What a wonderful narrator! She brought a vitality and immediacy to the story. I’ll look out for her again!

214 Palmer Street is an enjoyable psychological thriller/domestic drama. The story is revealed slowly, piece by piece until it all comes together at the end.
We are never really sure who to trust and whether we are being told the whole truth.

3.5 stars

Thank you Bookouture and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Like others have mentioned, I feel a bit ambivalent about the book. I'm not regretting reading it like I was with others, but I wasn't wow'd or very into it. I felt I needed to walk away a few times but pushed through. I guess to sum up it was meh.

This is my first book from Karen McQuestion. I listened to the audiobook. The story is told by multiple POVs; at times, it was hard to follow; I don’t know if it was because it was the audiobook. I was not impressed with the plot. There was no mystery; I would get the answers as the story continued. There was only one unknown character that you find who it is until almost the end. The novel's climax was not realistic, but I don’t want to go into details about why because I don’t want to spoil it. Just when I thought the story ended, it continued, but nothing interesting was happening, so I found it pointless, and it felt the ending was dragging.
Overall, the story is entertaining. Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you Netgalley, Bookouture, and Karen McQuestion for my gifted audiobook!

Synopsis:
Sarah is in a house she isn't supposed to be in, doing things she isn't supposed to do, to find out stuff about her husband's past she isn't supposed to know. But somebody knows what she's up to. And they're always there, always watching.

My thoughts:
This book had an unique concept which drew me in immediately - every single character seemed to have some kind of hidden agenda, and every one of them was on to someone of the others in one sort or other. This was something I found equally gripping and confusing. Sometimes I really struggled to follow who was the person narrating at that given moment, and who was following whom now. The conclusion was unsuspected, but a bit drawn out. I think I would have enjoyed that one more as a physical book than I did the audio version. Anyway, the narrator did an outstanding job!

This was my first book by this author.

3.5 stars

214 Palmer Street is my first book from Karen McQuestion and I listened to it hot on the heels of The Paris Apartment - my next thriller fix!

The story focuses is based around one main character and a few others - her husband and his childhood friends. I definitely found it confusing listening to this one. It’s one narrator and I couldn’t tell sometimes which character I was listening to - especially in the beginning.

There’s a bit of who done it going on and who is the mysterious “her” who sometimes narrates. It all becomes clear in the end however it didn’t pan out like I thought it would. I felt like I was being gaslit throughout!

I’m looking forward to The Honest Lie from Tarryn Fisher as my next thriller. I like her work and that of A. R. Torre - do you have any suggestions for similar authors that I might like?

Sarah has come to 214 Palmer Street to find answers. No one was supposed to see her there, but a neighbor comes knocking. Will Sarah still find the answers she needs, and just what are the questions she wants answered?

For me, this was just a mediocre thriller. None of the characters were particularly likeable or complex. The pace of the story dragged at times. The blurb’s hook was intriguing, but it took so long in the story to actually get to Sarah being in that house that it was pretty obvious, and ‘thrill’ had gone out of the book. It’s a shame the book didn’t live up to the blurb.

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.

I really enjoyed this book! The description of it had me hooked, and it did not disappoint. It had a lot of plot twists that kept me guessing, and the ending was very satisfying. This book definitely makes me want to read more from this author. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries, plot twists, and psychological thrillers. I received a free copy of this book from netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

214 Palmer Street by Karen McQuestion and Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski is a psychological thriller. Sadly. It took me a while to get used to the audio voice I think I may of enjoyed this book if I read it, not listened to it. The story was good with good twists and turns and lots of secrets however the Narrator I found boring and she had a repetitive voice........I was looking forward to this book especially as Karen is a new author to me but it will not put me off reading or listening to her books in the future.

Big Thank you Bookouture and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was so- so for me and I can’t decide if I liked it or not.

First of all, that blurb is misleading. The scene described in the summary hardly develops the plot which quite put me off.

The plot although predictable throughout the book is enjoyable and has potential. However, it’s very flat in parts and leaves a lot of things unexplained.

The characters for me were the issue with this book. Very shallow and poorly developed and I couldn’t connect with any of them.

What I liked a lot was the narrator as I received this in an audio- arc. She did a great job!

