e-Audio, 07:49:43
Narrated by: Renée Chambliss
Release Date: August 29, 2023
Published by: Tantor Media, Inc.
Read from: September 3-6, 2023
Stand-alone
Source: Library’s Libby
TW: Gaslighting, Murder, Lying, Car Accident
For Readers Interested In: Romance, Thriller, Mystery, YA
Sadie Oliver is loving her new life in California. For the first time, she has friends and a normal teenage life filled with parties and pranks. But when one of those pranks goes horribly wrong, Sadie hits someone with her car on a dark, winding road. Or at least… she thinks she did.
Though her friends are quick to convince her that they didn’t see anything, Sadie can’t shake the vision of the girl in the headlights: bloody hair, wide, terrified eyes, lips parted in a scream. When she goes out to investigate, there’s a slight dent in the car, but that’s it: no body, no blood.
Sadie wants to go to the police—but how can she? She shouldn’t have been driving, and as her friends remind her, there’s nothing to tell. But when a note that says FIND ME is slipped through Sadie’s window, she fears that she’s either onto something big… or slipping deeper into the illness that took her mother.
*MY THOUGHTS*
When I heard about this book I was all in. The weird legend that’s in this actually sounds like one I knew of in my college town. Now when I was in college I didn’t go there to see about that legend…. So when I got the chance to read about one instead, I was all in.
Unfortunately it was nothing at all like i expected. The best way to explain what this book is, is just say it’s the actual embodiment of gaslighting. I don’t know there’s ever been a better explanation lol In the end tho I wasn’t able to guess who all was involved. I got one person, but I didn’t realize there was more than just that person. Idk, this was just really weird.
And don’t get me started on the ending. WTF was that? Like bro they had just told who it was that did it and then it was like bloop over. I was so confused. I even rewound it some to make sure I wasn’t like missing some place. But nope. It just stopped. Like why would you do that? It not only made me crazy, but it pissed me off too. It just didn’t feel complete.
I did like the mystery before the ending tho. It’s the only reason i stayed long enough. And then I liked the narrator. It was good enough that I stuck around the finish it. I don’t remember anything that made her hard to listen to and I liked the way she put so much emotion into the story. It was actually really cool that she actually sounded scared when it was time to be scared. The same with all her other emotions as well. It really was good.
This was NOT what I was expecting, but it was ok for what it was. I can find better recommendations for thrillers, but I’d still give it to someone looking for a short polarizing read. It wasn’t what I had this pegged for, but yeah. It wasn’t great, but also not terrible.
Overall, I give this
Hmm. I had just seen this book in someone’s StS post and was intrigued then I saw you had a review and thought perfect! Sad to hear it wasn’t quite what one would expect from the genre. Now I feel hesitant to add it to my never ending TBR pile. Glad it was still somewhat enjoyable! Nice review!