56 Days

DNF at about 60%. I mean, seriously, moving in with someone even if it's just for 2 weeks after you've known them a month or two? And then second-guessing your decision and not going back home even though you had the ability to do so over and over and over? It was just a loop of 'I'm going to do this' followed by 'oh no that was probably a bad idea' followed by 'I'm so suspicious of this person.' Over and over. It doesn't go anywhere, at least not for the first 60% or so. By the time I gave up, I had found myself wishing that legit anything else would happen.

Every time I thought I had it figured out I was wrong. Good thriller book.

Two people meet, take a liking to each other, and start dating. Almost right away, The Pandemic hits and people are forced to self-isolate. So the two decide to move in together and continue getting to know each other. But somebody is hiding the truth about what they did years ago. Somebody is hiding the truth about who they really are. And somebody is dead 56 days later. This slow-burning suspense begins building tension right away and consistently keeps it throughout. There are multiple twists, with bits and pieces fed to you to keep you guessing and on the edge of your seat.

Not going to lie, it took me a little bit to get into this book. I thought I had figured out what was going to happen at the beginning, but there were so many genuinely surprising twists that I was happy to be wrong. The use of multiple points of view, even from one character, on the same events in this book was fantastic! Also, always love an Irish setting :)

I am somewhat of a thriller junkie. The best ones always have twists that you can't predict and 56 Days didn't dissapoint. The twists were not the craziest I have ever read but the way in which the author revealed them was captivating. At first I wasn't sure I liked the way the story jumped around in time, it was a little confusing but once I got into it I realized that it adds to the way the twists are revealed. The story follows two young people just starting a flirtation when the pandemic roars to life with a lockdown in Ireland. As we follow the story, and jump around on the timeline we realize these two people are both not exactly who they present themselves as and they are both hiding major parts of their lives from each other. I found myself going back and forth about who I thought was dead at first and then who I thought may have or may have not killed them along with the circumstances that lead to the death. The timeline jumping around creates more suspense around events that have happened in our characters pasts and makes you alternately root for each character to be the 'good guy'. I will definitely read more by this author, this was the first book I've read of hers and I love Book of the Month Club for introducing me to her!