Comments on: January Book Discussion (Monthly Book Club) + We Reveal February’s Book!

By: Velma

Velma — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 01:36:12 +0000

In reply to Kristy. I think she pulled a red herring to make us think that possibly David the tenant had murdered her.

By: Sydney

Sydney — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 05:21:20 +0000

Can someone help me out here? Lol. I just finished the book (which I loved) but I’m still confused on how Anna knew that Ethan’s father had died and was an architect! Did she just lie to him to save her life in the moment!?

By: Marcia A Cummings

Marcia A Cummings — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 18:15:33 +0000

In reply to Liz.

I loved this book! I was not surprised by GrandmaLizzy being Ethan or her family being dead. I felt something was off about Ethan the entire time, but I knew he was truly off when the cat, who initially was all over him, but after his paw was hurt, slipped behind the couch when Ethan was there. The only thing that truly puzzled me was the ending. I think Ed was supposed to be Ethans’s father and somehow Jane Russell/Katie and Anna Fox were the same character. The reason for thinking this is the line in Chapter 99 where the newspapers dubbed “KILLER TEEN’S $4M HOUSE!” It sounds to me as if Ethan had actually owned the house. Was the woman in both the Fox house and the Russell house one and the same and were they both the woman in the window? The time Anna spent with Jane Russell (Katie) had a very dreamlike feel to it, i.e., same birthdays, “Jane” bringing Riesling wine which Ed liked drinking ice cold and which they were going to drink before the argument in the hotel, Something about the picture in the locket “Jane” was wearing was also some kind of clue. I’m still puzzling over whether the Jane/Katie and Anna conversation was real or whether Anna was imagining a conversation with her former self. Also, were Jane/Katie and Ed, or Anna and Ed Ethan’s biological parents. Will be puzzling over this ending for a long time.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 21 May 2018 15:52:50 +0000

Hey guys! Just finished the book, I was hooked and really enjoyed it. Did not expect Ethan at all however there were a few things which disapointed me in the book. I felt like they touched on characters and never really went into depth or explained the rest of it. E.g the affair with Anna and brill and how it tore her eds marriage apart. I thought that part of the story had potential to be elaborated with more flashbacks but it just abruptly ended and was left wondering who this strange character was. … also thought David played somewhat prominent character but never heard the end of him? Same with the cheating neighbor. Don’t get me wrong I finished this book in a few days! But just dissecting it here I wish they went further into it. I felt that the incredibly short 1-2 page chapters with blank pages in between was blank space that could have been used for more detail. I also found that there was too much dialogue from the movies .. it was like reading a movie script and found myself just skipping sentences almost every page as they were just conversations from movies. I found that the book was great but the ending was just so sudden and quick and before I knew it I had come to the last page! I had hoped that more depth could have played out with the story line as it ended quite abruptly leaving some things not explained properly. OVERALL I enjoyed the book! (Just wondering if anyone else thought the same?)

By: Harriet Cabelly

Harriet Cabelly — Mon, 14 May 2018 02:02:45 +0000

Loved this book although I’m not a mystery/thriller reader. I’m a non-fiction lover, especially memoirs of transcendence. But I facilitate book clubs for parents in public schools in Queens, NY and we alternate between fiction and non-fiction each month. This was our mystery for the year and it was an amazing one at that! I was the most shocked to hear that Anna’s family was really dead. That was a ‘what’ moment. He’s an amazing writer to be able to surprise the reader at each major point. This is being made into a movie. Once again we are reminded that things/people aren’t necessarily what/who they present as. It becomes disconcerting when you start to wonder who you can ever really trust as the real deal; that what you see is what you get.