She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica #AudiobookReview #ThrowbackThursday

Book Blurb:

Everyone has secrets, but not everyone has remorse…

A terrible accident.

Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom and working full time as an ICU nurse, when a patient named Caitlin arrives in her ward with a traumatic brain injury. They say she jumped from a bridge and plunged over twenty feet to the train tracks below.

A shocking revelation.

When a witness comes forward with new details about Caitlin’s fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was a crime committed? Did someone actually push Caitlin, and if so, who… and why?

No one is safe.

Meghan lets herself get close to Caitlin until she’s deeply entangled in the mystery surrounding her. Only when it’s too late, does she realize that she and her daughter could be the next victims…

My Review:

My first experience with this author and my head is still swimming. I thought I was confused, but maybe it was the author.

I’ve gotten into complex, multi-layered storylines before, but this one took that idea and ran too far with it.

First, it was a slow start. Prologue hooked interest, then let the interest wane in a long, detailed narrative about—everything. Meghan is an ICU nurse in Chicago. We don’t live too far from Chicago and take a shuttle to the VA hospital occasionally for my veteran hubby. My son works in Chicago and I’m becoming familiar with a few streets but would rather not hear about them more than once or twice. I’m not a fan.

Then the twists start happening and suddenly it seems like too much is happening and holes open that don’t get closed even in denouement. I never really became invested in the MC, then disliked her daughter, and then the more I knew of Caitlin—ur—Nat, intensely disliked her as well.

The plot seemed to be crammed with twists but most resulted in confusion, contradiction, made no sense. The plot line was stutter-step. One of the threads was pretty obvious early on and later a couple others just became a bit absurd, leaving me shaking my head.

I’m not sure if this book was a good example of the author’s writing style and may try another. But I’ll have to think about it for awhile.

Did you read this book? Did your assessment fall on the love it side or the meh side?

Many thanks to my local library for providing me with the opportunity to listen to and review this audiobook. The thoughts expressed here are my own.

 

Rosepoint Publishing: Three Stars

Book Details:

Genre: Psychological Thrillers, Crime Thrillers
Publisher: Harlequin Audio
ASIN: B0C4C9Q2KT
Listening Length: 10 hrs 32 mins
Narrator: Andi Arndt
Publication Date: April 2, 2024
Source: Local Library (Audiobook Selections)
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The Author: Mary Kubica is a New York Times bestselling author of suspense thrillers including The Good Girl, The Other Mrs., and Local Woman Missing. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. She’s been described as “a helluva storyteller” (Kirkus) and “a writer of vice-like control” (Chicago Tribune), and her novels have been praised as “hypnotic” (People) and “thrilling and illuminating” (L.A. Times). She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and children.

Visit Mary at http://www.marykubica.com/

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