Dear Daughter

For a standalone thriller, this was a solid listen. The narrator was great, absolutely played the narcissistic main character very well. I loved the two towns as a setting. I'm looking forward to reading more by this author.

I'm surprised most reviewers have negative comments about the narrator's voice in this book. It was the only part I actually liked. Sometimes that snarky, bitchy, funny voice can feel forced, but it worked for me here and was even funny at times.

That said, nothing else really worked. Most of all, the book was boring. There's hardly a plot and it moves along so slowly I took forever to finish this book. The characters are barely fleshed out–I felt like I had no idea how old anyone was, what they looked like and, more importantly, why on earth they were doing the things they did.

Then the ending came and there was no suspense and then ... it just ended and I was left with all the same questions I'd had throughout the book.