E. V. Adamson

I hated Bex from the beginning (I hated Jen too) cuz I knew something weren’t right with her. Finding out so was a bloody physco path was the highlight of the book and how she was connected to EVERYTHING that happened on that hill.

Who tf kills someone’s cat for the fun of it just to hide him in the neighbours fence?

She fucking set up Vicky and Dan’s incident because Dan didn’t want her. Like wtf how does someone think like that.

And stalking Jen just to pin it on Lawrence just to convince the woman to kill her ex? Like bitch if you’re just scared Jen was gonna ditch ya after finding out your parents died (father killed, mother suicide -cough- link to the murder-suicide of Vicky and dan) you didn’t have to go that farrrrrrr.

Poor Jen tho. I know she’s got some issues but Bex fucking manipulated her like a bloody puppet

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This book for me wasn't very good at all. The premise sounded really good and I was looking forward to reading the book.

The story begins with five strangers just passing the time of day on the heath. They witness a murder/ suicide and the story goes on from there.

The bulk of the story follows Jen a journalist, one of the five and her best friend Bex. Each chapter told by both characters in turn. This is where for me the story went astray. I was expecting a story from the pov of all five strangers but no that didn't happen. The story takes a turn and is about obsession, control, friendship and revenge and really not a lot with what happens initially.

I was expecting something completely different to what the story turned out to be. Very disappointing and I have to say I didn't want to finish the book but did by flicking by a lot of the pages.… (plus d'informations)

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

The opening scene, where the five strangers witness a murder-suicide, was well done, and I thought the story was going to be about the unreliability of eye witnesses. Instead it featured disturbed characters, committing disturbing and unlikely acts. Jen, the main protagonist, had apparently previously been paid an astronomical amount for writing a confessional column, but had been sacked. Her friend Bex apparently worked for the planing department, but never did a stroke of work. Instead the two roamed about London constantly following other people and each other. People kept revealing their deepest secrets to Jen, knowing she was a journalist, and then asking her not to print what they had said. There were so many unbelievable coincidences and examples of mental ill-health that by the end I would have believed anything of any one.

It left a bad taste in the mouth.… (plus d'informations)