I really enjoyed this thriller. It’s extremely suspenseful and uniquely highlights the intense bond of mothers and daughters. I did feel like there was a lot of characters to keep track of and my baby brain had a hard time keeping the names straight. The middle of this book slows down a little but the ending is so strong. The twists at the end are amazing! Overall a great book.

Thriller novel with an emotional tie to the characters and the building of their story. Complex with emotional suspense.

This was a mixed bag for me. There was a lot going on plot wise and it felt like it took a while for things to come together. Plus, I couldn't stand Cleo (Kat's daughter)! What a brat! Most of the other characters were unlikable as well, except for Kat. I really wished she would've stood up for herself more, especially with Aiden! What a complete jerk! The ending, once we got there, felt rushed, things glossed over or just plain unresolved. One that really bugged me was <spoiler> What about the inheritance? Aiden was just allowed to take it and then nothing?? I wanted to know what happened there for sure! </spoiler>

It did hold my attention enough to keep reading, although some of it was skimming.

This book definitely kept me hooked from the beginning, but the end fell a bit short from me. I was expecting a little bit more. I did love to get both point of views from Cleo and her mother. I enjoyed reading about their relationship. Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!

I liked this okay, but there were several storylines to keep up with and it could get somewhat confusing. Overall kind of forgettable.

I received a complimentary copy of this book "Like Mother, Like Daughter" and all opinions expressed are my own. Overall okay read. I felt like I struggled to get through some parts of the book.

This book took me a bit to get into and a part of that was that I didn’t like any of the characters, but they were all written to be disliked. I did definitely get caught up in the story and when that happened I could barely put it down. I recommend not reading the synopsis as I think it kind of spoils the story and in that vein I am not going to do a synopsis here either. This is a story about a complex relationship between a mother and her daughter. This story is about love and how it can hurt but is so strong. This book is also about the things from your past that shape you and what happens when they come back because nothing stays in the past forever.

3.5 stars-I hate when I can’t even gather my thoughts to write a review of a book because it is not what I hoped it would be. Kimberly McCreight is a must read author for me, but this was not one of my favorites. There are multiple POV’s and a a number of subplots that I found hard to keep track of. I was reading it on my kindle which made it hard to go back when I had the “wait, what’s going on” moments. I also found the ending to be just kind of meh. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc.

Bookish thoughts: As some of you know, I have three daughters so the title, Like Mother, Like Daughter immediately captured my attention! I paired the book with audio which enhanced the story for me. I enjoyed all the multi media formatting the author included in the novel. My only complaint was the timeline which was a bit confusing for me and a mediocre conclusion. Read this if you enjoy emotional suspenseful stories, family drama, and mother/daughter relationships.

I received an advanced electronic copy from publisher Knopf books and Netgalley. Thank you for the opportunity to preview this book.

When Kat disappears, we dive into a classic mystery tale with some surprising twists. The story is packed with layers that sometimes overshadow the main plot. Kat's daughter is tangled up in some shady business, dating a drug dealer.
Meanwhile, Kat's marriage to Aidan is falling apart. To make things messier, Kat's secret lover suddenly dies. Overall, it's an interesting read, though a bit overwhelming at times.
The ending, however, is somewhat lackluster and had so much more potential!

Many of us have that addiction to picking up books, but it sometimes takes something special to not be able to put it down - this was an example of that! It comes as no surprise that there is a dynamic mother, daughter relationship in this that shows true depth and acceptance that our mothers are people outside of just our mothers. When we discover the secrets they may have been keeping from us…
This is the type of book to have you saying “one more chapter” before bed, getting to the end of the chapter, and deciding you just HAVE to keep reading because you just need to know the answers the book is posing for you. I was hooked!

This one was really good. At first, it seems like it may become a little hard to follow with the time jumps but it is extremely easy and makes the story that much more exciting to see. How everything unfolds is done beautifully and the mother/daughter relationship is portrayed in a very realistic way.

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“Every daughter is a monster in her own special way”

Cleo is a young woman studying a NYU. She has her whole life ahead of her. A loving father, a semi-emotionally unavailable mother, friends, and a loving boyfriend. Cleo loves her life, but Cleo hates her mother. At least, she thinks she does until her mother suddenly goes missing and she is thrown into investigating just what happened to her. The search for her mother will lead her down roads she didn’t think possible and will also show her, she didn’t really know her mother at all.

This book was a slow burn from the start, at least for me. It took me about 100 pages in to feel like I was hooked. I think where I struggled with was with Cleo. The absolutely awful way Cleo treated her mother was really had for me to move past. I understand, that often times we feel our parents don’t “get us” or they try to make our lives difficult for “no reason”, but I feel like Cleo was a completely emotionally immature character. I personally did not feel connected to her and I did not feel like there was much character development with her. She was the sore spot of this book for me. Kat on the other hand I totally loved her. I felt like her character developed from what seems like a corporate mom with no time for “feelings” to a mother who is so deeply misunderstood and is constantly trying to protect the ones she loves. The ending felt rushed and wish I learned more about what happened with the neighbor.

Thank you @NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the chance to read this ARC!

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3.5 rounded up. The story was told from dual POVs - Mom Katrina & daughter Cleo. I liked how the story unraveled. I didn't particularly care for the side plot. It seemed unconnected throughout most of the story. I did see the connection at the end, but it took a long time to get there.

There were lots of twists and turns and quite a few red herrings. There were so many characters that I started getting confused. Overall, this was an interesting story that dragged on a little too long.

3.5 stars, this was a good mystery. I think many readers would enjoy this twisted story.

I could not stand Cleo's early chapters, she came across SO entitled and, frankly, ANNOYING AF. Later on she became way more tolerable but it took a lot of eye-opening moments and secrets revealed for her to get there.

I loved the dual timeline aspect of this: Katrina's chapters count down towards when she goes missing and Cleo's chapters count up from the moment she discovers her mother is missing. There is a bit of mixed media too with therapy transcripts and some of the legal documents and news stories. They added little to the story but a couple (like the news stories about Darden) were necessary information.

Overall I enjoyed this read (once getting past Cleo's initial chapters).

Being brutally honest here, I disliked Cleo, one of the main characters, very much from the start. She is the typical embodiment of doing wrong by your mother and making her feel like trash for NO REASON. This probably played into why I lost interest in this book early on. I did however power through and enjoyed the twist, though, It’s been done many times before and wasn’t grand enough for me to want to change my opinion in the story after not being able to connect with the main character. This one just wasn’t for me but you may enjoy if you like thrillers and are okay with the daughter - mother dilemma.

Thank you to Knopf for an advanced reader’s copy of this title via NetGalley.

I really enjoyed this book! It’s a bingeable book with a lot of depth. I loved the alternating POVs and timelines. It made the story more suspenseful and interesting. However, I did guess some of the twists towards the end.

The writing style was multiple POVs and some texts that you don't know who is the author. A mom is missing, a daughter who has been in trouble and has a shady boyfriend and a husband who desperately needs money. Who is the most likely suspect? The story plays out with the daughter investigating her mom's life and really finding out who her mom is and was. The ending wrapped all the questions up nicely and it did has a bit of a twist at the end.

This is a fast paced story about a complex relationship between mother and daughter and what happens when the mother goes missing!

The story unfolds in dual points of view between past and present timelines. As Cleo tries to find answers to her mom's disappearance, she discovers that her mother has a dark past and many secrets: Intriguing!

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a fast-paced thriller that kept me turning the pages. 4 stars!

A big thank you to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage and Anchor and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book!

The book had me hooked and I read it in one day. It does a great job of describing the complexity of a mother daughter relationship.