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What Lies Between Us
by John Marrs
Read Completed 2/24/23 | This was different than the other John Marrs books I've read so far (THE ONE, THE PASSENGERS, THE MINDERS) that are much more focus on the tech thriller aspect. WHAT LIES BETWEEN US is straight up psychological thriller.
This audiobook suffered a bit having dual POVs and only one narrator. The voices weren't different enough and in the beginning, it was a bit confusing who was supposed to be who as the voices changed, but once I got the hang of it, things started to pick up a bit more. I also had to get the hang of the story and for some reason, I felt like I was a little thrown into it, but that's happened to be before with a John Marrs book (THE ONE) and it sorted itself out so I had confidence that this one would too. (And it did.)
It still took a while for me to get invested, but I was still interested the whole time. There's definitely a lot of drama and some heavy foreshadowing and clues, even in the beginning. I wouldn't say that all of the reveals were surprises, but it was almost better because I'd say most readers can figure out at least some or most of the reveals and it FELT like it was supposed to be something I was catching. I wasn't disappointed that I caught a twist that I wasn't supposed to see coming or anything.
And like my previous John Marrs reads, there's still plenty of wild endings to go around. No happy endings with a pretty bow for these thrillers, that's for sure.
I'm happy that this was entertaining and something I didn't want to put down! I finished in a day not because I had so much time, but because I didn't want to stop reading. There was definitely an addictive quality about it.
This audiobook suffered a bit having dual POVs and only one narrator. The voices weren't different enough and in the beginning, it was a bit confusing who was supposed to be who as the voices changed, but once I got the hang of it, things started to pick up a bit more. I also had to get the hang of the story and for some reason, I felt like I was a little thrown into it, but that's happened to be before with a John Marrs book (THE ONE) and it sorted itself out so I had confidence that this one would too. (And it did.)
It still took a while for me to get invested, but I was still interested the whole time. There's definitely a lot of drama and some heavy foreshadowing and clues, even in the beginning. I wouldn't say that all of the reveals were surprises, but it was almost better because I'd say most readers can figure out at least some or most of the reveals and it FELT like it was supposed to be something I was catching. I wasn't disappointed that I caught a twist that I wasn't supposed to see coming or anything.
And like my previous John Marrs reads, there's still plenty of wild endings to go around. No happy endings with a pretty bow for these thrillers, that's for sure.
I'm happy that this was entertaining and something I didn't want to put down! I finished in a day not because I had so much time, but because I didn't want to stop reading. There was definitely an addictive quality about it.