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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 July 2021
Alice Feeney writes a very good novel. True , this one did stretch believability a little (mostly for me the fact that Jack was a police officer and behaved the way he did). The other thing was the Americanisms that peppered the spelling, grammar and writing style. Brits don't speak American. I know the US market is considered superior to the UK one and hence their preferences take precedence over ours but it really grates. Reading a book in Spanish I don't suddenly expect it to be half German.
Having got the negatives out of the way the book is well crafted and the characters are well constructed. I really liked Anna and Jack and didn't have much difficulty in believing either of them. I guessed very early on who one character was but I think you were supposed to because of the route the author took you down- one particular phrase nailed it. In fact there are several phrases in this book which I particularly liked. In these times of wanting to continually be shocked on every page with the most "amazing, jaw dropping twist ever" Alice Feeney does well to ignore this and concentrate on a gradual reveal of the story bit by bit. Natural plot progression is just so much better than "rabbit out the hat" moments.
The story alternates between Him and Hers (possibly better as the title- His and Hers?) with a third voice being the murderer (who I liked too.....!)
The book lost a star for Americanisms but because I couldn't think of a better way than Jack being a police officer (despite the unbelievable bits at the beginning) I decided stretching credibility was fair game.
This is the third Alice Feeney book I have read and happy to discover there is one more! Sometimes I Lie and Rock Paper Scissors are brilliant too and highly recommended. I hope the TV companies do the book justice
Having got the negatives out of the way the book is well crafted and the characters are well constructed. I really liked Anna and Jack and didn't have much difficulty in believing either of them. I guessed very early on who one character was but I think you were supposed to because of the route the author took you down- one particular phrase nailed it. In fact there are several phrases in this book which I particularly liked. In these times of wanting to continually be shocked on every page with the most "amazing, jaw dropping twist ever" Alice Feeney does well to ignore this and concentrate on a gradual reveal of the story bit by bit. Natural plot progression is just so much better than "rabbit out the hat" moments.
The story alternates between Him and Hers (possibly better as the title- His and Hers?) with a third voice being the murderer (who I liked too.....!)
The book lost a star for Americanisms but because I couldn't think of a better way than Jack being a police officer (despite the unbelievable bits at the beginning) I decided stretching credibility was fair game.
This is the third Alice Feeney book I have read and happy to discover there is one more! Sometimes I Lie and Rock Paper Scissors are brilliant too and highly recommended. I hope the TV companies do the book justice
