ScrappyMags 3-word review:

Sci-chologically Chilling!

Genre: Mystery/Psychological Thriller

Publication date: 8/6/19

Shortest summary ever:

Abbie Cullen-Scott wakes up. It’s 5 years after SOMETHING happened, but what? Who is she? Is she really Abbie? Then her husband tells her…

What’s good under the hood: 

First off – don’t read details about this book because soooo much will spoil it. It’s one that the LESS you know, the better. With that said, I’m not into Sci-fi books so I outwardly groaned when a little ways in, things gets “sciency/techy”.

DON’T STOP HERE.

Stick with it, because it gets good. And I mean REALLY good. Strange. Weird. That kind of goooooood. It’s damn freaky to be blunt. And it’s trailblazing. I haven’t read LOTS in this genre but I’ve never encountered anything like this. As I write this review I’m thinking how much I’d love to discuss this as a book club. It’s about a family, and what that means and what happens in that dynamic. And power. And greed. And humanity and big questions revolving around that sphere. All with murder (or is it kidnapping? Missing person?) Twisted psyches… You don’t want to miss this.

What’s bad or made me mad: 

I’m supposed to hate certain characters, so well done in that department. But nope – nothing irritating – this novel is a friggin coup of ingenuity.

Recommend to:

The book clubs!! Allllll the bookclubs. Psychological fans will get into Delaney’s twisted plot. The gotta-read-the-it-book folks will swoon.

Not recommended to:

Those who truly HATE anything having to do with science and technology and won’t budge.

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Ballantine and “J.P” (pseudonym for Mr. Strong ) for an advanced copy (and making me watch The Terminator again but with much more 🤔🤔🤔)