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A review by marcccb
When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica
3.0
2.5 stars
I’ve read The Good Girl and Every Last Lie by Kubica before and I really thought this one would be a little different, but sadly I was wrong.
Kubica knows how to write a story, that’s for sure. She also knows how to hook you in the middle of it and right towards the end. But for me, Kubica fails to end her novels with a great twist. It’s never really shocking, or sometimes the twist isn’t there at all. But I do enjoy reading her novels. The plot is always very intriguing and a lot usually happens through the book. It’s never bland.
I was expecting a lot more from this novel but that doesn’t mean I didn’t love some parts of it. Reading about Jessie’s insomnia and how it drove her to paranoia. It’s very interesting to see what situations she gets herself in and if what she is seeing is real or not. I did like how it shifts from past to present. The story shifts from the early 20th century, Eden is a young woman who is having trouble conceiving a child and it goes back to Jessie, who insomnia is driving her to see things that might or might not be real. Are those two stories connected?
I really wish I enjoyed this one a little more than I did, but it was still a great read!
Many thanks to NetGalley and Park Row for providing me with a digital copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.
I’ve read The Good Girl and Every Last Lie by Kubica before and I really thought this one would be a little different, but sadly I was wrong.
Kubica knows how to write a story, that’s for sure. She also knows how to hook you in the middle of it and right towards the end. But for me, Kubica fails to end her novels with a great twist. It’s never really shocking, or sometimes the twist isn’t there at all. But I do enjoy reading her novels. The plot is always very intriguing and a lot usually happens through the book. It’s never bland.
I was expecting a lot more from this novel but that doesn’t mean I didn’t love some parts of it. Reading about Jessie’s insomnia and how it drove her to paranoia. It’s very interesting to see what situations she gets herself in and if what she is seeing is real or not. I did like how it shifts from past to present. The story shifts from the early 20th century, Eden is a young woman who is having trouble conceiving a child and it goes back to Jessie, who insomnia is driving her to see things that might or might not be real. Are those two stories connected?
I really wish I enjoyed this one a little more than I did, but it was still a great read!
Many thanks to NetGalley and Park Row for providing me with a digital copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.