Published by Avon on July 26, 2018
Format: Audiobook, eARC
Source: Library, Net Galley
Pages: 385
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Also by this author: Only a Mother
Here are two things I know about my mother:
1. She had dark hair, like mine.
2. She wasn’t very happy at the end.
Anna has always believed that her mother, Debbie, died 30 years ago on the night she disappeared.
But when her father gets a strange note, she realises that she’s never been told the full story of what happened that night on the cliff.
Confused and upset, Anna turns to her husband Jack – but when she finds a love letter from another woman in his wallet, she realises there’s no-one left to help her, least of all her family.
And then a body is found…
This book was a book of two halves. The first half was slow…and I mean slow. So slow I was wondering whether to carry on. I wasn’t invested in the story and I drifted off when I was listening to the audiobook.
Then the second half happened and I was intrigued by what was happening and the parallels between Anne and her mother Debbie.
I did feel for Debbie suffering from post-natal depression but no one noticed it. No one helping her and someone playing on her fears. I felt when we found out the history behind the holiday it was a bit anti-climactic and I was hoping for a bit more pow. I didn’t feel like we had a build-up to it, more oh here you go, and let’s move on. Then the book pretty much finished, on a nice note yet I am not sure there will be any penance for what happened.
I am on the fence with this book, I wanted to love it but I just didn’t. There was mystery and intrigue but I found I didn’t care overall. Maybe if I read this instead it might have been a different story. But I can’t blame everything on the narrator, it was my concentration too. It wasn’t my cup of tea but that’s to say it won’t be yours. It is a slow burn as we build up to a reveal of how everyone fits in the present day and if it wasn’t for the fact Anne wouldn’t give up then there would be no story to tell.
Until the next time xxx
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2022 NetGalley
- 2022 Reading
- Published before 2022
Stephen Writes says
Fair review! I really disliked this book lol and only gave it 1 star. Happy New Year, Zoé!
Zoé says
ha ha Oh wow! You really didn’t like it! LOL. Happy New Year Stephen! 🙂