Unfortunately I had to DNF this one. I was hoping for a good thriller but as I started reading it, I felt lost. Normally I like multiple POVs and mix of present and past events but this one was just so confusing to me. It was hard to follow and understand what was going on.
Unfortunately this book was not for me.

Thank you Knopf and the author for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I was pulled in from the very beginning. Cleo, daughter of Kat, comes home to have "dinner" with her mom and finds her gone and pool of blood. They have a contentious relationship. As the story progresses and Cleo learns more about her mothers past she has a better understanding of why her mother is the way she is. This story had some twists and turns I didn't see coming, though I did suspect some of them.

A love story between a mother and daughter . Cleo uncovers secrets about her mother’s life that she never would have predicted .

This was a quick, enjoyable read. There were a bunch of twists. Some I figured out, some took me by surprise.

Not sure the book will stick with me, but it was a fun summer read. Not sure I'd recommend it to others though.

3.5 stars rounded to 4.

I received this book free of charge from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This story is told through two different timelines. The present and the time leading up to the disappearance of one of the main characters.

I found myself trying to rush through the book because I needed to know what happened and I LOVED the main plot twist that is unveiled toward the end.

I give Like Mother, Like Daughter 4/5 stars.

I got this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Cleo and her mom are not on the best of terms. When he mom begs her to come over for dinner, she finally gives in, but when she arrives the house is a mess and her mother is nowhere to be seen. The cops want her to sit back and let them do their job, but Cleo can’t just sit there. She needs to find out what happened, and if her own choices have led to her mom’s disappearance.

Well damn, I wrote down so many quotes while reading this book! It seriously spoke to me so much! I was immediately drawn into the story and was right behind Cleo in trying to find her mom. There were several different storylines happening, but I loved how they all came together in the end. I also felt like Cleo’s dad was the worst and he was very close to the top of my suspect list! As we go back in time, I didn’t love Cleo, she was certainly a bit of a brat, but I grew to really like her as she tried to figure out what happened.

Thank you to @aaknopf for my gifted copy of this book!

I thought Like Mother, Like Daughter was a solid read. Like other Kimberly McCreight books I've read, the writing is solid. The characters are well-drawn and distinct, though I did find myself wondering some about motivations and the backstories of more minor characters. The structure of the book worked okay for me, though because there were so many "extra" features beyond the narrative, I wonder how the listening experience would be if I'd consumed this via audio. My major critique with the book would be that it is just a bit too much in terms of subplots. For me, there were just too many red herrings and though (I think) most of them were tied up by the end of the book, keeping track of everything and the loose ends was sometimes distracting.

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight, The book starts with Chloe McHugh going to see her mom after not seeing her for a few months and then finding a bloody shoe, broken glass and her mom missing. Cloe and her mom Katrina has had a very tumultuous relationship. From the work her mom does at the law firm she works at to the way she was raised to life in general she can be very strict and controlling and Cloe is suffocating under all her mom‘s good intentions. Like most children whether adult or minors Cloe has made some very bad decisions but still doesn’t see why her mom feels the need to be so involved in her life this is why Cloe “hasn’t really spoke to her in months. After her mom goes missing Cloe will start to uncover things that cause her to look at not only her mom differently but her dad is well who she thought she was very close to. Throughout the book we follow other POV‘s including Katrina who everyone thinks is a patent lawyer but really she is a fixer for very influential people what her daughter also doesn’t know is Katrina and her husband Aiden have separated and are getting a divorce. This is why we also see Katrina when she starts to date and care about a guy named Doug who she is with when he gets a threatening text message and is soon dead due to a suspicious car accident. So when Katrina starts getting her own threatening text messages she at first doesn’t know who could know her secret by this point in the book we know Katrina grew up in an orphanage called Haven House and she was only allowed to be adopted at 14 by an eccentric millionaire due to questionable circumstances and this is the secret she wants to keep. Between her husband Aiden wanting her inheritance money to prolong the filming of his documentary to him cheating to close ex boyfriend and even Katrina‘s job there are many great suspects and the question is where is Katrina and is the person who wanted to harm her from her past or her present?#KnothPantheonVintage,#NetGalley, #KimberlyMcCreight, #LikeMother,LikeDaughter,

This book was such a wild ride. I was on the edge of my seat and couldn't turn the pages back. Think you have it all figured out? Nope think again. I loved how this book was told in Kat's pov leading up to her missing to while she was missing told in her daughter's pov. This book was a page turner and a fast read.
Thank you to the publisher for my net galley copy for my honest review.

You know that phrase "give them enough rope to hang themselves"? There is a huge pile of it in this book. Well, maybe it is better to say that there are a whole lotta ropes because the main character, Katherine, is gone and there are so many reasons and potential guilty parties. It is a big ol' knot of a twisty, turny story. I really enjoyed the strained relationship between Katherina and her daughter, Cleo, and the dual timelines. And I really loved hating the husband Adrian! This is a story guaranteed to keep you guessing until the end!

Cleo has been estranged from her mom Kat for a few months after Kat kept meddling in her relationship. Kat reaches out to Cleo to try to mend their relationship, but when Cleo comes by the house for dinner, she discovers her mom missing with dinner burning and a shoe and blood on the kitchen floor. What the hell happened to her mother? Cleo is determined to find out.

The story is told from Kat's POV in the past, and Cleo's POV present day as she tries to understand what may have happened to her mom. What she discovers is that Kat isn't at all who she thought she was - Kat is the 'fixer' at the law firm she works at, and there are a lot of people that aren't happy with her.

