Title: He Said/She Said
Author: Erin Kelly
Genre: Crime/thriller
Date Read: 26/03/2017 – 31/03/2017
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
Ah yes. It’s been quite a while since I’ve read a thriller and I had forgotten how much I enjoy them.
Kit and Laura witness a brutal attack during a solar eclipse. Fifteen years later, they are living in fear due to events in the aftermath of the case. As Kit travels away for another eclipse and Laura remains home, heavily pregnant with twins, the events of the past fifteen years start to come to a head.
One of the things about thrillers is that they do often require a certain amount of willing suspension of disbelief that I’m not always able to offer. Some of the extraordinary lengths gone to by some of the characters in this book just felt unreasonable, and made me lose any connection I had with the them up until that point. Having said that, it is a staple of the genre, which I can accept.
This book was well-plotted and gripping; there were two occasions were I took way too long on my lunch break at work because I was caught up reading. The pages flew by. The scenes depicting the rape trial were infuriatingly realistic. There is a reveal on the final page that I didn’t think had quite the impact the author was hoping for; given the circumstances, it didn’t actually make a lot of sense to me, but I could see what she was going for. The characters were not hugely likeable, but they did hold my interest and I did appreciate that there was a really solid, positive friendship between two women (particularly how it was shown at the end).
Overall, this is definitely recommended for thriller fans. I know it’s been quite popular recently and I can definitely see where the fuss is coming from.
(Thank you to the publishers and Goodreads Givewaways for providing me wth a copy of this book)
A Keyboard and an Open Mind 
A concise and interesting review! Thanks for bringing this to my attention, it definitely looks worth a read.
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You’re welcome. I hope you enjoy it.
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Excellent review! I’m definitely going to try and get a copy of this one now. 🙂
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Fab review. Sorry to hear that didn’t quite meet your expectations especially after having been away from the genre for a while. It does sound like the usual thriller story-line with unlikable characters and unrealistic aspects of the plot. However, it still sounds interesting so I will check it out if i get the chance.
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I can definitely see why everyone is talking about this one, and on one hand, I can appreciate that the characters were in a siutation where one thing lead to another and then suddenly you’re trapped in a cycle of trying to cover your tracks. I hope you’ll enjoy it!
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My review is here. However, it still sounds interesting so I will check it out if i get the chance.
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