From the Publisher
What if the person you love most in the world was in terrible danger … because of you?
Three years ago, Toni’s five-year-old daughter Evie disappeared after leaving school. The police have never been able to find her. There were no witnesses, no CCTV, no trace.
But Toni believes her daughter is alive. And as she begins to silently piece together her memories, the full story of the past begins to reveal itself, and a devastating truth.
Toni’s mind is trapped in a world of silence, her only chance to save herself is to manage the impossible. She must find a way to make herself heard. She must find her daughter.
A compelling, gripping thriller with a breathtaking twist that will keep you awake until the early hours. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, Behind Closed Doors and The Sister.
Between the Covers
Hey, fellow book nerds … I’ve never written a review like this before (in the sense that it’s not a review of the entire book), but here it goes:
I managed to get half way through before giving up on this one. It is extremely rare for me to not finish a book. It actually bothers me quite a lot to put one on the “DNF” list. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy anything about it and could no longer force myself to read it. I tried. Truly, I did. But I also try to avoid ‘read rage’ (it’s the bookish version of ‘road rage’), if I can, and what I read of this book kind of made me want to break things.
I have read many rave reviews of it on Goodreads, so maybe I’m missing something or maybe it’s just not a good fit for me, personally, but I wasn’t a fan of the pacing and structure, it didn’t hold my interest, and the characters were annoying – infuriating, even – in both minute and major ways (i.e., if the mother referred to her daughter as ‘poppet’ one more time, I was going to LOSE. MY. MIND.; she is incompetent, easily rattled by everything, yet somehow still oblivious; the grandmother is overbearing, condescending, meddlesome, and, quite frankly, needs to be told where to go and how to get there). I didn’t like them at all, I wasn’t invested in them in any way, and I honestly didn’t care about discovering what the ‘twist’ was, as the first half was already feeling like such a slog.
If you’ve read this book, I’d love to know what you think about it!
NOTE: I would like to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for granting me an eARC of this book, in exchange for a fair and honest review (although I imagine that they’re probably regretting THAT decision right about now). I know that this is not a review of the entire book and there may have been something amazing in the second half, but I just couldn’t make myself hang in there long enough to find out.
Between the Covers 