There are so many potential suspects in this one, I found it hard to put down. I kept trying to guess who could have done something to her. There are a lot of things in her past that could easily come back to haunt her. I love the way Cleo was so headstrong in finding out what happened. She hasn't made the best decisions in the past, and clearly isn't make the best ones now either.

It's an addictive read with secret after secret coming to light. It's not too much of a surprise ending, but it was still a great page-turner.

To say Kat and Cleo's relationship is complicated would be an understatement. After all, what mother-daughter relationship isn't? Kat has always strived to provide Cleo with the best life possible, going above and beyond to fulfill her dreams. However, Cleo sees her mother's efforts as overbearing and suffocating. As a college student, Cleo has often found herself in trouble, most recently with a trust fund brat turned drug dealer who involved her in his illicit activities and became physically abusive. Their relationship ended in an explosive confrontation, and Cleo suspects that Kat might have had something to do with it. Now, though, Kat is determined to rebuild their broken relationship.

When Cleo arrives late for dinner at her parents' home, she is met with a disturbing scene. The meal Kat was preparing is left forgotten in the oven, overcooking—something her perfectionist mother would never allow. Cleo finds no trace of her mother while searching her childhood home. The closet upstairs holds only her mother's clothes, with no sign of her father's belongings. Cleo's unease turns to alarm when she discovers Kat's bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. Kat, the embodiment of perfection—a happily married corporate lawyer with an idyllic life—has disappeared, and Cleo realizes that things are far from what they seem.

"A problem that starts with people usually has to end that way, too. And your mom is good with people. Very good. Just like you."

In Like Mother, Like Daughter, Kimberly McCreight crafts a mystery novel that delves into the intricacies of a parent-child relationship. Parents often aim to provide the best for their children but sometimes overlook that their child has their own unique desires and dreams. There's a fine line between wanting the best for a child and imposing one's own idea of what's best. McCreight explores this gray area, balancing the desire for a better future with the need to atone for a parent's past mistakes, adding a depth that elevates the story beyond a typical summer thriller.

As the novel progresses, McCreight expertly reveals small pieces of information, gradually uncovering the truth behind Kat's disappearance. I was impressed with how she unraveled the story, alternating between Cleo and Kat's perspectives. Kat's sections unfold in the days leading up to her disappearance, while Cleo's occur in the aftermath. These dual timelines converge in a conclusion that, while not the most shocking, brings both the mystery and the mother-daughter relationship to a satisfying resolution. Like Mother, Like Daughter is a gripping summer read that captivates with its intriguing mystery while offering a poignant exploration of a mother-daughter bond.

3.5 really...I went in to this w mediocre expectations and was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed the story but honestly did get a little confused at times with the character hopping. It also was a bit predictable, but not to the point that I didn't finish it. I have never read McCCreight and, although I wouldn't be likely to seek out her other stuff, if I came across a title I would give it a read. It was light and quick and had enough twist to be entertaining.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc. This one definitely kept me guessing and there was a lot to figure out. I did figure out a twist. I liked the plot. The character development was amazing in this one. There were some things I thought I knew, but it turns out I didn't. Overall a decent novel.

Cleo is an NYU student and goes home to Brooklyn to have dinner with her somewhat estranged mother Kat. But Kat is missing, and all signs point to an abduction or murder. But with no body, the police investigate it as a missing persons' case. Could it be the lying husband who was having an affair and needs money, or the shady law firm Kat works for or Cleo's ex-boyfriend drug dealer or someone from Kat's foster care past? With so many leads to track down, Cleo tries to find out what happened to her mom and keep herself safe from the same fate.

I expected this to be more of a mystery but found it to be a faster paced thriller. The whole time I was reminded of the book that put McCreight on the map many years ago, Reconstructing Amelia, which I loved. It is clear that McCreight has still got it- I loved all the red herrings and possible paths that Cleo went down. It was clear and not muddled and just a tightly written book that I really enjoyed.

Thank you to Netgalley for the advance copy for review.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this book.

This was a very fast-paced and engaging thriller about a mother and daughter and the daughter’s journey to find her mother, literally and figuratively. I did enjoy the dual timelines of Cleo and Kat as they look back before and then lead up to Kat’s disappearance.

It was a solid book, but not one of my favorites.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read the ARC of this book. This is the fourth book I've read by McCreight. I find her books to be engaging, fast-paced and entertaining. This was a good thriller with lots of twists and turns. It had a lot going on, which I sometimes find to be a turn-off, but in this case I enjoyed it because it introduced multiple suspects.

The book is told in dual POVs between mother and daughter with occassional journal entries, therapy session notes, and court transcripts. I found most of the characters to be realistic and felt the love/hate relationship between mother and daughter was a good portrayal of the difficulties of motherhood.

Anytime I'm surprised by the ending of a thriller I deem it a good read and this certainly did that!

This was really well done! I kept guessing parts, figuring out others as it went along. It was a tight story, lots of background. Great characters. Perfect summer mystery!
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

* I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this book. All thoughts are my own.

This book was fast-paced and fairly short, which made for a very quick read. I liked the alternate timelines of Cleo and Kat. I didn’t care about a lot of the side characters so I just wasn’t fully invested in the story. Overall this book is fine but not something I’ll remember when I’ve moved on to the next one.

Would not go out of my way to recommend but also wouldn’t not recommend.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a part mystery, part family drama. Cleo is a college student who doesn't have the best relationship with her mom. She arrives home to find her mom is missing. She then works to find out where her mom is while also dealing with her own drama. A very fast paced read with lots of twist and turns.