To be perfectly blunt, this book really disappointed me. As a big fan of psychological thrillers, I expected to really enjoy this book. However, although I was able to make it to the end of the story, it felt like I was plodding to get there, and the ending really wasn't worth the huge build up.
The book tells the story of celebrity Lara King from her point of view after her 6 year old daughter, Ava, goes missing. Made to stay at home whilst her millions of Instagram followers look for Ava, Lara slowly starts to lose control of her fabricated 'perfect life'.
I felt like the book's concept had huge potential in our celebrity-obsessed society, and expected it to explore the darkness of fame. However, I found the story line and its 'major plot twists' to be unrealistic and quite boring due to the author's need to make everything sound dramatic! What also bugged me throughout the story was that the 6 year old was written far too maturely for her age.
To summarise, this book was an okay read, but left me feeling 'meh'. There are just so many better psychological thrillers out there right now, so I couldn't honestly recommend this book to be added to your TBR list.
I received a copy of this book from Readers First in exchange for an honest review.
The book tells the story of celebrity Lara King from her point of view after her 6 year old daughter, Ava, goes missing. Made to stay at home whilst her millions of Instagram followers look for Ava, Lara slowly starts to lose control of her fabricated 'perfect life'.
I felt like the book's concept had huge potential in our celebrity-obsessed society, and expected it to explore the darkness of fame. However, I found the story line and its 'major plot twists' to be unrealistic and quite boring due to the author's need to make everything sound dramatic! What also bugged me throughout the story was that the 6 year old was written far too maturely for her age.
To summarise, this book was an okay read, but left me feeling 'meh'. There are just so many better psychological thrillers out there right now, so I couldn't honestly recommend this book to be added to your TBR list.
I received a copy of this book from Readers First in exchange for an honest review.