I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I wish to thank the author, publisher and Net Galley for an opportunity to read and review this book. :)
This was my first book my Hannah Mary McKinnon, and I wasn't really sure what to expect. I read the description offered on Net Galley, and saw the overall star rating on Good Reads, but didn't read any reviews before I started on it. From the beginning, the build up was for something terrible to happen. You could feel it. As Eleanor walked and walked, you knew that that would be the day, you know? We knew something was going on with her dad, her favorite person in the world. That her world revolved around her dad. I didn't get the full thriller vibe from the book, not even suspense. Maybe just a plain old mystery? I don't know.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and the writing style. But it didn't feel like a suspense/thriller to me. More of a women's fiction maybe? It's not an 'everything happy and we live in the clouds with rainbows and unicorns' kind of book to be sure, but the thriller/suspense genre gives me a much different expectation. Had I gone in without knowing it was to be a thriller, I might have enjoyed it more. But overall, it was a very compelling read. I finished it in less than 2 days, wanted to see what would happen next, what would be resolved, how it would work out. But also felt let down that there wasn't more of a thrill. If that makes sense. Or maybe I have just read far too many thriller/suspense novels and have a different expectation.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is new to the thriller/suspense genres, or someone who is looking for a compelling, page turning women's fiction sort of book.
This was my first book my Hannah Mary McKinnon, and I wasn't really sure what to expect. I read the description offered on Net Galley, and saw the overall star rating on Good Reads, but didn't read any reviews before I started on it. From the beginning, the build up was for something terrible to happen. You could feel it. As Eleanor walked and walked, you knew that that would be the day, you know? We knew something was going on with her dad, her favorite person in the world. That her world revolved around her dad. I didn't get the full thriller vibe from the book, not even suspense. Maybe just a plain old mystery? I don't know.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and the writing style. But it didn't feel like a suspense/thriller to me. More of a women's fiction maybe? It's not an 'everything happy and we live in the clouds with rainbows and unicorns' kind of book to be sure, but the thriller/suspense genre gives me a much different expectation. Had I gone in without knowing it was to be a thriller, I might have enjoyed it more. But overall, it was a very compelling read. I finished it in less than 2 days, wanted to see what would happen next, what would be resolved, how it would work out. But also felt let down that there wasn't more of a thrill. If that makes sense. Or maybe I have just read far too many thriller/suspense novels and have a different expectation.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is new to the thriller/suspense genres, or someone who is looking for a compelling, page turning women's fiction sort of book.
*** Blog Tour
Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnon is as much a character study as a thriller. The book begins with a crime, a guilty party, and a loss. The rest of the book is to be the story of how everything gets to this point. Part of the ending I see coming, but the extent of the planning and machinations come as a surprise not only to the characters in the book but also to me. This book is a page turner until the very end.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2020/06/sister-dear.html
Reviewed for NetGalley and publisher blog tour.
Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnon is as much a character study as a thriller. The book begins with a crime, a guilty party, and a loss. The rest of the book is to be the story of how everything gets to this point. Part of the ending I see coming, but the extent of the planning and machinations come as a surprise not only to the characters in the book but also to me. This book is a page turner until the very end.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2020/06/sister-dear.html
Reviewed for NetGalley and publisher blog tour.
