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nancy_ahyee's review against another edition
3.0
From the publisher: Fifteen years ago Ellen Smith vanished from the woods near her small Welsh village. Never to be seen again. Eight people were in the woods that night: eight splintered lives, eight people hiding a terrible secret. But who can remember the truth? Now, Ellen’s best friend, Detective Ava Cole is all grown up back in the village where it all began, and everyone is asking the same question. What really happened to Ellen?
Told as Ava's story in the third person, there were chapters interspersed in the first-person point of view of the villain. Ava has returned to Wales because her ex-husband Paul is dying, and she wants to reconnect with her son Stephen who was still a toddler when she left him with Paul. Another of their childhood friends, Penny, married Paul and believes that Stephen will need Ava in his life once Paul dies. With Ava's return comes a lot of anxiety over what happened to Ellen back when Ava and her friends were all teenagers.
There were a lot of characters in this story, which made it difficult to see a lot of character development -- even with the key eight, especially since the current day deals with their children and how the events in the past come full circle in the present. As an LAPD detective, Ava finds herself embroiled in a missing persons case in Wales that seems to be tied to Ellen's disappearance in the past.
This story had me guessing until about halfway through when I figured out the villain, but then it had me second-guessing if I was actually correct. The author does a good job of pointing the reader in a specific direction. I think Ava makes some moves that she shouldn't as a detective, but we can pass them off as her being too emotionally invested in the case.
Definitely an interesting read. Just make sure you pay close attention to the characters as you get started.
Thanks to NetGalley and HQ Digital for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. This title is scheduled for publication on February 6, 2019.
Told as Ava's story in the third person, there were chapters interspersed in the first-person point of view of the villain. Ava has returned to Wales because her ex-husband Paul is dying, and she wants to reconnect with her son Stephen who was still a toddler when she left him with Paul. Another of their childhood friends, Penny, married Paul and believes that Stephen will need Ava in his life once Paul dies. With Ava's return comes a lot of anxiety over what happened to Ellen back when Ava and her friends were all teenagers.
There were a lot of characters in this story, which made it difficult to see a lot of character development -- even with the key eight, especially since the current day deals with their children and how the events in the past come full circle in the present. As an LAPD detective, Ava finds herself embroiled in a missing persons case in Wales that seems to be tied to Ellen's disappearance in the past.
This story had me guessing until about halfway through when I figured out the villain, but then it had me second-guessing if I was actually correct. The author does a good job of pointing the reader in a specific direction. I think Ava makes some moves that she shouldn't as a detective, but we can pass them off as her being too emotionally invested in the case.
Definitely an interesting read. Just make sure you pay close attention to the characters as you get started.
Thanks to NetGalley and HQ Digital for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. This title is scheduled for publication on February 6, 2019.
echoingbooks's review against another edition
3.0
I never thought I would like this book..... I found this novel a bit hard to get into at the beginning and sometimes I had to put the book down. there was a lot of characters in this book. I normally like thrillers but in my eyes a thriller/ horror novel has to pull you in almost on the first chapter and yet this book just did not pull me in as I wanted to. this is why it took me so long to just read the book. This book just did not connect with me in the way most novels normally do. I think i said this before but the story started up so slow for me, it did pick up in the middle or so but the ending could have been better. so in my eyes this book was just okay.
paprika411's review against another edition
3.0
This book is a thriller that was missing something to take It to the next level. It had it's moments of engagement and thrill, but midway I found myself a bit bored. The characters were developed well. I was invested in the main character Ava and genuinely wanted to solve the mystery at the end. Despite this I felt the story was repetitive and I just checked out for a good portion. This made the ending not entertaining or exciting. The big reveal was unexpected but it took so long for the "villain" to reveal their true plan and motivations that by the end I didn't care, and wanted the story to end. Everything just moved slowly. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher HQ digital for my advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
allyhee's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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? No
4.5
erinnejc's review against another edition
4.0
A thrilling read which kept me turning the pages, characters you care for and just brilliantly written. Great novel!!
lilly71490's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
readingwithgee_'s review against another edition
3.0
Remember me is a psychological thriller which follows our main character Ava who returns to her home town 15 years after her friend Ellen's death.
This book was absolutely fine. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. It was suspenseful, the character developmenf was good, there were some good twists thrown in there, it just didn't grab me as much as I'd have liked and I wasn't overly enthusiastic to keep picking it up, especially when it was at a more slow point in the book.
Thanks to Netgalley for the e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book was absolutely fine. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. It was suspenseful, the character developmenf was good, there were some good twists thrown in there, it just didn't grab me as much as I'd have liked and I wasn't overly enthusiastic to keep picking it up, especially when it was at a more slow point in the book.
Thanks to Netgalley for the e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.
cj_mo_2222's review
3.0
Ava Cole is back in Wales after leaving the country and her young son behind when her best friend disappeared. Now fifteen years later after working in Los Angeles as a detective, she returns after learning her ex-husband is dying of cancer, hoping to reconnect with her son. Ava's return stirs up old feelings about Ellen's disappearance and Ava may now be facing danger.
This book has an interesting premise but starts out very slow with several characters to try to get to know at once. It picks up when the story gets going, but remains fairly slow throughout the book. The long ago mystery and the current one is interesting, but details unfold too slowly. I was interested to see what would happen next, but frustrated that things weren't moving faster. I was surprised at everything that was revealed at the end. There were some really good moments in the book, but with some faster pacing and less characters to keep track of, it could have been a more exciting thriller.
I received this book from NetGalley through the courtesy of HQ Digital. The book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.
This book has an interesting premise but starts out very slow with several characters to try to get to know at once. It picks up when the story gets going, but remains fairly slow throughout the book. The long ago mystery and the current one is interesting, but details unfold too slowly. I was interested to see what would happen next, but frustrated that things weren't moving faster. I was surprised at everything that was revealed at the end. There were some really good moments in the book, but with some faster pacing and less characters to keep track of, it could have been a more exciting thriller.
I received this book from NetGalley through the courtesy of HQ Digital. The book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.