Book Stats
- Publication Date: 04/30/2024
- Format: ebook
- Chapters: 48 (plus 1 epilogue)
- Pages: 249
- Narrator POV: Told in 1st person & alternates between the main characters – Beth, Michael, Nicole, and Laura
Book Rating
Overall: ⭐⭐⭐/5
Review
I’ve gotta be honest, the more I read the book the less I enjoyed it. At first it started out pretty interesting and pulled me right in to the plot. Even though the author describes things in the weirdest ways. For example, “Tomato water seeps from the flesh as my knife slides through it”. Tomato WATER? I have never in my life heard it called that. 😂 It’s the tomato’s juice. Or another one was “I force the corners of my lips up a few clicks before leaving the kitchen”. A few clicks, like winding up a toy? Or like the measurement of distance that the military uses? Either way, it felt like a really weird way to say you forced a smile. But I digress…
I read this book as part of a book club my family was doing and we split it into 4 parts. By the end of part 1 (Chapter 10), I had already guessed who was involved. I gave my prediction to my family and my reasoning (which I will not put on this spoiler-free review, but will post here in case you’re interested). Whether you read that spoiler post or not is totally fine. Basically, I didn’t figure out everything that happened in the book, but I was able to deduce a big portion within just 10 chapters. So I didn’t get the shock factor from this book and that was a little disappointing.
Overall, I did enjoy the actual story. Well, the mystery. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that right after their mom died and they found some information regarding the death of a girl who went missing many years before, suddenly Beth and the missing girl’s brother rekindle a relationship and are super in love. Why? That felt forced and unnecessary to the story.
Also, all the characters are so whiney. The further you get into the story, the worse they get. They’re supposed to be grown ass adults and yet they all act like entitled, bratty teenagers. I was not a fan of that. Ultimately, these annoying characters made it unenjoyable for me and I wanted to start skimming.
This book is popular and I don’t totally get it, but that’s fine. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. 😊
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