Review: Close My Eyes
Posted by Kate on Monday, August 19, 2013. Filed under: contemporary fiction, fiction, mystery, published in 2013, review, reviewed in 2013, suspense, thriller
Close
My Eyes by Sophie McKenzie
Published by: St. Martin’s
Press
Our source: Audiobook
from the local library
What it’s about (from Goodreads):
When Geniver
Loxley lost her daughter at birth eight years ago, her world stopped… and never
fully started again. Mothers with strollers still make her flinch; her love of
writing has turned into a half-hearted teaching career; and she and her
husband, Art, have slipped into the kind of rut that seems inescapable.
But then a stranger shows up on their doorstep, telling Gen the very thing she’s always wanted to hear: that her daughter Beth was not stillborn, but was taken away as a healthy infant and is still out there, somewhere, waiting to be found. It’s insane, unbelievable. But why would anyone make that up? A fissure suddenly opens up in Gen’s carefully reconstructed life, letting in a flood of unanswerable questions. Where is Beth now? Why is Art so reluctant to get involved? To save his wife from further hurt? Or is it something more sinister? And who can she trust to help her?
But then a stranger shows up on their doorstep, telling Gen the very thing she’s always wanted to hear: that her daughter Beth was not stillborn, but was taken away as a healthy infant and is still out there, somewhere, waiting to be found. It’s insane, unbelievable. But why would anyone make that up? A fissure suddenly opens up in Gen’s carefully reconstructed life, letting in a flood of unanswerable questions. Where is Beth now? Why is Art so reluctant to get involved? To save his wife from further hurt? Or is it something more sinister? And who can she trust to help her?
Our thoughts:
This was sort of billed as the next Gone Girl. I don’t really think they should be compared. This had
the same screwed-up character quality as Gone
Girl, but I feel like it lacked the thoughtfulness of Gone Girl. At times, it felt shocking just for the sake of being
shocking.
The main character came across as whiney and annoying and the
other characters were never developed beyond stock stereotypes. Also, the love
story that was thrown in seemed so out of place that it was jarring.
I had a really hard time getting into this and think that if I
hadn’t been listening to it in the background while I worked, I probably would
have given up on it.
We would recommend this to:
Fans of mystery/suspense, those who like twisted stories.
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