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Tawdry domestic thrillers are my popcorn

When I Was You by Amber Garza

January 13, 2021 by NatteringwPride 2 Comments

I have a weakness for domestic thrillers. You know the type- they’re all called The Lie, or the Perfect Husband, or well, When I Was You. It’s always about a so-called perfect family with dark secrets, unreliable narrators and incredibly implausible plots. For some reason, the vast majority of ones I stumble across are written by British women.

These are the books I read when I want to shut off my brain, so I go through them pretty fast. This is my latest find- When I Was You.

First person narrator Kelly is writing to someone the entire book- the mysterious “you.” We know things are wrong in Kelly’s life and that she has had troubles with her mental health before (many allusions to an incident involving a stolen baby). But when she makes a new friend with her exact same name and a newborn Kelly is dying to bond with, what could go wrong?

Well this is a domestic thriller so literally everything.

I will say, I had my guesses as to the final twist, and the correct answer was in the rotation, but I hadn’t settled on it for sure before the book revealed it to me. For a domestic thriller, that’s not bad!

Yes the ending was ridiculous. But the book wasn’t horribly written, the plot wasn’t COMPLETELY obvious, and as is the case in 90% of these, the husband was dastardly. What more could you possibly want?

P.S. If you want a lovely domestic thriller that even sucked in my skeptic SO, who always laughs at the ridiculous plots of these books- Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda. Just trust me.

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Amber Garza

NatteringwPride's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Amber Garza ·
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About NatteringwPride

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I'm a Pajiaban. I like reading. A LOT. My fiancé weirdly agreed to move in with me even after he found out I come with over 600 books. This seemed like a natural next step. View NatteringwPride's reviews»

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  1. andtheIToldYouSos says

    January 13, 2021 at 4:44 pm

    Kicking things off with a one-two punch!

    Seeing the line about a stolen baby gave me some serious Moira Rose “I stole my own bébé” memories : D

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    • NatteringwPride says

      January 13, 2021 at 4:50 pm

      Omg the baby stuff gets ridiculous. Now I’m picturing the main character as Moira for the book. It really improves it!

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