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A review by okevamae
The Split by Kit Frick
4.0
Jane Connor and her sister Esme are not especially close, though Jane wishes they were closer. When Esme calls one stormy evening with the news that she’s leaving her rich husband and asks Jane to pick her up from a Manhattan bar, Jane has a decision to make: whether to brave the driving rain (and face her trauma around driving in bad weather) to go and pick Esme up, or to tell her sister to find another ride. At that point of decision, the story splits in two: on one timeline, Jane doesn’t go, and Esme goes missing. On the other, Jane picks up her sister and brings her back to Connecticut – but in the following days, Esme is acting very strangely.
The Split features a very interesting way to structure a mystery – each version of the story gives you different information at different times, allowing the reader to see a fuller picture of the mystery than either version of Jane is privy to. It was easier than I expected to keep the two versions separate in my mind, to keep track of which Jane knew what. The two timelines are written in different fonts, which I found helped my brain change gears. The two realities end in drastically different ways, both of them compelling.
Overall I thought this was a really good mystery told in a unique and interesting way, but it wasn’t quite a 5-star read. It’s hard to put my finger on why, all I can say is that it have that indefinable edge, it didn’t devour my brain the way I feel like a 5-star read should. For that reason, it’s 4.5, rounded down.
I recieved an advance copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
The Split features a very interesting way to structure a mystery – each version of the story gives you different information at different times, allowing the reader to see a fuller picture of the mystery than either version of Jane is privy to. It was easier than I expected to keep the two versions separate in my mind, to keep track of which Jane knew what. The two timelines are written in different fonts, which I found helped my brain change gears. The two realities end in drastically different ways, both of them compelling.
Overall I thought this was a really good mystery told in a unique and interesting way, but it wasn’t quite a 5-star read. It’s hard to put my finger on why, all I can say is that it have that indefinable edge, it didn’t devour my brain the way I feel like a 5-star read should. For that reason, it’s 4.5, rounded down.
I recieved an advance copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.