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A review by bookish_notes
False Step by Victoria Helen Stone
1.0
I FINISHED THE BOOK. That was so miserable and I hate all the characters. There was nothing even remotely likable about anyone, and this is such a departure from the author’s previous book, JANE DOE.
The audiobook narrator was good, but I don’t know if it was because of the whiny narration for Veronica and even Sydney, that I just winded up not being a fan of the narration either.
Veronica is the exact opposite of Jane. Veronica is stuck in a loveless marriage with her high school sweetheart, Johnny, and has a 10-year-old kid. Johnny is your bro stereotype - a trainer at the gym, and maybe not the smartest man ever. Their marriage is on the rocks and Veronica keeps rationalizing that they just need to stick it out for a few more years until Sydney is older, and then they’ll get divorced.
When her husband becomes the local hero and just so happens to find a missing child, secrets start to unravel about her and Johnny’s life.
The mystery wasn’t hard to guess and I got it right pretty early on, but it’s the WHY I still don’t understand. Was it just because of money and stress? Maybe that’s all the motivation needed. But there just wasn’t that deep satisfaction of something done RIGHT at the end of this book, like there was with Jane Doe.
Instead, this book was a miserable drag and I would not recommend it.
Trigger warnings for rape, cheating, abuse, and violence.
The audiobook narrator was good, but I don’t know if it was because of the whiny narration for Veronica and even Sydney, that I just winded up not being a fan of the narration either.
Veronica is the exact opposite of Jane. Veronica is stuck in a loveless marriage with her high school sweetheart, Johnny, and has a 10-year-old kid. Johnny is your bro stereotype - a trainer at the gym, and maybe not the smartest man ever. Their marriage is on the rocks and Veronica keeps rationalizing that they just need to stick it out for a few more years until Sydney is older, and then they’ll get divorced.
When her husband becomes the local hero and just so happens to find a missing child, secrets start to unravel about her and Johnny’s life.
The mystery wasn’t hard to guess and I got it right pretty early on, but it’s the WHY I still don’t understand. Was it just because of money and stress? Maybe that’s all the motivation needed. But there just wasn’t that deep satisfaction of something done RIGHT at the end of this book, like there was with Jane Doe.
Instead, this book was a miserable drag and I would not recommend it.
Trigger warnings for rape, cheating, abuse, and violence.