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by Renée Knight
This was a great book. I don’t usually love psychological thrillers as much because I often find them too predictable and cliche, but this author did a fantastic job of keeping the twist hidden.
There was the initial story in the beginning that you know isn’t the full story but I didn’t expect the reveal until it happened. The author did such a good job of making you not root for any of the characters at the start. Instinct tells you to root for Catherine as it’s obvious she is the main focus of the book, but her having an affair makes you not want to. However, the behaviour and thoughts of Stephen and what we learn early on about him, gives him a vibe that you don’t trust as well which is what makes it such a good story because you’re just not entirely sure where it’s going to go.
I think the ending was so perfect as well - the acknowledgment from Stephen that what he did was unforgivable and deep down he probably knew what his son was capable of provided a satisfactory conclusion to his story; and then I was SO thrilled that she decided to leave Robert (which I think proves that this book was written by a woman) because whilst we all believed that Catherine had cheated (which is an unforgivable act), the immediate hate he developed for her and the complete absence of doubt is a type of betrayal that you can never get over in a relationship and shows such a subconscious level of distrust from him that is unfair to her and to their marriage.
There was the initial story in the beginning that you know isn’t the full story but I didn’t expect the reveal until it happened. The author did such a good job of making you not root for any of the characters at the start. Instinct tells you to root for Catherine as it’s obvious she is the main focus of the book, but her having an affair makes you not want to. However, the behaviour and thoughts of Stephen and what we learn early on about him, gives him a vibe that you don’t trust as well which is what makes it such a good story because you’re just not entirely sure where it’s going to go.
I think the ending was so perfect as well - the acknowledgment from Stephen that what he did was unforgivable and deep down he probably knew what his son was capable of provided a satisfactory conclusion to his story; and then I was SO thrilled that she decided to leave Robert (which I think proves that this book was written by a woman) because whilst we all believed that Catherine had cheated (which is an unforgivable act), the immediate hate he developed for her and the complete absence of doubt is a type of betrayal that you can never get over in a relationship and shows such a subconscious level of distrust from him that is unfair to her and to their marriage.