McQuestion's thriller was a quick read and enjoyable, while overly predictable. This is one of those beach reads with a fast-paced plot that keeps you turning the pages, but doesn't delve deep on character development. The characters were two-dimensional - all could easily be described in a quick phrase as they lacked depth and nuance. There was not a twist that was unexpected throughout, but the plot was interesting enough that I kept turning pages to see how the next events came to light for the characters.

I enjoyed 214 Palmer Street. There was a good amount of suspense and it had an overall good story line. I thought it was somewhat predictable but I liked hearing how they got to the "who done it". I didn't enjoy the narrator though, and feel like I would have liked the story more had I been reading it myself.

I would pick up something by McQuestion in the future, but maybe not in audio format.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance listen

Maggie, a nosy neighbour spots some movement in the house next door, but the neighbours are out of town. Sarah is pretending to be the housesitter, but why. When she calls someone to ask him to take care of Maggie, I thought we were in for a chilling story, but we are thrown back to Sarah being attacked in her own backyard and meeting her husband and his friends. What happened to find Sarah hiding out in the house at 214 Palmer Street.

This is a book about secrets, suspicions, relationships and how the past never stays buried. What I thought would be an exciting thriller became a slow, unbelievable story with characters that I didn't connect with or really like. There were times I became invested, then something happened that had me shaking my head. It had promise, but just didn't measure up. I will say I liked the ending, it was perfect and had me adding a star to my rating. If you enjoy a book with spoiled, unlikable characters who do get their comeuppance, small towns and suspicious spouses, then you may enjoy this book. I think it would make a much better movie than a book. The narration by Stacey Glemboski for well done.

Great read! Or should I say audio. There are some rather vile people in this world, living right alongside us, as is depicted by 214 Palmer Street. But they get their just desserts, as you'll see at the end. I give this 3 and a half stars.

Thanks to Net Galley, the publisher and author for my ARC.

Enjoyment: 4
Total rating:3.93

214 Palmer Street is a tense psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. All the characters are shady and unreliable. As the plot unravels, the reader realizes no one is who they seem.
I really enjoyed the narrator's pacing and acting. I felt her style complemented the story beautifully.

Disclaimer: In exchange for an honest review, I am thankful to the publishers and NetGalley for providing a copy of 214 Palmer Street.

I really couldn't follow this story on audio - was getting confused over what was happening. I'm going to read the kindle version instead to see if that is better at keeping my attention.

This audiobook was pretty slow in the beginning and finally picked up towards the end. I wish the entire story had the same energy as the last 1/3 of the book. Overall I give it 3.5 stars. The narration was decent, but most of the characters felt a little bland and drawn out.

I really enjoyed listening to this book. I really liked Sarah’s character and how she grew through the book. I also really enjoyed the narrator which plays a really big part of whether or not I enjoy an audiobook.
Although I did like the story line and also the pace, I did find it very predictable. There was only really one part that I hadn’t already guessed, and it was only a small part really. However despite that, I enjoyed the book and would definitely recommend it.

I didn't find this engaging enough to finish it. It started off well and I liked the main character Sarah but I just got lost along the way, I don't like giving a bad review but this one was just not for me.

I was certainly drawn in at the beginning of the book, but as it progressed I found it a bit disjointed and predictable. I found myself not caring much for the main characters and guessed a lot of what was going to happen long before it did. The narration of the audIo book was alright but I did find her portrayal of the voice of Kirk irritating. All in all not a bad book but for me, not a great one either.

This is a strange story of secrets and lies and one woman’s mission to get to the truth. The narration throughout is excellent. The story is told from numerous viewpoints and the timeline shifts between past and present. Sarah, the main character suffered head trauma and her account is unreliable. Or is it? It’s difficult to judge whether she’s having lapses or remembering fact.

I found it quite difficult to follow and had to keep rewinding to remind myself of what was going on. I didn’t really warm to any of the characters and the premise of moving in to a property in order to find the truth about events from the past seemed a little too far fetched. It all becomes rather convoluted and implausible and the mid section is rather slow. Well written, but I didn’t enjoy it.

My thanks to the publisher for a review copy via Netgalley.