PinThis was a great psychological thriller with an interesting plot and an ending that’s sure to surprise most, if not all readers. I was one of those who did not predict the ending of this one at all. It has a touch of fantasy to it that appealed to me. I didn’t really love any of the characters but it didn’t matter to this story. The story stood out on its own and I always love a book in which I can’t predict what might happen.
I listened to the audiobook which has several narrators including Anna Bentinck, Josie Dunn, Bea Holland, and Huwm Parmenter and they all do a wonderful job of making it a great listen. I recommend this one for those who enjoy psychological thrillers with something a little different.
Source: Library
I’m not sure I’ll like the fantasy aspect so I hope it’s a weak element of the story. I think I have this in print.
What some call the “fantasy” in this book is really what the author uses to write herself out of a sticky situation: paranormal abilities. I don’t call that fantasy.
I read this. So I can’t comment on the audio quality, just the story.
Some books, like BEHIND HER EYES, present situations that make the reader ask, how will the author write herself out of this? And then sometimes the author does, but other times the author uses what I call “the easy way out” and makes the impossible possible with paranormal abilities. If not for that, this would have been a five-star book.
BEHIND HER EYES really had me going for the majority of the book. Louise makes a few poor decisions when it comes to Adele and David, the first and probably worst being her inability to tell Adele that she (Louise) was sexually involved with David and to tell David that she (Louise) had become a friend of Adele’s. Louise didn’t want to give up either. So she made a whole lot of trouble for herself. This sounds like a silly romance novel, I know, but really it isn’t. It is quite a page turner.
Where BEHIND HER EYES goes wrong is in the last couple of chapters. Whereas other reviewers say this end is a surprise, I would add that it is a disappointment. It is too easy to use paranormal abilities as explanations. So, while others gasped in surprise and then gasped again, I laughed.
Now I wonder, did Sarah Pinburough mean for the last chapter to be funny? Because, after the surprise/disappointment of the previous chapter, I think it is.
By the way, the end may make you want to reread this book.