LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER
Kimberly McCreight

McCreight has been honing her skills and you can tell by her latest, LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER that she still has a lot to say about women and the many masks they put on, even when alone, with only a mirror as witness.

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER stars mother, Kat, and daughter, Cleo. Cleo arrives at her mother’s house to find it deserted. As if she up and vanished. This is very unlike her type-A mother and immediately Cleo is worried.

Cleo starts to look into her mother’s absence right away and as she starts to uncover truths about her mom she finds that there is a lot she doesn’t know about the woman she calls mom.

Will she solve the mystery of her mother’s disappearance before it’s too late? Or will her mother forever be lost to her regardless of where she is?

I have a long-sorted past with Kimberly. She wrote a revolutionary book in 2015 called WHERE THEY FOUND HER. It was unlike anything I had read before that. A combination of biting commentary and a shocking storyline, I was immediately a fan. Since then, I haven’t had much luck with her books until LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER.

There is an immediate honesty to the writing. It’s confessional-like. Like people are spilling their insincerities and indiscretions unfiltered and without the benefit of shame or knowing better to save face. It’s not about your fake online persona or the person you play at work. It’s about who you are when you think no one is looking, no one cares, and no one is watching.

But of course, someone always is.

Thanks to Netgalley, Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor | Knopf for the advanced copy!

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER…⭐⭐⭐

Like Mother Like Daughter is a fabulous psychological thriller told in alternating points of view between the mother who is missing and the daughter. The quick pacing and the twists and turns had me staying up to see how it ended. This is my first book from Kimberly McCreight, but it won't be my last.

A tale of the unexpected similarities between mother and daughter in this psychological thriller. multiple timelines and narrators add a great deal of suspense. A quick, entertaining read by one of my favorite authors.

I hadn’t read a good domestic thriller in a long time so I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It was told from the point of view of the mother, Katrina and the daughter, Cleo. Katrina is missing and it looks like foul play. Her point of view goes back in time and works forward to the incident. Cleo works hard to figure out what happened and in the process comes to realize that her mother has always been there for her even when she thought otherwise. There were plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing. Overall this was a very good read.

Thank you to NetGalley for this advanced copy!

This was a fun read, the story goes back and forth between the mother (who is missing) and the daughter who is looking for her. It' kept me going and I didn't really want to put it down so the pacing was good and the twists were also pretty good.

My main issue with this book was the style of the writing. I found myself confused multiple times and had to go back a few pages to figure out what was going on - sometimes the characters would go somewhere and then think about things that happened in the past (for a few pages) and then would return to where they were, which was kind of hard to follow at times.

This was also an uncorrected copy that I read and I did notice quite a few errors (spelling, sentence structure) and continuity issues as well. For instance in one example, a detective sits next to Chloe and then on the next page, she sits down again without there being any mention of her getting up. Small, but noticeable when you are picturing things in your mind as you are reading.

The ending was slightly unsatisfying as you find there are multiple things happening that kind of all wrap up neatly at the same time - some of which were a little deflating.
But overall, it was a decently good thriller, my first from this author and I would read more!
Final overall rating 3.5!

I wanted more suspense from Like Mother, Like Daughter but the story fell short. The mystery of what happened to fixer attorney Kat seemed a little far-fetched and there were too many distractions (red herrings). I did enjoy seeing how Cleo’s feelings transitioned and changed for her mother and father. The surprise twist at the end seemed a little too icky. The story was a fast-paced, quick read.

A psychological thriller that leaves you dazed and speechless.

Two timelines, told from both the mother and daughters perspective - this novel perfectly weaves the story together and has you constantly turning the page.

Highly recommend!

✔️ SLOW burn
✔️ Dual POVs
✔️ Dual timelines

Epitome of a slow burn. If that’s your jam, you may enjoy this read. Ultimately, while I had a constant debate of wanting to quit this read it was due to the pace and not necessarily as a result of a poorly outlined plot.

I felt the story was executed well in that there were no unanswered questions. Some elements were predictable and I decidedly didn't score this higher as the "twists" didn't confound me.

Thank you #NetGalley for an arc of #LikeMotherLikeDaughter in exchange for an honest review.

I was sucked into the world of Cleo and her mom, Kat, right from the very beginning. Kat is missing and Cleo is trying to figure out what happened to her.

There are times when reading thrillers I feel like the end builds without much drama and then ends with this crazy “hostage” type scene. This book is quite the opposite - and I loved it even more for this. The entire book builds in dramatic fashion right up until the very end, without an over dramatic finale. The constant tension building is what pulled me in and kept me reading.

Many pieces work together in this story - told from two perspectives. A daughter feeling overprotected by her mother, but learning that her mother holds secrets that crafted her style of parenting. In the end, all secrets are revealed.

Ever since I read Reconstructing Amelia over a decade ago I’ve been a huge fan of Kimberly McCreight and this book is as wonderful and exciting as her others.

While I loved the suspense aspect what really drew me in was the mother/daughter bond - especially that as a teenager/young adult we know our parents as parents but not people with a complicated past and demons and reasons for doing and saying what they do. Both characters are so human and easy to love, flaws and all.

I was surprised to find that Cleo’s chapters were my favorite as she unraveled who her mother really is. But both narratives are great. McCreight’s voice always comes through strong.

I’ll admit I did guess the twists fairly early but it didn’t take away from wanting to read and finish to see how it all turned out. I would absolutely recommend.

Thank you to Knopf and NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was twisty, with just the right amount of shock. It was a good read and kept me interested.

