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I liked the idea of this one, but it was really just okay for me. I found parts of it to be slow and confusing with the back and forth in the timeline. It had a good twist and felt realistic in a lot of ways, but I didn‘t love it.

Not my favorite CRH, but she always has fun twists. Kept me entertained while Fall cleaning. #BOTM

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I listened to the audiobook of this via Borrowbox,
I enjoyed it.

Read for reading challenges, and read for #TheIrishReadathon2023

4/5

A good read taking place during Covid that went somewhere I didn‘t expect!

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I had a difficult time with this one. While some of the twists were pretty good toward the end, I had a hard time staying interested in the story. It was pretty repetitive and a little slow for me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Another one off the #TBRWrappedUp shelf. I'll have to unwrap another one later today.

Listening to 56 Days while putting some quilt squares together. I'm having a hard time getting into the story. I'm about 1/3 of the way in and really hoping it picks up.

I loved the premise of this book and the overall story was good. I wasn‘t a fan of the writing style though. Parts of the story were told several different times from different perspectives which was a little too repetitive. The ending was also very abrupt. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Like her writing style ~ suspenseful & nice peek into life in Ireland during the pandemic!

Couldn‘t put this down. Loved it!

I really liked this until the end. It felt like the author changed her mind about the twist, but then didn‘t go back and rewrite the lead up to make sense with the new character developments.

I liked the idea of this story but not so much the execution of how it was delivered. There were som sloggy parts that made it really hard to really care how it was going to end. Perhaps I‘m just not ready to read about a covid lockdown story.

I found it okay

Hmmm
A solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️. Maybe ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Liked the story, the character info at the end was a little too scattered.... don't want to give the ending away.... overall a good read.

Excellent. I want to read everything the author's written and will write. The narrator does a fantastic job with the audiobook.

Now to find another mystery/thriller that'll live up to this one. Anyone have any recs?

Started listening to this earlier today, and I'm surprised by how intriguing it is. Interesting structure. The husband is going out with friends tonight so continuing is my plan, at least until the special gummy I ate kicks in. 😅

Well finished my first book that takes place during the pandemic!! A thriller based in Ireland circa 2020! Pretty good story .. it was hard to put down honestly!! Highly recommend 🙈

Excellent book! I picked this one up on recommendation from The Currently Reading podcast and was not disappointed. 5⭐️

This book had me going till the end. Howard is a pro at leading you down the wrong path, making you think you know all the things, and you really KNOW NOTHING! The COVID setting in Ireland, makes for the perfect scenario where two people are forced to make decisions in order to stay together, and clearly, sometimes that is detrimental.

FYI: I chose not to meet people or move in with them during COVID, and this just justifies that🤣

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What a better book for Friday the 13th than a COVID thriller? 😳 #currentlylistening

Perfect - a body is found during the pandemic - 56 days earlier two people with secrets meet - the story unfolds - twists and turns everywhere -
Howard does a great job capturing the mood of people early on in the Pandemic (she wrote it during that time)-
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1. yes on occasion
2. none right now - tagged book could become a standard for stories taking place during COVID

Another great thriller/mystery to add to my list. I enjoyed the twists and turns in this one more than I thought I would. Just when I was starting to figure things out, something else came and surprised me again! Definitely recommend this one if you like twists and turns that you don‘t see coming… for miles and miles!

“It's like one of those viral videos taken inside some swanky apartment complex, where all the slim and fit thirtysomething residents are doing jumping jacks behind the glass railings of their balconies while the world burns.“

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It‘s not very often I read thrillers but the fact this was set during the pandemic & lockdown had me intrigued. It felt a bit surreal reading it at first but I thought it was done really well. The author states she hopes it was entertaining and that‘s exactly what it was. A few too many changes/twists near the end for me but I was hooked throughout. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Come for possible murder, stay for the twisted meet-cute and Dublin descriptions! Reading this Covid lockdown mystery was surreal, and I thought the dual timelines plus 3 POVs were well done. The story didn‘t go in quite the direction I thought it would, but it was unexpectedly romantic at times and made me think about child crimes. I wish the ending had more resolution but this was 3.5 - 4⭐️s! A trip to Ireland is definitely on my bucket list.

