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A review by jellichor
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
3.0
3.5*
“Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect - his teenage daughter, Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.”
I read this book last year in 2 days flat, couldn’t put it down. It is a fast paced thriller which starts off with so many questions it’s hard to know what to focus on! Thankfully they do get answered - BUT I found there was a lack of real urgent suspense so it wasn’t a particularly exciting read, I guessed most of the reveals which weren’t that juicy, and the way that Hannah knew what to do at every turn throughout the book was unrealistic to me. It has a very intriguing premise which meant the journey was interesting enough, I just found that the story behind it all at the end fell a bit flat… curious to see what Reese does with it on TV though!
“Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect - his teenage daughter, Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.”
I read this book last year in 2 days flat, couldn’t put it down. It is a fast paced thriller which starts off with so many questions it’s hard to know what to focus on! Thankfully they do get answered - BUT I found there was a lack of real urgent suspense so it wasn’t a particularly exciting read, I guessed most of the reveals which weren’t that juicy, and the way that Hannah knew what to do at every turn throughout the book was unrealistic to me. It has a very intriguing premise which meant the journey was interesting enough, I just found that the story behind it all at the end fell a bit flat… curious to see what Reese does with it on TV though!