Hot damn! That was one intense read! I literally squirmed in my seat the last few chapters repeating “oh shit oh shit”! Excellent thriller with a few new twists on a child kidnapping!

So. Good. I knew most of the ending pretty early on, but the suspense kept me reading - and there were still a few surprises! Really easy read.

The first 30% was slow, repetitive, and kind of annoying. It started to pick up and then everything was happening at once. Pretty good book overall.

Tell Me You're Mine by Elisabeth Noreback shifts perspective between three women – two mothers and a daughter, bringing the pieces of their past together and putting them on a collision course. With a small cast of characters, the suspense in this book is not there for me. Without a compelling suspense to keep me turning the pages, the book becomes a very slow read. The “action” towards the end brings no twist or surprise, so the book ends on the same note on which it begins.

Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/03/tell-me-youre-mine.html

Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.

This book is one of many that have been written lately using the unreliable narrator trope. Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, and The Woman in the Window come to mind.

I spent the majority of the novel not knowing whether or not Stella's beliefs and suspicions were justified and whether everyone in Stella's life wants her to move on from the loss of her child because it would be easier for them, not necessarily easier for her. I vacillated between thinking her beliefs were justified and thinking she was being paranoid. As a reader, it was infuriating not to know whether I should be rooting for the main character or not.

"Mourning a child is a lonely business. The longing and the loss are impossible to share with anyone else."

I would've rated this book higher if it wasn't so darn tense and depressing for so much of the book. However, this book was well written. I would recommend it to suspense seekers.

First to Read provided me with a complimentary copy of TELL ME YOU’RE MINE by Elisabeth Norebäck in exchange for an honest review.

Rounded up from 2.5. A decent but uneven book. The premise was intriguing. There were some side stories or events that seemed unnecessary in the mid to later parts of the book. Overall, ok but will probably quickly fade from my memory.

Rating: 3 Stars
Days it Took to Read: 6

Review: I liked but did not love this book. It was pretty similar to two of my recent reads (The Waiting Room and What She Gave Away)...it had similar plot points but combined them into one book with a few extra twists. This book was translated so that may also be a reason it didn’t quite click for me. Definitely would be enjoyable to some thriller/mystery readers, just had higher hopes for this one. If you’ve been to Stockholm, Sweden, you may enjoy this book more and understand the setting better.

The book was narrated in the first person by three different characters: Stella, Isabelle, and Kerstin. Stella believes that Isabelle is her daughter Alice who was kidnapped as a baby while Kerstin claims she is Isabelle’s biological mom and does everything she can to protect her daughter from Stella. Having the three viewpoints really allows the reader to navigate through the mystery and try to figure out if there is any truth to Stella’s claim. With insight from these three characters, I kept going back and forth between believing Stella and thinking she is completely crazy.

The conclusion (no spoiler) is somewhat open-ended so the reader can decide what happens to the characters in the end. That is something I usually enjoy, but it also drives me crazy because I just have to know how everyone ends up…even minor characters.

I definitely think I would have appreciated this book more if I were familiar with Stockholm and did not read two similar books beforehand. Although it was not the most unique thriller, there were some twists I liked. I would definitely consider reading books by this author again and would recommend this book to the right person.

Thanks to NetGalley and Putnam Books for an advanced copy of this book for my honest review!

No me decidía si me gusto o no.

Tenemos un thriller donde nos relatan la vida Stella después de perder a su hija y encontrar a una chica que sería la viva imagen de esta a esa edad. Narrada desde el PV de tres mujeres: Stella (la prota-principal), Isabelle (¿la hija de quién?), Kerstin (la madre de Isabelle) nos meten en una historia llena de misterios y secretos.
Lo mejor sin duda fue la manera como la autora te lleva a dudar de la cordura de la prota, ¿está en lo correcto?, ¿a perdido la cabeza por afán de encontrar a su hija?. Te mete esa duda de quien dice la verdad, quien es el bueno y quién es el malo o simplemente quien desea proteger a su hija.
Otro aspecto que me gusto fue la moraleja que deja, ese amor tan férreo de una madre a sus hijos.

Mezclado con pocos personajes se volvió una buena trama. Pero no sentí ese apego que me pasa con los thriller.
La manera en cómo se escribió, la pluma de la autora no fue de mi agrado. Personajes, Ok. Drama y misterio, Ok. Pero como se narra, No.