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Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
2.0

I was so incredibly annoyed with every character in this book. Lloyd, for not believing his wife. Hen for not standing up for herself, Mira for her naivety. Surprisingly, the only character I sort of liked was Matthew. Hen was also a good character once you got through her flaws.

Other than that, I just felt like the whole story fell flat. It’s not often that I write reviews but I wanted this book to be better than it was. I thought the surprise at the end with Richard being a separate personality for Matthew was interesting, but the author could have done so much more with Matthew to make him a more dynamic character. We found out about his dissociative identity disorder, and then the book pretty much ended right after.

Overall, it was just a frustrating and underwhelming read for me.