Keep Her Safe: A Novel | 
pickDid You See Melody? is a pacy and intriguing mystery-thriller. The premise, the setting, and the side characters were enough to counter-balance the let down of the denouement. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/did-you-see-melody-sophie-hannah/
pickI've been reading a lot of mysteries lately, and have had Sophie Hannah recommended to me several times. I enjoyed DYSM, and got through it very quickly - it's confusing and perhaps a tad convoluted in places, but there are some fantastic twists, and it's a great choice if you like books that leave you reeling once you finish the last page...
panI'm a long time fan of Sophie Hannah, but this was disappointing. Just too convuluted and the motives of the lead characters weren't convincing /coherent.
pickWell that last bit creeped me out😨 works well as an #audiobook with the lush descriptions of a resort in Arizona as well as the tv show segments. Took a few chapters to get a hang of with the shifting narration and to lose the chicklit vibes. Made for an entertaining listen while packing. Yeah, creepy that final bit 😮 #mommyreads #crime #thriller
so-soThis was my first time reading a book written by Sophie Hannah so I have no other works of hers to compare this novel to. However, first 1/2 of the novel was slow-moving. It wasn‘t until the latter half of the novel that the storyline became captivating. Additionally, there were many chapters that had a “script” like entry, which were annoying to read. Made the story longer than needed. Didn‘t seem to add much to the overall story
panThere aren't enough words for how much I hated this book. Everything about it was god awful. The storyline, the characters and the writing. Cara was quite possibly the worst whingiest character I've ever come across and I cringed through the majority of the dialogue and descriptions in the writing. One of the worst books I've ever read.
So far...not a fan. Cara is the whingiest character I've come across for a while. Hoping it picks up soon 😕😒
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I found this quite an interesting and compelling story. It‘s a little different! There are some benevolent kidnappers which I found quite bemusing. There are also some things which didn‘t always add up for me. However, I did enjoy it. I like the writing style and I think it‘s cleverly plotted even if there are a few grey areas. It has an artful and brilliant twist at the end which turned the book around for me and gives food for thought.
3.5 ⭐️
so-soFinished this one for my book club. The story really wasn‘t my cuppa tea, but I finished it. If it wasn‘t for the club, I‘d probably bail on it. I‘d rate it a 3/5.
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pickThe first bit of this book was hard to enjoy, but once I got about 1/2 of the way in I couldn‘t put it down. I loved that this book incorporated multiple plots with different styles of writing because it kept me hooked and wanting to know more. The characters were easy to love and kept the novel interesting.
panThis was just bad. I usually like Sophie Hannah‘s hyperbolic crime novels, but this one was a dud. From the lack of even the most basic understanding of the American legal system, to an unnecessarily convoluted plot to the silly characters, this one was not much fun at all.
panSophie Hannah‘s stand-alone psychological thriller has some interesting things to say about the US justice system and how the media can distort high profile cases, leading to miscarriages of justice, but the story is hampered by a main character who never behaved in a credible way for me and a plot filled with contrivances and flat side characters such that I didn‘t care about the resolution.
so-soIt took me a while to get into this one and I almost bailed a few times. I‘m not OCD but the random tv show scripts and journal/book entries throughout the book drove me CRAZY. I may have liked it a little better without those.
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so-soTook me a while to get into this and at the end thought maybe I‘m over this type of book or maybe I‘m not a Sophie Hannah fan. I‘ve had a go at two of her books now. She has written a lot so I might read one more. Any recommendations?
pickSorry for making multiple posts, but I‘m catching up on reviewing books I read on vacation! This one was a thriller (maybe leaning more towards mystery than thriller) with colorful characters who kept me engaged. Not as shocking as some endings I‘ve read but I personally did not guess it. I have one more comment that I‘m putting as a spoiler below, if you‘ve read the book. Overall, I recommend it!
pickOh, I‘m going to have a book hangover after reading this one! It was so suspenseful and I absolutely couldn‘t put it down. Read it over the course of one day and was enthralled by the murder plot line of a victim of a murder from 7 years ago possibly being seen alive. It was excellent all the through to the last line of the book. Wow!
Read that first paragraph. This author knows how to pull you in from the very beginning.
So I posted on my Twitter account that I really loved this audiobook and this is what Sophie Hannah said to me 😂😂😂🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 I freaking love it!
Finished this audiobook this morning. It is fantastic! The narrators are perfect! I laughed, I was shocked and I truly enjoyed this book
so-soI started off being completely into this one. I love a good thriller even though this one felt familiar (as they all seem to lately) but I was into it until I hit somewhere around the halfway mark and it derailed big time. I feel like the ending was rushed and scattered and it felt very sloppy. In an overcrowded market of thrillers, this one isn‘t a stand out. Meh.
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pickI enjoyed this book. It was fast paced and the internet and talk show transcripts kept it interesting. I did find some of the plot points to be very far fetched, which at times brought me out of the story. However, overall it was a fun read.
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