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103 reviews
Exit by Belinda Bauer
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Hide and Seek by Andrea Mara
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Andrea Mara is the queen of missing children story lines, I’m sure. This hooked me from the first page and got me out of a reading slump so fast! This book was full of neighbourhood drama, deception, twists and turns. It gave me desperate housewives vibes, but with a Dublin twist! It’s told in dual timelines which is an instant win for me, and although there is a whole cast to get to grips with I found it settled into my head about 1/3 in (before that I would have to skip back to check who’s who 🫢). Also, I found the pacing was just to my liking and there was not a moment where I was bored or reaching for my phone!
Mara has become an auto-buy author for me (let’s be honest she was once I read NOSAT) and I’ve just preordered her latest novel! All Her Fault is eyeing me up from the shelf as we speak, so look out for a review soon 🤍
Mara has become an auto-buy author for me (let’s be honest she was once I read NOSAT) and I’ve just preordered her latest novel! All Her Fault is eyeing me up from the shelf as we speak, so look out for a review soon 🤍
No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.5
I enjoyed this and more specifically the first 60%, after that it felt like things slowed down significantly and I found myself becoming a bit detached. I liked the multiple POVs and some of the twists I didn’t predict (or only half predicted) and it definitely kept me hooked enough to read it in one afternoon. This was definitely a fast-paced and nail biting thriller, I just wish that carried through right to the end. I’ve seen reviews hating on the ending but honestly I’m not that peeved with the open endedness but at the same time I get where they’re coming from 🤷🏻♀️. This one got me out of a reading slump and the vibes were good.
Brother by Ania Ahlborn
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5