What a great whodunit- where is she! So much going on it was a little difficult to keep straight - made you pay attention and not want to put it down!

This was just ok for me. I got a little confused with the different dudes in the book, and had to flip back a few times to remember who was who. The end had some decent twistage but still wasn’t my favorite from the author. Transparently, I have been V busy this past month and have had a hard time concentrating on book, so another place and time I could feel very different! Will read more of her books for sure.

Kimberly McCreight’s “Like Mother, Like Daughter” is an incredibly engaging thriller that explores a fraught mother-daughter relationship, made more tenuous by the disappearance of the mother and the attempts of her estranged college age daughter to find her. I truly liked the unique plot structure which is derived from their alternating POVs: mom’s (Kat) is prior to her disappearance; the daughter’s (Cleo) starts after her discovery of a bloody shoe and burning food in the oven at her mother’s house. The women’s stories are also interspersed with Kat’s journal entries from 1993 (discovered by Cleo), when she was younger than Cleo and living in a sketchy group home, and transcripts of Cleo’s sessions with a therapist. Kat has since transformed into a lawyer and a “fixer” for her powerful firm. Someone is trying to blackmail her and threaten Chloe. But is it related to her current work assignment or is it a voice from her hidden past?

As the storylines converge, we get to know both Kat and Cleo, who, yes, are both intelligent, stubborn, risk-taking and far from perfect, but very realistic characters. 5 stars!

Thank you to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage and Anchor and NetGalley for a free advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review!

did I binge this on my sick day because I could? I absolutely did!!!! and this was a wild ride from start to finish 😳😳

there’s something about a red herring … or multiple … that gets me so excited and impatient to get to the ending! and I was completely thrown pretty much the entire time!

following cleo on her search for her missing mother, she comes across so many details about her mother’s life that she had no idea about, from what she really does for work to how she grew up in foster care. and while I was a bit disappointed in the ultimate resolution, I loved the back and forth timeline format to keep the reader guessing!

I did guess the ultimate whodunnit at the end, mostly because I felt it was the most obvious choice, but the ride was so worth it!

the pacing and format was spot on, and I’d highly recommend this one for a quick bingeable popcorn thriller! thank you to penguin random house and netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

rating: 3.5 stars
wine pairing: columbia valley pinot noir

I really enjoyed the twists and turns of this book. I highly recommend if you enjoy mother/daughter drama, family dynamics, edge of your seat mystery/thrillers.

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5. Cleo enters her childhood home to have dinner with her semi-estranged mother, to find dinner on fire, and a puddle of blood with her mother missing. Cleo must out together the pieces of her mothers past to try to find her. This was a good thriller, with short addictive chapters, and a dual POV. There were twists that I expected, and ones that I did not. It was going to be a 4⭐️ for me, except I felt like a few loose ends never got tied. Thanks NetGalley for the ARC.

4.5/
"In other words, she is the exact person you want in an emergency. Too bad she's not here. My mom would be so good at finding herself."

This was a very quick, enthralling read. I read this in under 24 hours and definitely was very invested. The dual timelines of pre and post incident were awesome and made the story work so well. I anticipated a few of the seemingly minor twists and could tell things were off with a few characters, but I was certainly surprised by the final reveal. The commentary on motherhood and childhood also added a lot to the overall story. This was one of my favorite thrillers I've read in quite a while. Highly recommend!

Thanks to Netgalley and Knopf for the eARC! Publishing 7/30!

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight is a gripping and suspenseful thriller that is a perfect fit for readers who enjoy domestic suspense, family drama, and mystery, particularly those who appreciate complex relationships between mothers and daughters and are drawn to stories that explore the darker side of human nature.

This one kept me guessing! Complicated characters, a mother with a painful past, a daughter who can‘t see past her own misery, a father who is lazy and self absorbed. When there is a disappearance, the daughter struggles to find the truth is all the lies and omissions. Perfectly paced, this thriller was compelling and a great summer read. Out July 29th.

This was an intriguing read for my first by the author.
I liked the characters, they were very unreliable and flawed and sometimes that’s what makes me enjoy a story even more. The twists were pretty much predictable for me but that didn’t stop me keeping up and seeing where everything ends.

Kat and Cleo have a ton of secrets, but like many mothers and daughters their secrets often revolve around protection. Kat goes missing and Cleo must unravel Kat’s past and present to find her. This book takes the reader on several twists and turns while creating several red herrings.

Like Mother, Like Daughter, by Kimberly McCreight is a new favorite! This story is so engaging and kept my attention riveted the entire time. The pacing is smooth, not slowing in its momentum or steadily building tension. The plot is intelligent and complex, while still being understandable, and is clever in its execution and planning. The characters are also interesting and fully fleshed out with intriguing histories.

