Let me begin by stating that I am a Freida Readah, and her books always send me on an emotional roller coaster. Her plots are brilliant, but I have mixed feelings about this one. Overall, this book was a great thriller that had me questioning the main characters the whole time. But the epilogue was such a letdown, more specifically the last page or so of it, and because of that, I'm giving it 3.5 stars. ( )

I enjoyed reading this book. Bookclub pick. ( )

Enjoyed reading this one, but don't expect all pieces to fit perfectly. ( )

This was my first book read by this author but it will not be my last! The narrator did a terrific job making the characters unique. I thought this was very similar to Gone Girl and I assumed I knew how the twist would play out.

It kept me eagerly waiting to find out if my suspicions were correct and they were confirmed, yet then they got blown to smithereens again and then again!!

That’s how you end a great psychological thriller! Brilliant! ( )

DNF at 40%
I received this audiobook from NetGalley.
I have multiple issues with this book.
The story itself reached a point of needing disbelief in order to continue. The main character, meeting a strange man in the middle of a coffee shop and suddenly agrees to move in with him to care for his infirm wife, for ANY salary that she would want, doesn't appear to have any qualms with this sudden "too-good-to-be-true" change of events for her. Plus, the man is hot. So there couldn't possibly be anything bad with this, right?
We are quickly led to believe that the husband appears to be drugging the wife, keeping her sedated and keeping her nails trimmed low to keep her from fighting back, or even speaking a majority of the time. Again, the main character doesn't seem to see anything wrong with this.
The wife leads the main character to her personal journal after a few encounters, a journal that she's kept hidden from her husband and details the quick progression of abuse, from isolation to verbal and financial abuse. Again, the main character doesn't seem to see anything wrong with this. Because the guy is so hot and he paid for everything for the wife! What could be wrong with that!
The final straw was the word that the wife was trying to convey to the MC was "nub". "NUB" she would scream. She meant to say "gun". When the MC said that, suddenly the wife is able to speak the word clearly. Gun.
The main character did have a moment of background building, explaining how she had been in an unhappy relationship, driven together by a pregnancy and miscarriage, and the estrangement from her parents.
Having now read some of the reviews on GoodReads, and seeing the penultimate twist, I have to pass. It's just not worth my time anymore.
I also found myself unable to continue listening to the narrator. This was my first time listening to an audiobook, so I may be a bit thrown from the same narrator doing all of the voices. It felt too much, too exaggerated. ( )