I finished this book a couple of weeks ago and have needed that much time to process this novel. I have spent countless hours speaking with my book blogging pals saying things like “what the actual hell…” “WTF” and “that ending??!!” And now, after all that processing, I am finally able to talk about Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
This one had been trending for months and all people could say was WTF that ending? I, obviously, was more than curious so when I was sent a copy of this novel, I was thrilled. This one had the narrative style of B.A Paris, Peter Swanson, and Gillian Flynn. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and by the end, WTF that ending was right!!
The novel surrounds single, working mom Louise who is in a rut. When she meets a man at a bar, she is upset to find out (after they share a passionate kiss) that he is married, but is shocked to find out he is actually her new boss. She vows to stay away from him and, when she meets his wife, the beautiful Adele, she knows she should stay away. Instead, she and Adele become friends and Louise is drawn closer into their orbit. She begins to learn more about them and, although David and Adele seem to have the perfect marriage, Louise begins to learn about his controlling nature and Adele’s fear. As Louise works to uncover what is going on, she would never have guessed how wrong something actually is and how far a person would go to protect their marriage’s secrets.
I will not say much in this review because I do not want to give away any second of the plot or the twist that make this read such an all-consuming, addicting page turner. The plot is meticulously weaved and intricately rolled out until the very moment that Pinborough chooses to drop the WTF bomb and change the entire perception of everything I felt about this book or thought the plot was going. I LOVED IT. I read a lot of books; I am pretty good at guessing the end of anything I read or at least come kind of close. I have never been so off on any plot in my life.
Do yourself a favour, pick this up on January 31st, read it AND then come back and talk to me about it because I still need to continuously revisit this one. I consider this one a MUST READ! 5/5 stars.
Thanks to all my book blogging pals (especially Renee at It’s Book Talk) who sent this one my way when they were finished!
Wonderful review! I finished this last week but I haven’t posted my review because I’m trying to process it as well! Im hoping to post it Friday or Saturday.💁🏻
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It’s a hard one to compress right??!!
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Oh yeah!
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Yeah, glad to see I made a good decision by pre-ordering this one! I’m so excited to get it and dive into it soon enough (my TBR is getting big now lol).
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IT IS INSANE. Message me as soon as you get to the WTF part….you’ll know lol
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Great review! Can’t wait to grab a copy of this one!
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I cannot wait to hear what you’ll think about it!! Let me know when you do…I still need to discuss lol
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Awesome! I’ve bumped it up on my TBR, so hopefully in the next few weeks. Maybe we could do some kind of discussion on it on both of our blogs? Something like that? I think that’d be cool. 🙂
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That would be awesome! I’d love that
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Woo!! Alrighty then… I’ll let you know when I’ve finished!
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Perfect!
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Aand now I’m even more excited for it!
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I am in the complete minority (actually I might be the only one) but I just didn’t enjoy this book at all😁 It just didn’t work for me but I’m glad to have passed it on to you and that you really liked it!! Great review as always:)
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I don’t know 100% if the ending really worked for me either. However, I cannot deny that it was out of left field and completely blew my mind. It got 5 stars alone for that! lol
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I can’t wait to read this one and find out what the big twist is!
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Let me know when you have read it! It’s pretty crazy! Some people love it and some hate it, but no one can deny it truly makes you think WTF!?! 😂
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No one can guess the ending XD The more I think about it, the less I like it, but it was an addictive read!
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That’s how I kind of feel too, but it was a brilliant trick lol
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I love your nail polish!! Also I don’t read mystery/thriller to much but this has me intrigued. 😀
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It’s very different; let me know what you think if you end up reading it! And thanks!
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Love this! I need to pick this up and try it. I think I may have mentioned before that a retelling she wrote called Poison is my only experience with her writing.
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This was my first experience but I’ll be going back for others for sure!
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Sounds really good. I used to read mysteries and thrillers all the time and now I have been venturing out of my comfort zone for the last year and have been loving it. This just might be the book to bring me back to the genre.
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It’s pretty standard until the end and then it gets incredibly intense! Let me know if you get around to reading it!
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I’ll try…. So many books to read
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Ohh great review now I am intrigued about the ending, I might have too check this book out when it comes out. Thank you for the awesome post.
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HI, wow, great review and you have certainly piqued my interest regarding “Behind Her Eyes”
I’ll check it out…Thanks :o)
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Let me know if you end up reading it! I’d love to chat!
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I really enjoyed this too, I recently reviewed it on my own blog in fact. It’s not often that the twist changes your perception of the whole of the rest of the book but this really does, like you say!
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I will have to check out your review!
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Thanks! I’m still a beginner really but I try!
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I’m a beginner too! No worries!
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