The cliffhangers were also a little juvenile in my opinion–the author would just stop, almost in the middle of the sentence. I also thought it was a bit predictable with no hard twists or surprises so I just sort of sludged through it. Her past was confusing, her decisions baseless–all which contributed to a muddled plot and questionable behavior. She has a grudge against the world and no redeeming qualities. Usually, if a book catches my attention, I’ll finish it within 3 days.
Review: I bought this book right before my trip to Lisbon so I really wanted to love it. But that person is also responsible for ruining her life. With her husband’s life at stake and the police’s constant questions about how well she knows her husband, she reluctantly decides to contact the one person from her past who can help her. By mid afternoon, she receives a ransom note–for €3 million.
Synopsis: A woman wakes up in Lisbon to find her new husband gone, with no trace of where he went. The twist at the end was not as satisfying as I hoped but it was an interesting rendition of the original story.
There were a lot of scenes that were just recaps of them growing up that explain their distaste for each other as adults and ultimately what leads to their secrets. Review: I think I would have rated this one a little bit higher if it weren’t for the many flashbacks into their childhood. One by one, the Darker family members are killed until the very last secret is exposed. When the clock strikes 12, nana is found dead below a poem exposing the Darker family secrets. The family, who tolerates each other at best, learns of nana’s will just before midnight. The house is located on a tidal island so that when the tide comes in, no one can leave. Daisy Darker is invited to her nana’s house to celebrate her 80th birthday, along with the rest of her dysfunctional family. Synopsis: Daisy Darker is a modern retelling of ‘And Then There Were None’ by Agatha Christie.
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