What I read in October
October was a great reading month, 3 books and 2 were awesome.
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
The plot: An afternoon barbeque that was meant to be a fun day for 3 couples and 3 children ends up being a disaster with a terrible near death experience and friendships in tatters. What went so wrong so quickly?
What I thought: The first few chapters had my attention and then this book really just dragged for me. Told from various characters POV the story felt extremely drawn out. I wished the characters would just communicate instead of walking around making assumptions and expecting the worst. Each carrying around guilt and blaming themselves.
Goodreads rating 3 stars (2.5 but rounded up).
The night she disappeared by Lisa Jewell
The plot: Teenage Tallulah and her boyfriend went out one evening in 2017 to the pub. Tallulah’s mother Kim was home babysitting their young son and when she wakes up the next morning, she realises they never came home. Kim searches but over a year passes with no further information. Until a headmaster and his girlfriend Sophie move into a cottage on a boarding schools grounds. One day Sophie finds a sign in the garden with the words “dig here”.
What I thought: This book is such a good thriller. It kept me guessing and was full of surprises. Told from Kim, Tallulah and Sophie’s POV, it jumps from 2017 to present detailing Tallulah’s last few months before she went missing.
My Goodreads rating: 5 stars
You need to know by Nicole Moriarty
The plot: Jill will do anything for her sons - they mean the world to her. Especially after the tragedy that happened a year before. When she receives an e-mail with the subject line “You need to know” she is hesitant to read it.
Told from Jill’s point of view as well as her youngest son, 2 daughters-in-law and eldest granddaughter, the story unfolds with shocks throughout the book.
How well does Jill actually know the family she tries so hard to protect?
What I thought: Nicole Moriarty’s books are always brilliant - this is the 4th one I’ve read and honestly this is so full of twists and turns I couldn’t put it down. Told from different characters points of view but fast moving throughout, it kept me guessing.
My Goodreads rating: 5 stars
Linking up with Steph https://www.lifeaccordingtosteph.com/ and Jana http://janasays.com/ for what I consider to be the best book club ever. Visit their blogs and see what I mean.
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