victoriac 's review for:

We Came Here to Forget by Andrea Dunlop

4.0

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Thanks to Atria Books and Netgalley for the advance reader copy in exchange for my review. I liked this contemporary novel very much, all the way up to the very end. Then I still liked it, but I was disappointed by the author’s choice of ending. Oh well, different strokes and I won’t explain further or I’d spoil the plot. The book is a mystery to some extent and a character study with a smidgen of love story mixed in. Unfortunately I figured out the mystery part pretty early on although I don’t think everyone will. I found the characters mostly credible and interesting with their similar objectives of running away from something, but completely different reasons for wanting to do so. I would recommend this for readers of the (hate this characterization) “women’s” fiction and contemporary fiction.