I received a gifted eARC of LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER by Kimberly McCreight from Knopf!

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER follows mother Kat and her college aged daughter Cleo. Kat has pressured Cleo into making an appearance at home, but when Cleo shows up there is no sign of her mother and everything feels off. There is food burning on the stove and signs of blood as well. She goes quickly from annoyed at her mother's demands to worry for her missing mother.

Cleo calls in her father and the police, but also takes on a bit of investigating herself. Meanwhile, we also get flashback chapters from Kat's POV leading up to her disappearance to reveal what has happened in the proceeding months and weeks that have led to this point.

There are also inserts between chapters about a lawsuit against a drug company for knowingly releasing medications that caused issues for pregnant mothers and their babies, so do be aware of trigger warnings.

I struggled with this book in the beginning because I really didn't like any of the characters initially. Kat is a very (overly) involved mother and while she has good cause sometimes to try to lay down the law with her daughter, she did seem overly excitable. I grew to like her more as we got further into the book and got more of her messy back story that helped explained some of her behaviors.

Cleo came off largely as a spoiled brat in the beginning. She has gotten herself into some very bad situations and her lack of understanding why this would upset her mother was difficult to swallow. Once she reached the point of caring about what happened to her mother and taking the time to understand more of her mother's past, I did enjoy reading her POV much more.

There was no redemption for Kat's husband / Cleo's father. I loved to hate him right through the ending!

Once I got further into the book, the plot did suck me in and the second half was a full binge read. It didn't entirely make up for the slow start for me, but I think going into this book expecting a slower start and intentional confusion (I found the information about the drug company to take me out of the story a bit until we started to find out how it was connected) this is a good read.

I have been a fan of Kimberly McCreight since I read Reconstructing Amelia. I loved that book!

Cleo is a NYU student who goes home to Brooklyn to have dinner with her mom and finds her missing. There is food in the oven burning and there is a bloody shoe under the couch. Their relationship has been challenging to say the least, but Cleo knows something is wrong and takes it upon herself to find out what happened to her mom before it is too late. She ends up learning that her mom is not just a regular lawyer and that her father has some secrets as well.

This book is a quick, suspenseful read. It details the intricacies of a mother/daughter relationship. It is told in a non-linear timeline, which I did not mind, but makes it a little harder to follow the storyline. Overall, this was an enjoyable read. I could even see it being made into a movie.

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to read “Like Mother Like Daughter”. My first book by Kimberly McCreight was “Reconstructing Amelia”, which I loved and made me a fan. Her books seldom disappoint and I am always excited for a new release. “Like Mother Like Daughter” starts right in the middle of the action and alternates viewpoints between the mother and daughter. The plot moves at a good pace and while I had some parts figured out, there were also some unexpected surprises as well. It was a great read and I will be recommending it to fellow readers. Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for the digital ARC of “Like Mother Like Daughter” in exchange for my honest opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC. I love Kimberly McCreight! I feel like I got bogged down in the middle of this one. It seems like it drug on forever and there was a ton of characters involved that I struggled to remember. If Cleo and Kat had the kind of luck I do I don’t think their story would’ve ended up in a nice little package but it is fiction after all. Despite the somewhat slow middle the ending was great and I was surprised by several of the revelations.

I was spellbound reading this mystery thriller. Cleo, a college aged daughter, comes to have dinner with her mother. She finds food in the oven, a puddle of blood and no signs of Kat. The story then unfolds jumping from a few weeks before to the present day search. Cleo didn’t know her parents were separated or that her father is having financial difficulties with his latest project. She didn’t know Kat is the powerful fixer lawyer for the law firm where she works. There is a big pharmaceutical company involved as well. There are a lot of twists and turns and Cleo searches for her mother and discovers lies from the people she trusts. Some things got a bit convoluted and there are many suspects. But I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the big reveal. I did want a bit more comeuppance for certain people but I more so wanted Cleo to find Kat and for them to have a good mother daughter relationship. Thank you to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the ARC and I am leaving an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf Publishing for offering this ARC of Like Mother Like Daughter. What a great book!

Wonderfully crafted characters, like Kat, Cleo and Aiden (even some of the
more unlikeables) come together to make this a true page turner. Upon seeing how the story was constructed, therapy notes, lawsuit filings and diary entries, I thought it was going to be too much of a jumble. Too confusing! But it was an easy read! The chapters and timeframes were clearly delineated leaving no doubt whose voice we were hearing.

