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A review by bookedupandbusy
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
4.0
Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores. When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who and what he really is.
Even though I am not too fond of reading books that include CO VID, it wasn’t heavy and was just a backdrop to the story and a great insight into how virus regulations were managed in Ireland.
I enjoyed my reading experience with this one. The first half felt like a mysterious romance novel that quickly turned very dark. The crimes that took place could quite easily be compared to real life cases! The thriller and suspense aspect was there all the way through and I did not see the plot twists coming. It was very sad and had me in my emotions!
The banter between the police officers was very funny and fast paced and I have never read a book that mentioned Tesco as much as this one did!
Not as fast paced as some of the thrillers I usually read and I did find the timeline hard to keep up with (the 56 days before the murder) especially because certain events were repeated but from the viewpoint of different characters, which felt quite repetitive
Even though I am not too fond of reading books that include CO VID, it wasn’t heavy and was just a backdrop to the story and a great insight into how virus regulations were managed in Ireland.
I enjoyed my reading experience with this one. The first half felt like a mysterious romance novel that quickly turned very dark. The crimes that took place could quite easily be compared to real life cases! The thriller and suspense aspect was there all the way through and I did not see the plot twists coming. It was very sad and had me in my emotions!
The banter between the police officers was very funny and fast paced and I have never read a book that mentioned Tesco as much as this one did!
Not as fast paced as some of the thrillers I usually read and I did find the timeline hard to keep up with (the 56 days before the murder) especially because certain events were repeated but from the viewpoint of different characters, which felt quite repetitive