Book Review: ROCK PAPER SCISSORS by Alice Feeney
Think you know the person you married? Think again…
Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife.
Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts–paper, cotton, pottery, tin–and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after.
Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an anniversary they will never forget.
Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney.
Published: September 2021
My ThoughtsI love when I’m reading, going along like, Yeah, I’ve got this, then suddenly a figurative hand reaches out from the pages and slaps me, hard, saying, Nope, you didn’t even come close to getting it.
That was Rock Paper Scissors.
The story is a slow burn. You know something is off. You know this couple is keeping secrets from each other. You might think you know what’s coming, but watch out for that figurative slap that turns this story upside down.
I didn’t like the main characters, which is usually a problem for me. But here, though unlikable, I found them wholly fascinating.
I thought the pacing lagged a little in the middle. Then, just at the point where I was getting restless, everything changed.
The unsettling atmosphere and the isolated setting gives this story exactly the right creepiness factor.
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