After 2 years, I‘m ready to try a Covid-era novel. I admit I skipped over this #BOTM pick months ago because a lot of their thrillers don‘t appeal to me, but reviews swayed me with this one. It‘s starting off quite good! A dual timeline with a dual POV that was just revealed and has immediately got my spidey-senses tingling…🤔

This was a smart mystery that kept me guessing. Lots of twists that I did not see coming. This is one of those books where you cannot say a lot without giving the plot away.
Potential trigger warning - this book is set during covid and it plays a big part in the story.

56 Days is well written, well paced, with tantalising clues and a couple of truly excellent fake-out twists. The couple barely know each other when they‘re forced into the pressure cooker pandemic situation, so the reader gets two (or more?) very different perspectives on the same events. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/56-days-catherine-ryan-howard/

All I can think about is this book 😳😳😳

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1. Fast moving. I love plot driven page turners.
2. This book is a thriller set during the early days of the pandemic. I thought it was very twisty and it made me want to read more of this author.

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After being on the library waiting list for ages, this came in (and then expired) while I was out of town/ not coming in to the office. And I'm too impatient to just wait my turn again, so here we are.

If you can take reading a thriller set during the pandemic this one is really good. The structure and pacing kept me guessing. This is my first book by the author but I‘ll definitely be reading her backlist.

188 of 2021. This was just okay for me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Will this make a good jury duty book, or should I go with something lighter?

The Covid setting is depressing. But. It‘s a good thriller, didn‘t guess the twists. Highly recommend!

A bit weird and fidgety reading a book written about the start of COVID (and here we are again, never ending it seems, but I digress). BUT! This was a first rate mystery, thought I had it figured out and was pleasantly surprised to find out that I was totally wrong 😂
Highly recommend!!

Love in the time of COVID gone horribly wrong. Set in Dublin. I really enjoyed this thriller. Am not-so-secretly delighted my time spent reading ends in 56.

Ciara and Oliver, both twenty-something newcomers to Dublin meet, apparently by chance, just a couple of weeks before Dublin goes into full-blown lockdown. And as it does, Ciara makes the momentous decision to move into Oliver's swish apartment. But it soon becomes clear that Oliver's past holds a dark secret... (cue doomy music). First rate thriller.

A domestic thriller set during lockdown In the Covid pandemic. This was a decent thriller which was a good way to pass a couple of hours today. I enjoyed it and would like to see what else this author has to offer

A really clever and timely thriller that I enjoyed thoroughly. Remember the good old days when we thought this would all be behind us if we stayed home for 2 weeks? 😂

Catherine Ryan Howard has now become a must read author for me and this is the first book I've read by her. 😀

Howard has delivered a phenomenal thriller and the way she uses the pandemic in the story made it unsettling and more believable.

Highly recommend this one to mystery/thriller fans.

My principal asked for some book recommendations over the weekend - it's always fun getting messages like this and knowing your suggestions hit the mark!

I was a little unsure how reading a book about the pandemic would make me feel, especially since we are seeing a major surge in my area again right now... but I actually really liked this! I guessed a couple of the twists, but not all of them and I liked the ending. I will definitely be reading more from this author!

Love in the time of Covid. Set in Dublin, one week or so before the country shutdown. Oliver and Ciara meet at the grocery store and begin dating. After moving in during the 2 week quarantine, one is dead and everyone has secrets. Told from 3 points of views and jumping back and forth between 56 days ago to today (and in between). Surprisingly, it was easy to follow. Several twists and turns! Definitely recommend this book!

The problem with this book ... is me. It was hard to follow the jumping timelines and I'm not a huge fan of open endings.

Otherwise the storytelling was riveting and the twists weren't predictable. I was on an emotional roller coaster the entire book and was unsure who to like or not.

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I've had uncharacteristic trouble finishing books lately, but this twisty thriller was a page-turner. Set in Dublin at the onset of the pandemic, the story jumps backward and forward in time as two newcomers to the city impulsively decide to spend the lockdown together. It opens with a dead body, so it's clear something goes horribly wrong, but I did not see that ending coming at all. Good stuff.