The story revolves around a mother and a college-age daughter and the natural tension and angst that often occurs in such relationships. Katrina, the rather strict mother with an overly cautious nature, has invited her semi-estranged daughter Cleo to dinner to discuss something from her past as a means of caution, but also to connect with her. But when Cleo arrives, her mother is nowhere to be found and Cleo discovers a pool of blood left behind. Who would do such a thing to a seemingly dull, methodical patent attorney? Her husband, whom she is separated from, doesn’t seem to show the appropriate level of concern and this bothers Cleo and the police for several reasons. As Cleo begins to unearth information and inadvertently find tidbits that raise some concerning questions, she can’t help but follow the clues. With dual POV’s leading up to the event, and the investigation after the event, we get two gripping sides to the story that seamlessly come together to complete the story in the most satisfying way.

Like Mother, Like Daughter has layer upon layer, countless potential suspects and red herrings interwoven into the plot, and so much more that lies beneath the surface, reminiscent of real life. Muddied motivations, secrets from the past we’d rather keep hidden, misunderstandings and occasional poor choices…life is complicated, and this thriller showcases that in a very authentic way. Like Mother, Like Daughter has compelling, credible characters with a depth that makes them people you can’t help but feel for, all embedded within a suspenseful, enthralling plot. I loved it, thoroughly enjoyed my time with this book, and look forward to more from this author.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf for this advance copy. I loved this author’s previous novels, but this one was not a favorite. The alternating timeline usually works for me, but here it pulled me out of the story and made it difficult to follow. I just never felt like the story got into a good rhythm. Even though this was a miss for me, I will still try whatever McCreight writes next.

I so loved this one! I will be posting on TikTok soon but wanted to express my sincere gratitude for getting the opportunity to read this! I will say that Cleo drove me crazy in a way that all teens drive us crazy in books! Such a page turner and the twist at the end was amazing! Loved it!

Overall a solid thriller but a lot of plot points going on,

Same as with The Good Marriage, it kind of took some time to get into and get invested in the story and it to all start to really hook me and get me into it.

This book did such a great job of making every single person look SO guilty. While I did see some plot twists coming, there were others I did NOT anticipate.

This also pulled on SO many heart strings- mother/daughter relationships are never simple. They are beautiful, hard, complex, painful, and everything in between.

Since this is an uncorrected proof I have no doubts that my two minor notes will be resolved with the last round of editing. There was an instance where one of the female characters is said to set something down and in the next paragraph she was holding it again, but I sadly did not remember to highlight that instance.
Beyond that I am SO pleased with this read.

Finishing this book left me wanting to hug my mom for a really really long time.

3.5 stars
Thank you Knopf for the early review copy of Like Mother, Like Daughter. The strongest part for me was the focus on Cleo as college age, a time in which there is a lot of awakening for many in terms of learning about their parents as flawed and complex characters and how learning about Kat's secrets let Cleo come to terms with parts of her own life.

Overall, I liked this one but it fell a little flat for me in terms of some of the character behaviors and styles. I felt a little alienated by the mother's parenting behaviors and struggled to understand some of how the pieces of the plot and themes explored all came together and how they were all necessary to the plot. That being said, I was still drawn into the mystery, wanted to explore how McCreight would develop the plot and lead to a conclusion. I did enjoy learning about the fixer part of the plot and seeing how the mother/daughter themes were developed.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4.*

NYU student Cleo arrives home for dinner with her mother to find an empty kitchen, a bloody shoe and no sign of her mother.

As she attempts to figure out what has happened, she discovers details of her mother's complicated past, as well as the crumbling ruins of her parents' marriage.

A solid thriller with just enough twists and intrigue to keep you turning pages late into the night.

*with thanks to NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for this honest review.

NYU student Cleo goes home to Brooklyn to visit her mom, but all she finds is a burning dinner, broken glass, and… is that blood?!? As Cleo plays detective, Kat’s story starts to unfold, coming together almost seamlessly by the end of the book. As you read, it quickly becomes evident that there’s more to both Kat and Cleo - neither is as perfect as they seem, and their past transgressions may now be catching up to them.

Even though I guessed the major twist very early, there was enough other stuff going on to keep my interest. Lots of suspicious folks on the periphery, and any one could be the key to finding out what happened to Kat. Aside from a few small plot holes and an ending that felt a bit rushed, I enjoyed this one and finished it pretty quickly. There are a lot of puzzle pieces to keep track of. If you don’t read tons of these, you may not catch the misdirects and that will likely make the book even more satisfying.

This was a pretty solid read, if a bit complicated to follow at times. I enjoyed getting pieces of the story from different points of view, and it had a good twist that I didn’t guess. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Cleo is an entitled rich daughter who is coming home from college to have dinner with her overprotective and overbearing mom Kat. However Cleo quickly changes her tune when instead of finding her mom she finds burned food, and a bloody shoe in the house, but her mom is nowhere to be found. What follows is the mystery of where Kat is and what happened to her. The story is told in dual POV between Kat in the past, and Cleo in the present with texts and lawyer proceedings and documents sprinkled in. As the story progresses Cleo comes to realize that there is so much she didn’t know about her mom. The story was pretty fast paced, with some interesting twists and turns and character growth, but the multiple POV’s and jumping around in time made the story a bit confusing at times. An interesting fast paced thriller. I received an ARC, and this is my honest review.