I wanted to like this so much more than I did, but the incredibly slow start combined with alternating POV from characters I couldn't connect with made this one a DNF for me. I hope that it finds its audience, but I won't be recommending it.

The Clinic by Cate Quinn is the perfect read for when you are craving dark, mysterious and moody. This is set in the Pacific Northwest and I felt like I was there with the atmospheric and descriptive writing.

I found the setting and characters to be well developed, but my only gripe was the length of this book. While at first glance the page count may seem low, it did feel a bit wordy. I think it could have been edited down, maybe even just 30-50 pages, and I think this would have been a 5 star.

Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control.

There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way to find out what happened to her sister is to check in herself – to investigate what really happened from the inside.

I’m very guilty of requesting a book off Netgalley simply because I like the cover. This is one of those books, and lucky for me, this was a great story!

Meg knows something is up. She also happens to really need to go to rehab herself. Win win, right? Meg quickly realizes there are a lot of secrets going on within the walls of this luxury rehab clinic. Is Meg paranoid from detox from her addiction, or is someone really out to get her?

This one had me all over the place - I couldn’t figure out where this story was going or who was guilty. The twistS surprised me!

7/10 - This book immediately captured my attention. The story takes place in a rehab facility, and the author takes you through the lives of each of the patients. The plot was intriguing and kept me interested. It did get a little confusing/far fetched at times, but the plot twist at the end was a good one. It’s a quick and easy psychological thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley, Sourcebooks and Cate Quinn for sharing this digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

I was so pumped to receive an ARC of this book from NetGalley. The books cover, title, and description had me intrigued right away.

And I was right. This book was a perfect thriller. It was full of suspense and twists from the first chapter. It was the type of book that’s keeps you questioning everything until the very end.

The Clinic was twisty and kept you on the edge of your seat. Some of the concepts felt far fetched but overall, I enjoyed the story and the characters. 3.5/5 rounded up to 4!

First, I loved the short chapters that always kept me coming back for more. Every time I reached the last sentence I had to know what was coming next which lead to a lot of binge reading.

I thought this was a great thriller for spooky season! It ventured a little too much into sci-fi for my liking but I still enjoyed reading it.

When Meg's celebrity sister mysteriously dies in an exclusive rehab she suspects foul play. In order to get to the bottom of the murder, and her own traumatic past, she must face sobriety and the other addicts at the facility herself.

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3.5 stars

The complexity of this book is only undone by how little backstory is given to the actual trauma of its main characters. I appreciate what Quinn is trying to do, and I think the build up to the ultimate reveals are all well-earned. The twists all converge into a very believable conclusion. That being said, I wish more work had been done to dig deeper into what exactly happened to Meg, Haley, and even Cara went through.

Meg and Haley's backstory is not given the attention it needs in order for the reader to understand their motivations outside of "it's in their personality".

Cara is probably the most frustrating part of the book. I realize we need a way to get more inisight into the clinic and how it is run, however, Cara is severely underdeveloped. So she had an affair and ruined her career over it. Ok. So what? Why create an entire second narrator, dump random tidbits of their life into the story, and then just forget to explain to the reader what it all means?

All in all, it was a well plotted thriller that could stand a bit more depth. I look forward to see what Quinn does next. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC in exachange for my honest feedback.

I had such high hopes for this one because it had all the elements I like but it fell flat for me. Apart from being far too long and slow, the storyline was so unbelievable that I felt zero connection to anything or any of the characters. The twist totally jumped the shark and the overall premise of black market items of that nature just cheapened the concept of the book. It’s hard to give a proper review without spoilers so apologies that this might not make the most sense!

After learning of her sister's death in a rehabilitation clinic, Meg enters undercover to try and solve the mystery. Lots of twists and turns unfold before the unexpected ending is revealed.

The Clinic is a fast and fascinating read. A luxury rehab facility hidden away in a coastal forest in the Pacific Northwest sounds like a perfect place to escape to, especially when you're famous and your face, and all your dirt, is known the world over. But a mix of money, drugs, power, and lies is as dangerous as it is enticing. When Meg enters The Clinic, she believes her search for her sister's murderer is her true reason for being there, but she soon realizes she is dealing with some major addictions herself. Her personal path of revelation is just as fascinating as what is revealed about the facility and its treatments.

