Ok

Well written and well read. I enjoyed some of the twists and turns but I found all of the main characters hard to connect to or even like which made it a little hard going for me I’m afraid.

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Character focus?

I don't believe you need to like the characters you follow through a novel, but it is useful for them to have some redeeming qualities and reason for us to want to know more about them. It misses the mark slightly on this front for me. The class divide could have been interesting to explore but disappears quickly with Rachel getting a free ride through most of the book. Wish the themes from the last tenth of the novel were a bigger focus as well - I found them more interesting.

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Great premise but not fulfilled

I loved the idea for the novel and thought the performances were excellent- but the last 1/3 of the book really let it down and I totally lost interest in not just the characters but the contrived ending.

It’s a shame because it had the potential to be a really good story.

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weird but wonderful

I normally only listen to audiobooks while out walking but this one grabbed me, and I sat listening instead of watching my favourite tv programmes. lovely twists and a bit of a cliffhanger at the end

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Absolutely loved it!

This was brilliant, I was gripped from the very beginning and thought the story was amazing.

The dinner guest

Very good read. First time I've read one of B P Walters books! Can't wait for the next one

Page Turner

Loved the book, it took a. Ouple of chapters to get into it,but once I did it was hard to put down.

Very Enjoyable and Entertaining

The only thing is a tiny bit of london knowledge is beneficial and makes the book more enjoyable. i liked a lot and thought just enough darkness. I would like to read more from this author as I have been very gripped.

dinner guest

loved this gripping story highly recommended
left on a bit of a cliffhanger clever twists

Mediocre at best

I struggled to get through this. The premise was sound, and I enjoyed the use of time jumps to tell the story.

Unfortunately it was rather predictable and was made up of a cast of thoroughly unlikable characters with very few redeeming qualities.

Some of the language used was rather lazy or downright odd, and at times I found myself having to listen to sections again just to be sure I had heard it correctly. At one point, a knife is being described as fitting in someone's had "like a glove" - that's not how gloves work! These should have been picked up and amended in the edit.

The narrators also seem to have struggled with some of the strange or clunky text, making their performances not as smooth and seamless as I would have hoped.

The book had been highly publicised on social media and sounded ideal. Sadly it was rather lacking in content and style.