Ratings44
Average rating3.2
Too many characters that I didn't care about and it felt like there were time jumps intertwined with the present story. It would be much better to have past and present alternating chapters.
Great suspense story particularly geared toward those homeowner communities in the suburbs.
By the end I really liked this but the arc is kind of weird: it feels like it's still getting started and then very quickly it resolves and is over.
The first half of the book dragged a long. The last half things ramped up but I wish there was a similar pace to the plot earlier in the book. The ending felt a bit rushed in my opinion despite the length of the book.
2.5 if I'm fair, because for all its sins, I still finished it and didn't guess what had in fact happened until it was disclosed. But somehow it wasn't interesting enough to make it for a good read, and even the queen of pushovers would have trouble welcoming an alleged murderer at home.
Definitely enjoyed this more than her last one, a great premise and handled (mostly) well. But the ending left me confused.
Dit was opnieuw een langzaam opbouwende, vooral karakter gedreven mysterie van Megan Miranda. Naarmate het mysterie zich ontrafelt, wordt de spanning opgedreven. Vooral de omgeving van de kleine, toxische wijk, waar iedereen iedereen in de gaten houdt, zorgde voor een claustrofobisch gevoel.
Doordat het echter zo langzaam vooruit ging en omdat ik ook moeite had het hoofdpersonage en haar passiviteit te begrijpen, verloor ik af en toe wel mijn interesse. Doordat ik de ontknoping ook nog eens vrij tegenvallend vond, is dit over het algemeen een niet zo memorabel boek.
Lichte en leuke zomerthriller, maar niks speciaals.