Reviews with content warning for Murder - Strangers We Know

This was bizarrely written and full of plot holes and a main character that, honestly, was shockingly lacking in any amount of common sense. And so many lazy tropes that it all felt wholly unoriginal.

An “FBI agent” that walks up to a woman in a coffee shop and just openly divulges information about a serial killer. Flashbacks to “the past” in chapters narrated by a character that is almost wholly unconnected to literally every other thing happening in this book. There’s a supposed “Full Moon Killer” and the main character listens to some random man she met alone in a bar that she should hide out safely with him in his motel because it’s a full moon. A Grandma pulling some Dexter-vigilante shit. Main character is searching for answers to her mystery illness, which turns out to be lupus. Trying to prove Dr. House wrong? The letter she received that had words missing to make it sound ominous, of course was actually just a nice letter from her, shocker, not-dead birth parents sent to her?

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Ivy is adopted and takes a DNA test to learn about her medical history. She discovers more about her past than she expected to and sets off to learn her biological family’s secrets.

The story is told from multiple perspectives, in the past and the present. I thought this story was okay but I definitely didn’t love it (explanation in the spoiler section of this review).

There was way too much going on in this book. Medical issues, multiple serial killers, a cult, a kind of fake FBI agent out for revenge, family drama with both families.. it was too much. Instead of the story having twists, it just kept adding more and more. I lost interest as the book went on but I hate to not finish so I did. It’s well written and has a nice ending but there was too much going on for me to enjoy this book.

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