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beastreader's review
4.0
This is the first book I have read by this author. Yet, I can guarantee you that it will not be the last book I read from this author. You could say that this book and the main lead, Clare hooked me right away. Therefore, I am going to say #instalove.
It was like I had been with Clare for years. Yet, this is the first book in a new series featuring Clare. Which, if the rest of the books are anything like this one, I am in for a real treat.
Clare is very engaging. She made me follow her wherever she went. Although, I will say Clare's reporter instincts were not as sharp as they could have been but I am sure that Clare's skills will be more focused in the next book.
Lastly, can we talk about the ending. I did not see it coming. I was blindsided (in a good way). Wow. You really do have to read this book if for nothing else than the ending. Yesterday's News is today's #instahit!
It was like I had been with Clare for years. Yet, this is the first book in a new series featuring Clare. Which, if the rest of the books are anything like this one, I am in for a real treat.
Clare is very engaging. She made me follow her wherever she went. Although, I will say Clare's reporter instincts were not as sharp as they could have been but I am sure that Clare's skills will be more focused in the next book.
Lastly, can we talk about the ending. I did not see it coming. I was blindsided (in a good way). Wow. You really do have to read this book if for nothing else than the ending. Yesterday's News is today's #instahit!
pgchuis's review
3.0
I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.
Clare is a TV news executive, previously a print journalist, and agrees to revisit the story that made her famous; the disappearance of 11 year old Lucy Devlin 15 years ago. Lucy has never been found and her mother claims to have a new lead. This lead appears to implicate Elliott, a Democratic candidate for the Senate.
I am giving this novel three stars, being the average of the first half, which was a solid four stars, and then the second half (to which I award two stars) where the plot went absolutely crazy. There were threads of humour through the narration, especially around the fluffy "news" items the station runs, which I enjoyed, and things moved along at a good pace. Clare seemed a fairly undistinguished journalist, despite her oft-referred to Pulitzer prize, requiring others to point things out to her and giving up her source to Elliott without a qualm.
I can't really go into my thoughts about the second half without giving things away, but there were elements that I found fantastic and/or unlikely to the point of impossibility, and one in particular that seemed a dishonest late reveal to the reader. Clare's musings at the end about all the things she couldn't be sure about felt lazy - did the author even know what really happened?
Clare is a TV news executive, previously a print journalist, and agrees to revisit the story that made her famous; the disappearance of 11 year old Lucy Devlin 15 years ago. Lucy has never been found and her mother claims to have a new lead. This lead appears to implicate Elliott, a Democratic candidate for the Senate.
I am giving this novel three stars, being the average of the first half, which was a solid four stars, and then the second half (to which I award two stars) where the plot went absolutely crazy. There were threads of humour through the narration, especially around the fluffy "news" items the station runs, which I enjoyed, and things moved along at a good pace. Clare seemed a fairly undistinguished journalist, despite her oft-referred to Pulitzer prize, requiring others to point things out to her and giving up her source to Elliott without a qualm.
I can't really go into my thoughts about the second half without giving things away, but there were elements that I found fantastic and/or unlikely to the point of impossibility, and one in particular that seemed a dishonest late reveal to the reader. Clare's musings at the end about all the things she couldn't be sure about felt lazy - did the author even know what really happened?
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