A review by meowreads_94
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.5

Liane Moriarty has always been such a comforting and exciting read for me. but this one held some general questions as I progressed with the chapters and lacked quite some depth. The story is about a family where suddenly the mother goes missing leaving behind a nonsensical message.  The family has 4 adult children who have their struggles and story going on. However, we failed to reach the core of their struggles or fail to explore their relationship with their mother. In other words, we do see their relationship with their father who is a prime suspect in his wife's missing status. The thing that baffled me is there is a suspicious character, a girl who is involved in the background story before the wife went missing. She is a stranger who stayed with the old couple for quite some days and is not in a good position with the children. However, after the wife goes missing for over 15 days or so, nobody cares to contact her.

There was real potential if we could see more alternate PoVs of the old couple and get a chance to be invested in their relationship and feelings to relate with the ending. It's like the story was throwing the ball real high but failing to catch it on time.....almost every time. 

It's a 2.5 star for me.