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Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Weekend Escape in Books

Sep 20, 2021  
The Weekend Escape
The Weekend Escape
Rakie Bennett | 2021 | Crime, Thriller
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is another book that takes the "locked-room" mystery and develops it so rather than being in a room, the 6 friends are on a small island just off the coast of the north west of the UK accessed only by boat, no phone to the outside world and dodgy weather approaching. What could possibly go wrong?

Things start to go awry from the beginning and gradually get worse. The sense of claustrophobia and of being within touching distance of the mainland when you might as well be on the moon was excellently portrayed.

The characters were well developed - I don't think any of them are particularly likeable or memorable but it works for the story. The pacing is steady and the build up of tension palpable. The reveal was, for me, not much of a surprise as I had already guessed it but getting there was quite good fun.

Although not the most unique story, it was enjoyable nevertheless and my thanks must go to HarperCollinsUK / One More Chapter via NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.
  
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated All The Beautiful Lies in Books

Sep 26, 2021  
All The Beautiful Lies
All The Beautiful Lies
Peter Swanson | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller
7
8.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
160 of 250
Book
All the Beautiful Lies
By Peter Swanson

Once read a review will be written via Smashbomb and link posted in comments

On the eve of his college graduation, Harry is called home by his step-mother Alice, to their house on the Maine coast, following the unexpected death of his father.

But who really is Alice, his father's much younger second wife? In a brilliant split narrative, Peter Swanson teases out the stories and damage that lie in her past. And as her story entwines with Harry's in the present, things grow increasingly dark and threatening - will Harry be able to see any of it clearly through his own confused feelings?


It was ok. A decent story but a little predictable. A few parts that can possibly be trigger points but that’s what I see writing as taking on those issues that most people shy away from. In my opinion they were both toxic and she got what she deserved in the end! Some would argue she a product of how she was raised! I think I will try a few more books from Peter Swanson.