My 2nd book by this author, and I think I can say we click.

I’ve read the reviews and I can see why people don’t like Lindsey. I can see why they didn’t connect with the story. I can even understand why the “I don’t remember, so you can’t trust anything I say” trope is annoying to them. But— I was feeling Lindsey, her story, and her unreliability. I liked everything about this story and will officially classify it as a “me” book.

I do wish I didn’t guess who did it. But I did not guess why, so that was still fun.

I recommend, but cautiously since I always love books that other people seem to hate. ( )

The story starts out pretty intense but gets slower as you read on. Lindsay struggled to piece together what happens the night her best friend dies, and her questioning of her friends a decade later keeps the reader in suspense. I was able to figure out the killer by halfway through the book, which made the rest seem to drag (although I did finish in a day!)

*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.* ( )

This story really struck a nerve for me, because I was the same age as Lindsay when the story began, and I had a group of friends similar to hers, and was close to someone exactly like Edie. I viscerally felt Lindsay’s hurt when she was rejected by her friends and men in the dating world, and her desire to understand what happened. Just like older Lindsay, I too often reminisce and yearn for the easy way friendships developed in my twenties. The author wrote honestly about female friendships and mental health, and the dialogue between Lindsay and her friends was realistic. ⁣
When the mystery surrounding Edie’s death was revealed, I was disappointed when the villain revealed their master plan to Lindsay, as that is a book pet peeve of mine. I’ve seen that some readers were surprised by the reveal, but early on I had my suspicions, so I was more interested in how events came to be surrounding their involvement with Edie’s death. ⁣ ( )

I have two problems with book. First the revelations about the central mystery come at a snail's pace. Second, there are so many things that the main characters can't remember because they were addled by alcohol, drugs etc. After over three hundred plus pages what happened drip, drip, drips out.. When it finally does I don't buy what happened. The novel is about the "suicide" of a girl named Edie but after multiple years pass one friend starts to question that it was a suicide at all. You can guess what the rest of the book is about. ( )

SEE MY REVIEW HERE: https://leahsbookishobsession2.blogspot.com/2020/02/review-lost-night.html ( )