick and his old friend Laurel decide to start looking into what happened back in their college days themselves. (That story trope always throws me for a loop. Their asses would have probably gotten arrested-or at least I would have if I poked my nose in stuff)
This book for me was just moving along pretty fine at first. It's very well written and I was interested in where the author would go with the storyline.
Then we get to that ending.
The ending just wasn't as good as the rest of the book was. You can't have a great book and then flop it at the end. It bugged me that much.
But then I'm kinda weird.
Major deflate of my love for the book.
Something else that keep popping up in the descriptions of characters. How thin and fit everyone was. There was only one large woman and she was pointed out as such. I think I stepped into the Stepford wives for a minute there with the perfect people running around.
The final verdict on this one though: It's a pretty decent read. I would recommend it.
I GOT THIS FROM NETGALLEY IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW
Nick is just an everyday guy. He works a job he is good at, tries to see his son (step-son) when he can, recently got divorced, and he has gotten himself a dog. He is just existing. So when he goes to the grocery one afternoon and sees a woman who is a twin to his college girlfriend he tries to talk to her. She runs. Later she is found dead with his name and address in her pocket.
The police of course find him interesting since he was the last person to see her alive and she had that paper with his name/address on it.
Nick and his old friend Laurel decide to start looking into what happened back in their college days themselves. (That story trope always throws me for a loop. Their asses would have probably gotten arrested-or at least I would have if I poked my nose in stuff)
This book for me was just moving along pretty fine at first. It's very well written and I was interested in where the author would go with the storyline.
Then we get to that ending.
The ending just wasn't as good as the rest of the book was. You can't have a great book and then flop it at the end. It bugged me that much.
But then I'm kinda weird.
Major deflate of my love for the book.
Something else that keep popping up in the descriptions of characters. How thin and fit everyone was. There was only one large woman and she was pointed out as such. I think I stepped into the Stepford wives for a minute there with the perfect people running around.
The final verdict on this one though: It's a pretty decent read. I would recommend it.
I GOT THIS FROM NETGALLEY IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW