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bnbisch's review against another edition
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
2.5
This was going to be a solid 3.5 or higher for me but I personally hated the ending. The rest of it was mildly entertaining and a good premise.
mipsukka's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
cconlon's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
madameroyale's review against another edition
3.0
Only read this to fulfill a reading challenge prompt (“a book written during NaNoWriMo”). It was fine.
a_den_of_books's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
hart_ley's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
when i say i devoured this book in 1 night, i mean it. i fucking LOVE thriller books
such a good premise & i love the way it was portrayed - across three (!!!) povs. a little rushed at the end, but the last page, just that teeny tiny last moment, made me cry at 2am :((
such a good premise & i love the way it was portrayed - across three (!!!) povs. a little rushed at the end, but the last page, just that teeny tiny last moment, made me cry at 2am :((
Content Warnings
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Blood
verafran's review against another edition
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
labunnywtf's review against another edition
4.0
Full disclosure: I requested this ARC from Netgalley last year because the premise is kind of amazing and then the slump murdered it. As it did a lot of ARCS requested in the last 4 years. I have immense guilt because free books are the greatest thing to ever happen to me, so I've been poking around in the "no feedback given" section of Netgalley to see if my library has these books available to me, and so I can stop being a waste of a human being.
Molly Sullivan is an influencer. She is one of those women obsessed with being online, with revealing her "true self" to her over 1 million followers. She shows off her 5 year old daughter and every aspect of their life. Nothing is off limits, including her pap smear. Nothing to hide.
She marries a man with everything to hide, and has trouble understanding boundaries.
Is this the start of a romcom? Because I'm pretty sure there has to be 25 romcoms you could list in the comments of this review with that same premise.
But I bet those romcoms don't have a woman many hundred miles away spotting a fleeting glimpse of "Mr Sullivan" and recognizing him as the man who murdered her sister and stole her niece, now do they?
I cannot relate to Molly, and not just because of her influencer status. She's perpetually positive, obnoxiously optimistic, crushingly cheerful. But she's also, seemingly, honest. In her POV, she talks about the trials and tribulations, what led to her starting up this online presense and what causes her to keep it going.
Now, who I do relate to is Olivia, the sister to Christina, a woman murdered when Liv was just 17 years old. The story opens the night Christina is killed and it is, quite frankly, infuriating. Grandma should've known better and done better, but it's Olivia who lives with the guilt of not making a middle of the night phone call to her soon-to-be-beaten-to-death sister.
All Olivia wants is her niece back, and the man who murdered her sister brought to justice. To accomplish this task, she ends up befriending Molly, and finds out way more than she anticipated.
This story starts strong, but meanders in the middle. I really liked Molly in the beginning, and her straight forward personality didn't allow any room for those "miscommunications" that so happen here, or the "I'm hiding things from my husband and looking hella suspicious the whole time." Nope. Molly's like, hey, I opened this safe and found these super shady documents what's up with that?
Which is so refreshing!
But ye gods, mid way through I was siding with the Molly hater forums featured at the start of some of these chapter. She's just too fucking positive, naive, and trusting.
Buuuuuuuuuuuut that being said, once I barreled past that point, it picked back up again. I was trying not to fall for the red herring but still kind of sliding down the hill. Then I got worried we were about to have a nobody as the big reveal because I absolutely could not see who it was.
As I said on the last thriller I read, I am very rusty and my ability to spot the whodunnit has atrophied. So, I don't know if this really was as good of a reveal as it was. Because at the moment it was revealed, I said, aloud, in my car, "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
I am a weirdo and I am fine with it.
Despite the meandering, I really did enjoy this. And I can see other people liking it, as well. Though the negative reviews have some points I can't argue with. Still a solid 3.5 stars. I'll round up to 4.
Molly Sullivan is an influencer. She is one of those women obsessed with being online, with revealing her "true self" to her over 1 million followers. She shows off her 5 year old daughter and every aspect of their life. Nothing is off limits, including her pap smear. Nothing to hide.
She marries a man with everything to hide, and has trouble understanding boundaries.
Is this the start of a romcom? Because I'm pretty sure there has to be 25 romcoms you could list in the comments of this review with that same premise.
But I bet those romcoms don't have a woman many hundred miles away spotting a fleeting glimpse of "Mr Sullivan" and recognizing him as the man who murdered her sister and stole her niece, now do they?
I cannot relate to Molly, and not just because of her influencer status. She's perpetually positive, obnoxiously optimistic, crushingly cheerful. But she's also, seemingly, honest. In her POV, she talks about the trials and tribulations, what led to her starting up this online presense and what causes her to keep it going.
Now, who I do relate to is Olivia, the sister to Christina, a woman murdered when Liv was just 17 years old. The story opens the night Christina is killed and it is, quite frankly, infuriating. Grandma should've known better and done better, but it's Olivia who lives with the guilt of not making a middle of the night phone call to her soon-to-be-beaten-to-death sister.
All Olivia wants is her niece back, and the man who murdered her sister brought to justice. To accomplish this task, she ends up befriending Molly, and finds out way more than she anticipated.
This story starts strong, but meanders in the middle. I really liked Molly in the beginning, and her straight forward personality didn't allow any room for those "miscommunications" that so happen here, or the "I'm hiding things from my husband and looking hella suspicious the whole time." Nope. Molly's like, hey, I opened this safe and found these super shady documents what's up with that?
Which is so refreshing!
But ye gods, mid way through I was siding with the Molly hater forums featured at the start of some of these chapter. She's just too fucking positive, naive, and trusting.
Buuuuuuuuuuuut that being said, once I barreled past that point, it picked back up again. I was trying not to fall for the red herring but still kind of sliding down the hill. Then I got worried we were about to have a nobody as the big reveal because I absolutely could not see who it was.
As I said on the last thriller I read, I am very rusty and my ability to spot the whodunnit has atrophied. So, I don't know if this really was as good of a reveal as it was. Because at the moment it was revealed, I said, aloud, in my car, "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
I am a weirdo and I am fine with it.
Despite the meandering, I really did enjoy this. And I can see other people liking it, as well. Though the negative reviews have some points I can't argue with. Still a solid 3.5 stars. I'll round up to 4.
ebeubanks8's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty shocking ending. And a good warning to not post everything online because people with stalk you