Daughter - Jane Shemilt

I actually started on this review almost two weeks ago, but haven't had the time nor energy to finish it (been in a zombie mode this passed week so all the energy I have had, I used on my daily drawings..)😴

Anyway... back to the review!😉

Daughter was the first book I've read by Jane Shemilt. I didn't know that much about this book before I started, but I was not that disappointed 😊 

The Blurb:

The night of the disappearance

She used to tell me everything.

They have a picture. It'll help.

But it doesn't show the way her hair shines so brightly it looks like sheets of gold.

She smells very faintly of lemons.

She bites her nails.

She never cries.

She loves autumn, I wanted to tell them. She collects leaves, like a child does. She is just a child.

FIND HER

One year later

Naomi is still missing. Jenny is a mother in the brink of obsession. The Malcolm family is in pieces.

Is finding the truth about Naomi the only way to put them back together?

Or is the truth the thing that will finally tear them apart?

My Thoughts:

Like I said in the beginning of this review, I started writing this review almost two weeks ago which means that it's been around two weeks since I read this book. So.. I might have forgotten some of the things that happened in this story, but I will try my best!🙊

So this is one of the typical disappearance stories about someone who's missing and the mother (or another family member or someone else) who wants to find the truth of what happened that horrible night. And it also got this mysteriousness to it that keeps people like me wanting to find out more and ends up reading the whole book 😛  There's also a twist in the end as it usually is with these kind of stories.

The story changed between the past (the days before the disappearance and after) and present (round a year later). I know I've said something like this before, but the way the chapters changed between then and now was not as confusing as it can be when it comes to these kind of stories. I did go back once to almost at the beginning to check something out that turned up at the near of the book, but that was it 😛

I can say that the ending was quite a surprise. I did not see that coming at all! I had some suspicions in my head, but this ending was not one of them. I was not that disappointed either about the end. I actually want to know what happens next, but I know I will never find out. I think. 

All in all, this was a nice and suspenseful thriller with a huge twist at the end and (like I said) I was not disappointed! I will definitely check out more of her books one day😊 

And that's the end of this review! Can't think of anything else to say so this is it. 

Bye! x

(I'm going to upload a new blog entry pretty soon that was also supposed to be up a while ago.. whoopsie!)

(Also..just discovered the emojis that's been added recently as you probably have noticed by now 😛)

Currently reading - The Sunrise by Victoria Hislop

Before I Go To Sleep - S. J. Watson

Before I go to sleep is S. J. Watson's debut novel and the second book I've read from this author. Second life was the other one which I've also written a review on. I'm glad I read this as well, because I could not simply put it down without having a reason...

The Blurb:
Memories define us.

So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?
Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight.
And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story.

Welcome to Christine's life.

My Thoughts:
Wow...what a novel! I was hooked from the start! Last night I even ended up reading till 4.30 in the morning because there was a lot of things that suddenly happened. After I noticed light coming through the window I knew I had to stop and try to sleep :P So yeah... this was a book that I just couldn't put down without having a reason.

I'm gonna try and not spoil the whole book, but I think I can say a few things that is not really spoilers. Christine got amnesia. She only remember the things that has happened during the day, but when she falls asleep she forgets everything. So when she wakes up, she doesn't remember anything that have happened the day before or her past. Even her husband, who lies right next to her in bed every morning when she wakes up. The same questions every day, forgotten the next morning, until a doctor gives her a journal. She starts to write down most of the things that has happened during the day, so she can read it when she wakes up. The memories that comes and goes, the feelings of something bad that has happened. And that's what this whole book is about. Her journal, the things she has written, things that she has started to remember but fades as quick as they have come and occasionally comes back. And I can say that some things might not be true.

I liked the ending, although I wish the author had written some more! It was a thrill read and I'm glad that Second life made me wanting to read more from S. J Watson! There's also a film version of it that came out in 2014 if you don't want to read it :P I think I might gonna watch it one day and see if it is as good as the book ;)

5/5

Next book to read: Wool by Hugh Howey

Career of Evil - Robert Galbraith

The third novel in the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith. Enough said! :P Anyway, I've finally finished this book so here's my thoughts for J. K. Rowling's Roberts Galbraith's newest book in this amazing series! (might contain some spoilers)

The Blurb:
When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.

Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.

With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them...


A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around evert corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroad in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down.

My Thoughts:
Where shall I begin? I've read the other two books in this series and was excited to read this one knowing that I wouldn't be let down. I was right. So many things happened and I also got to know the main characters background as the story made them think back to the past about things that they had gone through. I feel like I've gotten to know them more now that I've done from the previous books. Although I got to know things from Strike's past, there was so much more, more about his mum, where he had grown up, his stepfather and his special friendship with Shanker... Many things you will learn from this book.
Aaand, when it comes to the murderer... once again I was surprised! Over halfway through the book, I started to think that one of them could be the one who was the murderer, but I was wrong, again.. Usually you get the idea that one person is the guilty one and you're right in the end, but Rowling? Nooo... she get you to think that that person sounds more and more guilty and then... Nope! Wrong person! After reading all three I still haven't figured the right person out, at all!

My dad have complained a little bit about her descriptions of buildings and such (and the way she write is difficult to understand), but I haven't really thought about it at all to be honest. The one thing I would "complain" (hardly a complain at all) about is the crossover between Robin and Strike. First you read about Strike and then, the next sentence is about Robin and then suddenly it's Strike (or the other way around). It's a bit confusing, but after reading some chapters I get used to it though.

Anyway, I love this series and I just saw that she is currently writing a fourth book! Yey! And I also found out (probably bit late to the party) that this series is going be adapted into a tv-series on BBC One! Hope it will come on the telly here in Norway as well!

5/5

The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith

The Cuckoo's Calling is the debut mystery novel in the Cormoran Strike series that J. K. Rowling have written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The Silkworm and  Career of Evil are the next books in this series. I've read the second book, The Silkworm and going to buy the latest one in this series, Career of Evil, soon.

The Blurb:

When a troubled model falls to her death from a Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts and calls in private detective Cormoran Strike to investigate.

Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically - and his private life is in disarray. The Case gives him a financial lifeline but comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's world, the darker things become and the closer he gets to terrible danger...

My Thoughts: 

For someone who just started to read mystery/crime books, this was a great read. I enjoyed this book and could barely put it down. All the mystery and drama and trying to figure out what happened to the girl. I tried to find out the killer and still got shocked when Strike reveals who had done it! It's a story that will keep you guessing who the real killer is and all the mystery around this whole investigation.



5/5