In a story where it seems everyone is lying, how can you trust anyone? It's a challenging story to hold together and keep the reader hooked, but Cate Quinn does it very well. Switching back and forth between Meg's experience as a patient and Cara's experience as the hired manager of the facility keeps things flowing as we are brought further and further into this deeply deceitful enterprise. I certainly couldn't figure out the killer and was surprised by the ending.

The whole story is a bit of misdirection, keeping you looking at other things, fascinated by them, fearing what you think might be happening, so that when the trick happens, you are left somewhat awed.

Thriller with an isolated PNW setting? Sign me up. I love the unique background of Meg, it really gave a new perspective/twist on the typical main character (I appreciated that you knew from the start that Meg had her own issues). The ending got a little far-fetched for me however I did not see it coming and appreciated the creativity.

A really great atmospheric thriller and I will definitely recommend to other readers!

In this thrilling book by Cate Quinn, the Clinic follows a girl whose sister was killed while in rehab. The coroner rules it a suicide, but the police think otherwise. Her sister goes into the rehab, without anyone knowing she is Haley’s sister, and tries to find out the truth about her sisters death. Is Meg safe in this rehab. Will she make it out alive or just like her sister?

Oh I loved this book. The chapters were short and there was something always going on and never a dull moment. The subject about addictions and treatments were very interesting and I was very interested in the explanations Kate gave. The ending was unexpected but still credible to the reader. I do admit this is a great read especially on the airplane.

Thanks to NetGalley for my ARC in exchange for my honest review. This book will be published January 23, 2024.

This was my first time reading a book by this author. I would say it was an okay read. There were elements of the story that i liked, but I also felt that there were some issues.

For me, it took a while for the story to get going and at times it felt like there was too much going on at once. It wasn't really the page turner that I was expecting. I also found most of characters weren't fully fleshed out or described in sufficient detail. All of the female rehab patients started to blend together. Finally, the story is told in alternating points of view: Meg, the undercover rehab patient and Cara, the rehab manager. Sometimes it felt like these were two separate books.

The things I liked were the short chapters, the eerie setting/atmosphere and the twists at the end. I ultimately found the Matthew Priest mystery more compelling than the actual murder mystery and thought that element of the story was really well done.

This is my first time reading a book from this author. I liked the premise of taking place in a rehab facility. It was

as well done with a few surprises!

Thank you Net Galley for allowing me to read and review this book!

(Love the cover) 3.5 to 4 star read. I found this one intriguing at times, sitting on the edge of my seat. A few parts were slightly disappointing.. The character Cara bothered me for some reason. I just didn't care for her. Overall interesting. The authors honest note at the end got an extra star from me. Thank you Netgalley and SourceBooks for the ARC.
Very much appreciated

This was a fast paced and suspenseful thriller set in the world of a fancy drug rehab. There was a lot of misdirection and I even got fooled a couple of times.

Cate Quinn!!!! I think this was my favorite by her. I was totally immersed in the atmosphere and setting of this book. I really didn’t see the ending coming and couldn’t put it down to find out what was going to happen. I really enjoyed this and am excited about what comes next from Cate Quinn.

The premise of this book grabbed me immediately!
It is about Meg, a professional gambler, living her life when her sister, Haley am actress dies in an exclusive drug rehab. When it is revealed that they believe Haley’s death is a suicide Meg immediately doesn’t believe it and decides to find out the truth by taking matters into her own hands. She decides that she will check herself into this rehab to deal with her own addiction issues, and also find out the truth about what happened to her sister. The book is narrated and alternates chapters between Meg and Cara, the clinic manager. This is where it goes downhill for me. This book was one of the slowest and longest reads ever. It drug everything out for wayyyy too long. Not to mention I didn’t enjoy any of the characters, the plot twists were so incredibly over the top, and did I mention it was too long? I had an incredibly hard time finishing this book, but I was glad when I did.
On a positive note, this book does discuss the realities of drug addiction and treatment, and for so long that is something that many people did not want to talk about and still to this day don’t wanna talk about and this information some of it from what I understand, came from the authors own experiences in that perspective, and I thought that was amazing, and very brave of her to do.