With great skill, KM has written a thriller that kept the “bad guy” carefully concealed until just the right moment. Same goes for the “good guy”. I love a book that is able to so completely keep me twisting and turning at all the right
moments.

Cleo and her mother haven't been getting along lately. So Katrina, Cleo's mother, invites Cleo to dinner to discuss things. But when Cleo arrives, Katrina is missing and the dinner is burning. All indications are that Katrina was injured-blood on the floor, a bloody shoe.
This is a family drama as well as a mystery because Cleo's parents have been living separately because her father has been having an affair. They haven't told Cleo anything about this. Katrina also has events in her background that she hasn't shared with Cleo, plus she has also started dating since her separation. There is also a side plot having to do with one of Katrina's clients that could have something to do with her disappearance.
The story is told by Cleo and Katrina in alternating chapters along with notes from Cleo's visits with her therapist. I found it to be a complicated, but fast read with lots of surprising twists to the story.

This book held my attention and I could not wait to see what was going to happen next. Without giving anything away I had a few guesses who the culprit was but they were wrong, which was a good thing. I was not able to figure it out. I think I would have an enjoyed this book more if it would have gone in chronic order. It was a lot of back & forth, going back in time then current time. I love that the main character was a very strong female despite how much she went through and going through.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor Publishing, and Kimberly McCreight for allowing me to review this wonderfully entertaining mystery/thriller book. I loved it so much! I always enjoy a suspenseful novel surrounding mothers and daughters relationships and this one is fantastic. I love the dual povs and timelines woven throughout this book. It allows for a twisty and suspenseful great time! I highly recommend this book if you love thrillers and enjoy books about Mother’s and daughters. This is the second book I have read and loved by this author. I can’t wait to read more from Kimberly McCreight!

Like Mother Like Daughter was a fast paced, entertaining thriller with a focus on mother/daughter relationships.

This book follows alternating timelines. The first timeline follows Kat in the days leading up to her disappearance. The other timeline follows Cleo, Kat’s daughter, in the hours and days following Kat’s disappearance. There are some mixed media aspects interspersed throughout the book as well.

Kimberly McCreight did a great job introducing a lot of characters with possible motives. It kept me guessing and never feeling confident in my own theories.

When Cleo's mom, Kat, goes missing she heads down two different paths: one to find her mother, the other to figure out who her mother really is. Kat did not have a good life. Abandoned as a young child, she is sent to Haven House, a home for girls, There was a lot of abuse, fear, and secrets that impacted Kat her whole life, even in how she parents Cleo. Cleo's life is the exact opposite of how her mother grew up. She is privileged, loved, and well taken care of. She begins to rebel due to feeling suffocated with pressure from her mom. At the time Kat goes missing, she and Cleo aren't really speaking. Riddled with a mix of fear, love, and guilt, Cleo takes it upon herself to find her mother, no mater how much danger she puts herself in. Cleo quickly learns can only trust herself to find her mom because everyone, even those she would never expect, are suspects. Also, is Kat's past or her present as a "fixer" lawyer what put her in danger?

This book is filled with twists, secrets, betrayal, suspense, danger, and intrigue. The dual POV (Cleo and Kat's) worked really well to layer in the twists and show the emotions of both women. The way Kimberly McCreight plays with the timeline was fantastic in my opinion. Kat's POV was leading up to her going missing. Cleo's POV was everything after Kat disappears. There are also flashbacks for both, Kat at Haven House, and Cleo in therapy. It was just a fun and unique way to get this story told. There were times I thought I knew what was happening, and then something would happen that would through me off. There was a great mix of detail and vagueness to keep me guessing. This book was just so, so good.

When a college student comes home to food burning on the stove and her steadfast rock of a mother missing, she doesn't know what is going on. Then things really spiral out of control. Who is Cleo's mom really? This will appeal to fans of domestic suspense.