This was a great read! Kat had a traumatic past and is determined to be the best mom to Cleo. Then her marriage begins to unravel, work is beyond stressful, and then she disappears. Despite being estranged, Cleo is on a mission to find her mom. Lots of twists and turns make this an exciting story.

Like Mother, Like Daughter was a page turner from beginning to end and kept me guessing till the very last page. The book is about a daughter Cleo who has to uncover her mothers secret life after her mom's disappearance. This was very well written with great characters and twists and turns. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend this to any reader but especially to readers who love a good thriller. Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf for this ARC read in exchange of my honest review of Like Mother, Like Daughter.

A domestic drama built around a mystery when a mother goes missing is at the core of Like Mother, Like Daughter. When Cleo arrives home to find her mother, Kat, missing with spatters of blood and a single shoe visible, the race is on not only to find her but to discover who her mother is as a person.
The mystery of the missing mom is complicated by Kat's past, her current job, her dissolving relationship with her husband, and even the relationships of Cleo could be the reason for the disappearance.
Like Mother, Like Daughter is a twofer. The reader gets a good crime story/mystery along with a deeper backstory of the thorny relationships that occur between mother and daughter. I especially enjoyed watching Cleo starting to view her mother as more of a person, flawed but fully developed. It was also a joy to see a woman in a position of power that doesn't abdicate it when things get tough, but makes tough decisions. There is a great female supporting cast, as well.

On the the other hand, the flaw, if there is one, is the current crime portion of the story gets a bit derailed with so much focus on the past including the transcripts of therapy.

Author McCreight is detailed in her writing style which builds a multi-layered reading experience. There is always more to it than the mystery at hand.

Thank you to Aaknopf for access to an early copy via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

This book and the characters are so complicated. Like Mother, Like Daughter is an exploration of the mother/daughter relationship that manages to be a wonderful thriller. There's a lot going on in this book, which makes it difficult to figure out how everything is related until the very end.

Although the book was entertaining, the last 15 percent was SO GOOD!

Cleo is a bratty character that you'll love to hate.

Thanks for the advance review copy.

Mother daughter relationships are some of the most complicated relationships there is. It’s hard to imagine your mom living a life before you were born. Motherhood changes people, so who was your mom before motherhood. This is what Cleo is coming to terms with. She had a strained relationship with her mother Katrina. However she is finding her mother is not who she thought. Nonetheless she will do anything to find her and get the answers. This was a page turner and I couldn’t wait to find out the results.

Thanks to NetGalley and Knopf for the ARC of this book!

I read this in one day because I LOVED this one!!! 🤪🤩 There was tension, suspense, mystery, twists, all I could ask for from a thriller book! The character development was fantastic, as well. This progressed at the perfect pace and kept me guessing without making me feel so in the dark that I got frustrated.

Cleo McHugh is a 20-year-old student at NYU. One night, she is going home for dinner with her estranged mother, Katrina. When she gets there, she finds food burnt in the oven, glasses on the counter, and a pool of blood on the ground with her mother no where in sight. Cleo dives head-first into uncovering this mystery, for better or worse, on her own. Officer Wilson has been assigned the case and Cleo works with her as it best fits in her plan to uncover what happened to her mother (because, of course she knows best as we all did—she’s 20 haha).

There are suspects getting thrown at you everywhere and it just kept me wholly engaged the entire time. Every character was fleshed out just the right amount and I really came to love both Cleo and Katrina, even though I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about either one in the beginning, honestly. This was the first Kimberley McCreight book but it certainly isn’t going to be my last!!

Unfortunately I have tried to read and review this novel multiple times. I keep getting to about 15-20% and just want to put it down. I don’t feel appropriate rating due to not getting far enough in to form an opinion. I just don’t think it’s for me! My apologies!

This story's tension didn't let up from beginning to end. The characters, especially main characters Kat and Cleo, are fully-fleshed, and the alternating POV add suspense to the action. The novel held my interest all the way to the climax and resolution, and even though I guessed the identity of the guilty party before that, it didn't detract from the nail-biting suspense as the villain's plot unraveled. The pacing of the mystery, as the truth is gradually revealed through past and present time frames, is handled beautifully, and the relationships amongst the various characters ring true. This is the first book I've read by Kimberly McCreight, and I will definitely look for more from this author!

This was a great cinematic thriller from start to finish. It is a missing person thriller, with so much depth/theming that is so engaging . Katerina has gone missing, she is a “fixer”at a major corporate law firm. There are so many suspects in her disappearance, characters that are so nuanced and imperfect , yet all have reasons to be a suspect. She has a strained relationship with her 20-year-old daughter, Cleo. The point of view goes back-and-forth between Cleo and Katerina, and I could relate so much to the mother daughter dynamic, in both Cleo and Katerina’s point of view. Cleo is a student at NYU, she hasn’t made the best decisions with relationships in the past. She thinks that her mother is very controlling and hypocritical. Katerina may have overreacted slightly when Cleo started to express herself as a teenager, which damaged the relationship. The way that Katrina tries to uncover truth, and to fix things for her clients, and to spy on Cleo, Cleo does the same in searching for her mother. Hence the title, like mother like daughter. It was so cleverly woven together. Although I did have a suspicion about the biggest twist at the end, getting there was so enjoyable that I didn’t mind not being completely surprised by the twist. I really grew to love the characters, and to really hear their voices in my head. This is my first time reading this author, but I will definitely go back and read her previous works. i