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A review by nessiaing
My Daughter's Secret by Nicole Trope
4.0
On Halloween night two girls find Julia hanging on her family home's porch while everyone thought she was a 5 hour drive away at school. Torn up by Julia's suicide we follow Claire's story as she tries to understand why her seemingly happy daughter would commit suicide. Along with Claire's point of view we also get letters throughout the book from someone Julia was seeing, getting insight into a relationship that no one else knew about any may hold many clues.
I initially was disappointed in the story when I was pretty sure that I had figured the mystery to the story. However as I read more of the story and got to know the characters more I think that perhaps Nicole Trope meant for the reader to understand and know the solution all along and it was really seeing the struggles of the characters that was the real thriller of the story.
The only character I got fully attached to was Claire as hers was the only point of view we really follow. That being said I didn't always agree with her and I had times when I really wished she would open up her eyes and see the damage she was doing while on her quest for the truth. While I enjoyed the book a lot, I can honestly say it was also painful to read. There was so much harm being done to various characters that there was times I did need to put the book down and just take a breather. I always came back to it though knowing I wanted to know the ending and the resolution. My one complaint might be that things were left a bit ambiguous at the end and I would have preferred a bit more closure.
This novel was heart breaking in so many ways. The trials and struggles these characters go through are not for the faint of heart. Strong trigger warnings for anyone who have a hard time reading about physical, emotional, psychological or verbal abuse, as all are very apparent in this novel. That being said they aren't present in a gratuitous way. Nicole Trope writes about abuse in a very deliberate and meaningful way to paint a picture that needed to be painted for her story and to bring light to such an important issue.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys domestic thrillers.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the free eArc in exchange for my honest opinions and review.
I initially was disappointed in the story when I was pretty sure that I had figured the mystery to the story. However as I read more of the story and got to know the characters more I think that perhaps Nicole Trope meant for the reader to understand and know the solution all along and it was really seeing the struggles of the characters that was the real thriller of the story.
The only character I got fully attached to was Claire as hers was the only point of view we really follow. That being said I didn't always agree with her and I had times when I really wished she would open up her eyes and see the damage she was doing while on her quest for the truth. While I enjoyed the book a lot, I can honestly say it was also painful to read. There was so much harm being done to various characters that there was times I did need to put the book down and just take a breather. I always came back to it though knowing I wanted to know the ending and the resolution. My one complaint might be that things were left a bit ambiguous at the end and I would have preferred a bit more closure.
This novel was heart breaking in so many ways. The trials and struggles these characters go through are not for the faint of heart. Strong trigger warnings for anyone who have a hard time reading about physical, emotional, psychological or verbal abuse, as all are very apparent in this novel. That being said they aren't present in a gratuitous way. Nicole Trope writes about abuse in a very deliberate and meaningful way to paint a picture that needed to be painted for her story and to bring light to such an important issue.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys domestic thrillers.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the free eArc in exchange for my honest opinions and review.