A review by thebookpear
Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen

dark sad

4.5

This story was incredibly twisty and emotional. Gone Tonight is told through dual POVs of Ruth and her daughter, Catherine. Growing up, it was always just the two of them. They moved around a lot, didn’t have any connections to family. As Ruth begins to show signs of memory loss, Catherine scrambles to get her mom to write down her life story so that they have it. As Catherine starts looking into her mom’s past, she begins to realize she doesn’t know her as well as she thought she did. It was a slow buildup in the beginning but picks up around 30% and doesn’t slow down until the end. I found myself unable to turn off the audiobook. Pekkanen did an amazing job with these characters. Both POVs were interesting and I couldn’t wait to get to the next one. 

🎧 Kate Mara has such a great voice. I thought that her voice fit the story well. It would have been fun to have a second voice for Ruth or for Catherine, but I didn’t feel like it took away from the story. 

Thank you, St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC!
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