Mother/daughter relationships are often fraught with strong emotions and Kimberly McCreight has used that emotional connection as the base for this semi thriller. Cleo, a college student, arrives home for a planned luncheon with her mother, with whom she has a strained relationship. She finds burning food, a bloody shoe and no mother. As she gets deeper into the mystery secrets evolve about her mother, her parent’s relationship and her mother’s actual job.
McCreight tells the story from both the mothers and daughters points of view, interspersed with a therapists records which kept my interest from the first page to the last. I did struggle a bit with the Darden angle although it finally all fell into place by the end. All in all a good read.
Many thanks to Kimberly McCreight, Knopf, and NetGalley for affording me the opportunity to read an arc of this book, to be published on 7-30. Three and a half stars.

I absolutely loved this book! Like Mother, Like Daughter is gripping and psychologically twisted which will keep you reading until the very end! Please add this one to your reading list! Thanks to NetGalley & Knoft publishing for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own. Rating: 5 stars Publication Date: July 30, 2024

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER is a really well plotted mystery with a lot of moving pieces that fit together nicely in the end.

When Cleo arrives at her parents’ home for dinner, she finds food burning in the oven and one of her mother’s expensive shoes with a big smear of blood on it. As the police search for Kat, Cleo also embarks on a hunt to find her mom, who turns out to have a much more complicated life than Cleo expected. Because Kat is a fixer - not a patent lawyer, like Cleo thought - and one of her clients could be to blame. Or is it Cleo’s dangerous ex boyfriend? Or perhaps Kat’s painful past while growing up in an orphanage is catching up with her.

Kimberly McCreight moves back and forward in time, and uses diary entries and court documents to tell the story. Points of view alternate between Kat and Cleo and as you read, different pieces of the story fall into place. LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER explores mother/daughter relationships and kept me guessing the whole time I was reading. It’s the perfect summer mystery escape.

Thank you to NetGalley and publisher Knopf for an early digital copy of LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER in exchange for my honest feedback.

This was a good popcorn mystery/thriller. I liked McCreight's other book, Reconstructing Amelia, and this one was a great easy read while I was on vacation. There were a lot of side mysteries and tangents that were a little distracting, but overall it was solid!

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf for sending me this book!

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight is a fast-paced thriller set in Brooklyn. Cleo arrives home and discovers her mother, KAt, has gone missing. The story quickly moves along from there using a back-and-forth narrative between the present day, told in the voices of both Kat and Clea, as well as from Kat's journal from the early 1990s. Slowly the secrets become unveiled and the mystery of where Kat might be deeepens. Read and enjoy!

When a mother goes missing, her young daughter finds herself racing to save her after realizing she can’t trust the people closest to them. A few parts were super predictable, but there are a lot of side plots/mysteries going on that keep you guessing (corrupt lawyers, big pharma, shady foster home, affairs, etc.) Watching a tumultuous mother daughter relationship evolve as they learned more about each other was the best part.

I love a good suspense thriller, and this IS a good suspense thriller. College student, mother-daughter relationship with a mysterious past to unfold,

Thank you to NetGalley for this eARC copy gifted in exchange for my honest review.

What great book! I really enjoyed that this was a book that kept me guessing. I kept thinking that I knew what had happened but just when I was almost 100% sure, something else would be revealed to make me second-guess that.

Like Mother Like Daughter is a well-written, smart, and engaging suspense/psychological thriller telling the story of disappearance of Kat and her daughter Cleo, who first discovers her mother is missing. The two have a difficult relationship and have been estranged for a few months, Kat and her husband are separated, and Kat is a “fixer” for a successful law firm representing a pharmaceutical company that is being sued after it comes out that a new drug has caused permanent birth defects/health complications, and even death in babies after the mothers took the drug believing it was safe. As layers of Kat’s and Cleo’s lives are uncovered through flashbacks, and as we learn more and more about the complicated relationships they have had with a long list of possible suspects, the reader finds it difficult to determine who is behind Katz’s disappearance. Her own husband, who desperately needs the large amount of money she had set aside for Cleo, Cleo’s ex, someone from Kat’s past, or even a neighbor, client, or colleague. Mixed in with the intrigue is Cleo’s rapid understanding of her mother’s deep and undying love for her daughter, and now as the clock ticks away, minimizing the chances of finding her mother alive, Cleo desperately searches for the individual responsible for this crime and for the chance to repair their damaged relationship.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Knopf, and of course Kimberly McKreight for the opportunity to read an e-ARC of this incredible book.