⭐️Book Review ⭐️
The Girl Before You by Nicola Rayner
5/5 Stars

**I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.** Pub Date 8/22/2019

This a a good psychological thriller. Very intriguing. It was a bit slow moving and the different points of view were a bit hard to follow at times though.

A university student named Ruth is outgoing, a cute redhead and has now disappeared. She was last seen swimming. All that have been found were her shoes beside the water and then her tattered dress days later. Now, decades later, her disappearance still haunts those close to her.

Alice runs into a girl who looks strikingly like Ruth on the train. Her husband, George, has increasingly made her suspicious. Why is acting strange all of the sudden? Then his past involvement with Ruth slowly begins to unravel.

Past and present cross and multiple points of view weave together as we see the bigger picture.

Is Ruth still alive? Or is she dead? Or was she seen for the last time all those years ago?

I really enjoyed the plot. Was very hard to put down.
I give this book 5**** just because i loved it
Cant wait for other books

I didn't enjoy this book personally, a bit slow and found it hard to get into. I got halfway through then did a lot of skim reading just to get to the end.

Based on my opinion I wouldn't recommend this book but thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

A psychological thriller a tense chilling story .Characters that came alive a book that kept me turning the pages late into the night. An author whose books I look forward to reading.#netgalley #harpercollinsaustralia.

I had high hopes for this book, but was sadly disappointed. I only got 10% into it before I gave up. Thank you for the opportunity to read this book.

Duplicate Review:
An overall compelling story as far as suspense novels go if you are new to the genre. For veteran readers, the narrative holds a hint of familiarity to this category and lacks the intensified plot pace to really push that anticipatory feel. The foreshadowing is overcompensated and the character development is just shy of being fully developed. With the constant shift in points of view in addition to the switch from past and present, it was difficult to feel connected to any one character in particular. It was just an okay read. 3 stars.

Over all I enjoyed this book. I like the back and forth way of telling the story between characters and I feel like the characters were well developed.

Alice knows about her husband’s sexual exploits when they were at university. She knows he had a bad reputation but nobody would ever tell her what exactly had been going on. Then she thinks she sees one of his exes, Ruth, on a train - the only thing is, Ruth has been missing for the past 15 years.

This story is told from the point of view of Alice, Naomi-Ruth’s sister, and Kat-Ruth’s best friend.

It is described as a thriller but for me it read more like a mystery. It moved a little slow for my taste until about halfway through and then I got to a point where I couldn’t put it down. I would say definitely worth the read.

I had some difficulty getting into this book, it was kind of a slow start. The characters were tough for me to connect with, and the plot was draggy. I still rate it a solid 3 stars.
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC to read and review.

Alice has never really been comfortable with her husband’s past as a womanizer. But now Alice is pregnant and her pregnancy is intensifying her insecurities. She can’t stop obsessing about Ruth, the girl George was dating in college. The girl that disappeared before they graduated. Alice believes she has seen Ruth on a train, but that can’t be possible, can it. Because if Ruth is alive it means that George has been keeping some big secrets from his wife. This is a twisted tale of obsession and revenge

The Girl Before You by author Nicola Rayner is so far, a perfect obsession/psychological thriller novel! I’m not totally finished yet but I’ve absolutely loved everything I’ve read so far from Rayner! This book has so much and is more than worth the read, it deserves a spot on shelves too! Will update full review closer to publication date of August 2019!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of this book in exchange for an honest review