Sunday, April 21, 2024

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall

 Thriller genre published in 2024, about 325 pages.  Themes:  Betrayal, murder, etc.

Ratings - 5 out of 5 overall

Enjoyment - 4/5

Writing - 4/5

Characters - 5/5

Plot - 3/5

Readability 5/5

Setting - 5/5

What did you think of the book?  What will you take away from it?

Well planned and developed.  Take away - things are never what they seem.  Your story may not be the most accurate.

What was the aim of the book, and how well did the author fulfill it?

Provide various angels to the same story.  Isn't that how life works?  Elements of suspense, questions, doubts, etc.  Well done.

Would you recommend this book to others?  Who is the target audience?

Absolutely, thriller lovers with find it a good read.

One sentence book review

You will never know the whole truth unless you talk about it.

Thoughts and Notes

***SPOILER ALERT***

Emma doesn't talk about her past, but her husband forces the issue when he loses his job, and they need a place to live.

They move into her childhood home - where her parents were murdered - in order to survive.  Then the past comes back full swing.

All 3 sisters (yeah, did I mention Emma has 2 sisters?) were somehow involved in their parent's murder but they swore not to tell anyone anything they knew.

A guy named Gabe was Emma's friend - much older - no funny business apparently - and they though he did it too.

The parents were abusive, so all the girls seemed to want them dead but did one of them actually do it.

Well, the story kind of leads us to believe that the youngest sister did it - well 1/2 did it.

But who killed Emma's husband?


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