Mirrorand is a great mystery thriller that dives deep into repressed trauma and the effects it has on an adult life. The story is a very interesting one and I admire an unreliable narrator that can accurately describe how they willingly choose to be unreliable versus a narrator that just seems unreliable to the reader. The author does a really great job of setting each scene from the narrator's perspective and every sentence holds so much detail it's like watching a movie. I also really admire the flow of the story and how the author chooses to close each chapter in mild cliffhangers, making the reader eager to figure out what happens next.

I will say even though the flow of the story is great, its pacing is very slow and I found myself wondering when it would pick up again. The time frame of this story was also semi confusing along with some of the subplots. Some of the story is told from a younger perspective while most of it is told from a present perspective and it was kind of hard to differentiate between the two since the narrator has returned to their childhood home. I also had a hard time picturing Mirrorland and just what it was exactly other than a child’s playroom (?) underneath (?) their house. Despite the confusion, the story was great and I think the ending really made up for its lack of flow and fluidity, although the ending seemed to drag on and on. Every chapter in the last ten percent of the book could have easily been the last chapter and I would have been content with that. But, again, the actual ending was good and I was glad it finished up the way it did.

Overall, Mirrorland was a really cool read and I was glad I was able to read an ARC of it. The author did a fantastic job with creating a thriller/mysterious atmosphere throughout the whole novel and even though the story seemed to drag on, it was very worth the read.

I want to thank NetGalley, Carole Johnsone, and Scribner for sending me an Advanced Readers Copy in exchange for an honest review.