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A review by strictlydancer12
The Secrets Between Us by Louise Douglas
2.0
Firstly, I found the plot preposterous- woman meets a man, they have literally two short conversations and a quick sexual encounter, then she agrees to move in with him - hundreds of miles from her home - and look after his child!! Who would do that?! Especially when the guy isn’t particularly nice to her or forthcoming with conversation.
At no point does he seem romantically interested in her at all (only in the bedroom) and the child is horrible to her, yet she becomes besotted with them both! It also annoyed me that neither Sarah nor Alex really had a proper conversation. Even by the end of the book, she still doesn’t tell him about her stillbirth.
The way the author adds hints of paranormal activity is terrible - ‘...I looked up and saw the dead woman staring at me! Oh, no , actually it was my reflection’. Ridiculous.
I was intrigued enough to keep reading as I wanted to find out what happened, but it wasn’t until 3/4 of the way through that I started to enjoy it more. I didn’t figure out the ending. I also found it extremely implausible that after she returns to Manchester after her breakdown, her sister, who has up until this point been 100% against Alex, and Sarah’s choices to be with him, suddenly gets excited about Sarah’s sleuthing and encourages her to prove his innocence!
I started this review giving the book 3 stars because I enjoyed the last quarter, but in writing this review I have reminded myself of the myriad of things wrong with the book. Back down to 2.
At no point does he seem romantically interested in her at all (only in the bedroom) and the child is horrible to her, yet she becomes besotted with them both! It also annoyed me that neither Sarah nor Alex really had a proper conversation. Even by the end of the book, she still doesn’t tell him about her stillbirth.
The way the author adds hints of paranormal activity is terrible - ‘...I looked up and saw the dead woman staring at me! Oh, no , actually it was my reflection’. Ridiculous.
I was intrigued enough to keep reading as I wanted to find out what happened, but it wasn’t until 3/4 of the way through that I started to enjoy it more. I didn’t figure out the ending. I also found it extremely implausible that after she returns to Manchester after her breakdown, her sister, who has up until this point been 100% against Alex, and Sarah’s choices to be with him, suddenly gets excited about Sarah’s sleuthing and encourages her to prove his innocence!
I started this review giving the book 3 stars because I enjoyed the last quarter, but in writing this review I have reminded myself of the myriad of things wrong with the book. Back down to 2.