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I thought that this book was really good on audio. It's a horrifying tale of a marriage that although seems unlikely, wringed horribly true with me that something like that could happen. The reader does a great job on audio, capturing the feeling of the main character so well. I couldn't wait to get back in the car to listen to this one. The suspense kept me on the edge of my seat, and the story line between past and present really worked here.
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This is the second BA Paris book I’ve read and I think it might be the last. Both books held my interest throughout, but both also made me feel irritated and annoyed at the narrator’s stupidity. I’ve also read a couple books in a row about abusive men, and there’s enough of that in the news these days. I think I need a break. I also found the ending highly implausible.

I had not read a horror/thriller so consuming and so legitimately scary that I had to leave the light on at night, but this was it. Sure there are some slight plot flaws, but the real fear that Paris was able to instill in me was so successful and visceral, I have to rate it perfect for what it was: an engrossing and fast-paced, perfectly drawn nightmare-turned-novel. I actually found myself walking quickly home from the car, feeling claustrophobic because I knew Grace was still locked in the sm
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This book is described as "unputdownable" but I quite often had to put it down because my heart was racing with fear for the characters. Told in two time periods which gradually join up this is cleverly crafted if a little implausible.
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Sometimes you just have to read a fast-paced, thriller that wouldn't happen in real life. 3.5 stars
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