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GONE TONIGHT
Sarah Pekkanen
St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: August 1st, 2023
352 Pages
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Let me start off by saying I have loved previous books by Sarah Pekkanen, especially the ones she has written with Greer Hendricks, An Anonymous Girl and The Golden Couple immediately coming to mind. Everyone else on GR is loving this one but for me, it was just too far out there to enjoy. This story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Ruth and her daughter Catherine. We get somewhat of a dual timeline with Ruth writing about the past in her journal. I loved the format of the book as this is one of my favourite ways to read thrillers. The chapters are also fairly short and I liked that as well.
What I didn’t like was the convoluted premise of the book. A sixteen-year-old running away and being able to evade police all while being under a new identity and having a baby. As we get further into the story in the present there were way too many coincidences and Catherine’s research was too easily done. One Facebook search and she has who/what she’s looking for from twenty-five years ago…I didn’t buy it and I also didn’t buy into a twenty-five-year-old allowing her mother to GPS her phone and location at all times. The more I read, the more absurd the story became and I found there were just too many plot holes. Both the women were very unlikeable characters and the big reveal wasn’t surprising in the least. Bummer, cause I like this author but was disappointed overall.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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