Family Drama x Romance 

Thank you, Simon and Schuster, for the gifted copy of The Night We Lost Him {partner} 

 

 

 

I always struggle with the sophomore novel after a big hit. The Last Thing He Told Me is one of my favorite books, and I flew through it — but for some reason, The Night We Lost Him wasn't the same for me. 

 

I anticipated a story that would keep me eagerly flipping pages, but I found a prolonged story that sometimes gravitated more towards a romance or a family drama than a mystery. Don't get me wrong, it was interesting, and I liked how it was told with glimpses of their father's past, but it didn't do enough to keep my attention. I wish I had read this through the audiobook narrator (Julian Whelan narrated it, by the way), as I think it would've been narrated in a way that kept me interested. 

 

The most enjoyable part of the story was seeing the estranged siblings come together while figuring out what happened to their father. As I mentioned before, we, as the reader, were privy to their father's past and how his relationships impacted his future and, ultimately, his death. 

 

Read if you enjoy: 

😅 Complex family dynamics 

✌🏼 Dual timeline 

🐌 Slow burn 

🗣️ Character-driven novels 

 

I recommend reading The Night We Lost Him if you're looking for more of a family saga than a domestic mystery. 

 

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