3.5 ⭐️ A brutal murder, a girl with multiple personality disorder, a mental hospital and enough secrets and unreliable narrators to have you changing your mind with each new chapter⁣
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This was a slow burn, intense whodunnit that will have you questioning everything and everyone. ⁣
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It looks like a clear cut case of murder when Penny is found covered in blood, holding a knife over a murdered woman’s body. But her mother thinks she’s innocent and wants to save her daughter from going to prison. Convinced it had to be one of her multiple personalities, and not really Penny at fault, she enlists the help of a psychiatrist to prove Penny’s DID is to blame. ⁣
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Told in alternating voices, we get pieces of the puzzle falling into place but before all is revealed we get taken on a roller coaster ride of ups and downs - did she or didn’t she, who’s lying, who’s keeping secrets? ⁣
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The book has a fabulous premise and I was immediately drawn in but things got a bit repetitive and I found my attention waning with time spent on side stories that really weren’t needed and didn’t add to the overall plot. I also felt like the twist/ending was a bit too over the top and the epilogue was unnecessary. I usually love a good epilogue, always wanting more, but this one didn’t work for me as it focused on a side story that seemed off topic to the main events and I wasn’t as invested in it to care. ⁣