jillie's reviews
462 reviews

This dual-timeline mystery was almost a DNF for me. In the first half I only enjoyed reading the earlier timeline. Anything in the modern day felt repetitive and just uninteresting to me. 

But I did really love that first timeline and was invested in those characters quite a bit. The last quarter or so of the book was a page turner and I couldn’t put it down until I figured it out. Made me cry. 

So all in all a good mystery, but was bogged down in the beginning and middle. It also had more paranormal elements than I was expecting & I wasn’t thrilled with the execution of those. 

July 2024

DNF @ 40%

This was such a disappointment. I loved her last 2 adult novels and really thought this would be up there.

It was cringey in a way that will date this book in years to come, it was messy (felt rushed and unedited), and also boring. I didn’t really care for the characters’ backstories and I think this book was trying to do too much. Maybe would’ve been better served had we been introduced to the fictional world in her previous works.

There was also a lot of telling instead of showing and I quickly got tired of hearing about her best friends and her ex and blah blah blah.

I read that people had issues with the third act conflict so I did skip to the last few chapters and yikes. Had I continued reading I would’ve been very irritated.

Hopefully her next one works for me!

June 2024

Gripped me almost immediately. Once things really kicked up I felt so nervous and tense the whole time; I love how Jackson was able to cultivate that.

The ending was underwhelming and that’s why it’s not higher, but overall really enjoyable.

May 2024

This was great. I really liked how the information was presented and I learned about so many women i’ve never heard of. 

That being said, it was also GROSS at times so if you’re squeamish, definitely be aware lol. 

May 2024