A review by darlenen
Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight

4.0

3.5 stars rounded up
Cleo is an NYU student, who has been fighting with her mom, Katrina, for several months. However, she agrees to come home for Sunday dinner. When she gets there, she finds her mother gone; broken glass on the floor; a pool of blood; and her mom’s bloody shoe. She calls her dad and the police. The police search the house, but find nothing. Cleo happens to find her mom’s personal laptop hidden under the bed covers. She takes it and decides to do her own investigating. She starts to find out that her mother is leading a very different life from what she knew. The chapters flip back and forth between Cleo and Katrina. The chapters with Katrina go back in time and lead up to the day of her disappearance. Interspersed between Cleo’s and Katrina’s chapters are diary entries, newspaper articles, legal documents, and transcripts from therapy sessions. These documents did confuse me at the beginning. I had no idea what was going on for the first 30% of the book. Then, things started to come together. From that point, I was engaged in the story until the end. I did like how the ending wrapped things up.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC copy.