This book felt so slow. I didn't care about any of it. I couldn't relate to the characters. I'd met Rainie and Quincy before, and I've liked them before, but in this book I couldn't get behind them. They felt so bland and the story felt so utterly miserable. I want better from Lisa Gardner and I really didn't like this book.

I don't like Lisa Gardner's older books as much as I enjoy her newer books. This one fell flat for me. I did really like the way the killer killed and left clues. I thought that was pretty creative. But Kimberly is by my least favorite of her protagonists and reading a book narrated by her was a struggle. I found it boring and the scenes of them searching dragged on. I thought they'd never stop. This is not one of her better books.

I didn't like the original trilogy by Stief Larsson, and I didn't really like this either. It was different without being any better, though I did enjoy it more than the third book. It felt very disjointed and I struggled to follow along with the many characters and different plots. I found myself frequently forgetting who was who and what they'd done. It did feel like they hadn't built up to this at all from the previous books, which makes sense with a new author. I wouldn't call it a disappointment because I wasn't expecting much, but even if you've enjoyed the trilogy, I wouldn't really recommend this book.

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I went in not expecting much and found myself thoroughly enjoying it. The characters were well developed and the writing was good and overall I really enjoyed it. My biggest complaint was that the final chapter and the epilogue went in two completely different directions and after such a nice read it ended on a sour note for me. But overall, still very worth it and I'm looking forward to reading more from Liane Moriarty.

One of my favorite characters in this was the sex offender, which was really interesting to me. Not saying I liked him as a person, but he was a really well written character with interesting motivations. His story drove the book for me. Everything else was okay and honestly I would have preferred for him to be even more central to the story, but without him I think the book fell a little flat. The best thing I can say about it is that it was okay and it didn't really stick with me too much.

The split between is even more obvious when I go from reading her Rainie and Quincy books to her newest. I adored this book. I really don't care about DD Warren at all, but Flora Dane is such an interesting character to follow and this case was very unique. It's incredibly entertaining, and no, not the best written book out there, but entertaining counts for so much. I had fun reading it, and that's all that matters in the end.

This book started better than it ended. The handwriting analysis aspect was different and interesting, but as the case unfolded it got less and less interesting to me. The twist at the end was incredibly anticlimactic and this book left very little impact on me. But it was pretty okay and a quick read. I liked her son's character a lot more than her own. I can't really recommend this book as there are so many better thrillers out there and it's something I'll forget I read about two days after finishing it.

This was a reread for me and I listened to the audiobook. I would not recommending listening to the audiobook. It's narrated by a child and the childlike voice started grating after a while. Sometimes I had to turn it off just to give myself a break. I really enjoy this book, but the narrator is an incredibly sheltered five year old which does get annoying, although he is very well written. All the characters are and the plot moves slowly, but it's more of a character study than a plot driven story. I could see why people would get irritated by it, but it's a book I'll probably reread again in the future.

There was so much eye rolling from me while reading it. Too much casual sexism, like describing a woman as three pregnancies past her ideal weight. What does that even mean? And why is that important information for a character who's only around for a single page? There was a whole lot of cringe like that, but other than that the book was pretty okay. Not great by any means, but it wasn't an awful mystery. I don't think I'll read anything else by this author unless it's unintentionally, but I don't regret this book. It was one of those thrillers that didn't stick with me apart from the sexism.

Honestly, looking back I can't remember why I gave it three stars instead of two, but I am loathe to change my ratings.

I'm giving it one star. Maybe if I was feeling more generous it would warrant two, but I couldn't stand it. It was told out of order which is a personal pet peeve of mine (my brain doesn't work that way, I struggle with nonlinear stories) and it felt incredibly disjointed, as though it was written as the author thought up things instead of in a purposeful order. The characters were mostly awful people. The narrator was especially awful and disgusting, even though I think we were supposed to sympathize with him. Most of the men in this story were abusive and terrible people. It seemed like it was trying to make a statement of "these men are terrible, but look plot twist, not that terrible!" Just because someone else does something worse, doesn't make what they did any less bad. I hated it, couldn't get it into, regret reading it. If there's ever been a book that was an utter waste of time, it was this.