Reviews

Hide and Secrets by Sophie McKenzie

talkingchicle's review against another edition

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I initially requested this as I had read and enjoyed Sophies previous books when I was a teenager and really enjoyed them. Hide and secrets was no different. I was reminded of how much I liked the writing style. This story is centred around teenager Cat trying to uncover the truth about her dad, who's believed to be dead. However, after receiving messages from one of his friends, it looks like that isn't actually the case at all. Tasked with uncovering what really happened, Cat enlists the help of the boy that's staying nearby for the holidays to filter out the lies from the truth.

This was such a fast paced, easy read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I liked the dynamics between the two main characters. A classic teen thriller that gave me everything I was looking for and then some.

book_lover101's review against another edition

adventurous tense

• 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

3.5

leahhoulton's review against another edition

4.0

Read this fairly quickly. Very easy read which I personally like

lilliescott03's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

chelseamayxxx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book was really boring and wasn’t really worth reading as you get to the part of the book when it all starts to come together and then you realise what’s happening and you can predict the ending from that and the ending of the book was how I predicted which let this book down for me. The characters I really didn’t like any of them as they all were really annoying and irritable and they didn’t really work together and they wasn’t much character building at all. I have read other books by this other that I loved but this one wasn’t for me sadly xxx

girlreading's review against another edition

4.0

fast paced and easy to read with lots of twists and turns, this is the perfect ‘starter thriller’ for young teens.

orange_sunshine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I loved Sophie McKenzie as a teen and decided to pick this up. It was a good book but was a bit of a slow burner. The story line and plot was as good as I remembered from her previous books. 

eemily's review against another edition

boring, writing cringe

lucyhoad's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

melissa08's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25