A review by beckyyreadss
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I read my first Alice Feeney book this year and I was instantly hooked; she was on the list of my insta-buy authors. His and Hers creeped me out and I thought I couldn’t be more creeped out and I was wrong.  

This book follows Mr and Mrs Wright, and things have been going wrong between them for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife. Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts – paper, cotton, pottery, tin – and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after. Ten years of marriage, ten years of secrets and an anniversary they will never forget.  

Just like His and Hers, this book kept you hooked, from the suspense and the psychological plot twists, Alice Feeney makes me miss physically books, because again I nearly threw my kindle at the twists. I loved the split POVs from the letter, Amelia, Adam and Robin, it made it so much more interesting, and the chapters would change just as it was getting to the plot twists. The storyline is interesting and intriguing. My favourite chapter is the one where the penny finally drops which didn’t happen until the very end which drove me a bit nuts – I just wanted to know who was messing with Adam and Amelia.  

I would have loved to see more of a showdown between Robin and Amelia. I felt like after all the build-up between who was the good wife and the bad wife, there wasn’t really a showdown. I was also terrified that the dog was going to die. Thank God, Bob didn’t die otherwise I would have rioted. I would have liked more of a history showing between Henry and his wife, rather than the little snippets that we get towards the end.  

You think that all the plot twists have been given and then Alice ends up throwing a little curveball towards the end. My jaw was on the floor. I cannot wait to read more of Alice’s work and the choice is just which one do I read now.   
Expand filter menu Content Warnings