My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Iain Reid pieced this book very carefully and left clues towards the grand reveal in the end. I am proud to say that I guessed the twist at the beginning because of some of those clues but then I ruled it out because of other clues. I don't want to spoil the story in this review even though everyone else did. Though, it is hard to delve into the intricate details without spoiling it. That means that the general details and the specific genre. It is a thriller and it is a good thriller.
This is about a guy and his girlfriend going to his parents farm. It is written in the perspective of the girlfriend, so the guy is kind of a vague mystery throughout the book. The book is written in present time but also in flashbacks as they relate to what the girlfriend is currently thinking about at the time. And throughout this book, she is thinking about ending things.
The writing was right up my alley, it was for the most part straight forward, it didn't drown me with stupid details about everything, which is apparently great writing, the parts that needed to be vague stayed vague and the things that needed to be highlighted, they were definitely highlighted. You can tell what details are meant to stick into your mind and because those details are meant to stick in your mind it makes you scrutinize those details and decipher them as needed be.
The twist was straight forward but the very last sentence had me flipping through the book a full thirty minutes trying to figure out what that even meant, so if anyone else here that has read the books and want to clue me in, please do. I don't know if it's just one last vague line to end the book but with what this book is I doubt that it is.
I have received this book from goodreads firstreads and am genuinely happy that I had.
Grand Verdict: Hell Yeah. HELL TO THE YES.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Favorite Character: ASPIRIN
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