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When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica
3.0

Okay, so I am kind of torn with my rating and thoughts about this book! I started reading it because I loved Local woman missing by this author and found it available on Libby.

I did quite enjoy how it started (I like dual timelines in thrillers/mysteries). Although, I kind of got a little bored by the way Jessie’s insomnia was described because it was so obvious that she was just imagining things. I mean I guess that’s what insomnia does to you but in this book I felt it was a little much. But I was still curious because the „twist“ seems the be revealed quite early on and I felt like there was something more coming.

Then I read a few comments on here and was expecting a really bad twist. The ending or the actually twist however did not bother me too much it was more how it was dealt with it afterwards. I know this sound quite cryptic but I can’t really say much more without a spoiler.

So overall I give this book 2.5 - 3 stars because I didn’t not like the ending and was a little bored in between.