This is a fast-paced thriller with a daughter who involves herself in an aggressive search for her mother after she discovered her missing in a mysterious way. There’s so much going that can make your head spin.

Cleo, an NYU student, treats her dad like he’s her favorite pal while her mother, Katrina, has always been there for her throughout the years. And yet, Cleo feels like she’s never been good enough for her critical mother. Like many teenagers, she didn’t really see how valuable her mother was until something happened to her.

Cleo was supposed to have dinner with her but found blood on one of her mother’s shoes left behind and glass broken in the kitchen. Now Cleo had to put the pieces together and find her. Katrina, was a lawyer and while Cleo was searching for her, she came across various hidden secrets. While there was a detective on the case, Cleo was determined to find her mother without much concern for her safety. This kept me turning the pages.

There were dual POVs between Cleo and Katrina which worked well. The different layers of the plot made it compelling to find out more. It was full of twists and a sense that the clock was ticking. Cleo needed to be careful as she kept digging for clues. And yet, things just coincidentally occurred like someone showing up at the right time. I stayed up late to find out how everything would turn out.

My thanks to Alfred A. Knopf and NetGalley for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book with an expected release date of July 9, 2024.

I really enjoyed this book until the end. We spent the entire time getting introduced and attached to so many characters, just to have it end abruptly. I feel like while the major question was answered, there were a lot of things left hanging.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is advertised as a thrilling novel with emotional suspense between a mother and her college aged daughter. Cleo comes home one day to a possible violent scene and her mother Kat missing. The story was too slow and confusing for me to enjoy. We learn many secrets along the way but I wasn't very interested by the end of the book. The book jumps back and forth between present day Cleo and the past with Kat leading up to her disappearance. I usually enjoy books told through multiple timelines but not this time.

Unfortunately this one didn’t work for me. It’s my first Kimblery McCreight book although I have a couple on my TBR. I was really excited to reading this one, especially after such a strong start. Cleo’s mom goes missing and she’s on a mission to figure out what happened to her. I feel the story fell short and dragged on at certain parts. I lost interest quickly, and put it down several times.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a fun psychological thriller from Kimberly McCreight. From the start to the end, its fun to make guesses, piece together the puzzle, and wonder what happened to Kat along with her daughter Cleo.

The narrative begins when Cleo where discovers burned food in the oven and her mother's shoe with blood on it. The pacing shifts between two timelines. In the forward timeline, Cleo searches for her mother, uncovering secrets she had kept from her. As Cleo delves deeper, she realizes her mother might be involved with dangerous people, and a tragic incident from her past may be connected to her disappearance.

It was definitely twisty-turny, but there were too many characters and false leads for my taste. That being said, I think many people would enjoy this!

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Loved the concept of this book. I was able to follow along and it was a pretty easy read throughout. However, I was expecting more out of the ending. I felt like I had recently read something with a similar storyline and I was comparing it to that one. I still rate this book a 3 star because it was easy to read, and read it pretty fast. I have already recommended it to a friend who I know loves books like this, and she loves books based in NYC.

Kimberly McCreight did a great job with this one. Loved the secrets revealed. A great story. Thanks NetGalley and Knopf for allowing me this preview.

This book pulled me in from the very beginning. I was unable to put it down until I finished it Cleo and her mother Kat had not spoken for several months. When Cleo finally comes home to meet her mother for dinner, she finds an empty house, dinner, burning, a pool is blood on the floor and her mother is bloody shoe. Cleo is determined to find out what happened to her mother and digs deep into the past, as well as her mother‘s friends and acquaintances. A web is spun that leaves the reader constantly guessing what the outcome might be.
I’d loved the writing, and the relationship expressed between mother and daughter and the difficulties in communication that so many have.
I thank the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to enjoy this compelling book.

Kat had a rough upbringing. At age 4, she was abandoned by her own parents, and then put into an orphanage. Even more unfortunately, this orphanage was not a good place for children to grow up. When her luck turned around, she was adopted by an elderly woman who helped her to overcome her misfortune and become a successful lawyer. Years later, she had a daughter named, Cleo, who she was able to give the life that she had wanted for herself as a child. Kat and Cleo’s relationship was turbulent and strained. Kat loves Cleo so much and always wants the best for her, she was protective to a fault. Cleo rebels, but soon gets mixed up with the wrong guy and the wrong crowd, which causes a bigger void between Kat and Cleo.

Cleo comes home to her mom one day, only to find everything in disarray and her mom nowhere to be found. She quickly learns that her mom is missing. But Cleo is determined to find what happened to her mom and bring her home.

I honestly loved this book. I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump, but if I didn’t have real life responsibilities, this book would have easily been finished in one day. I loved the back-and-forth chapters of Cleo (present) and Kat (past); that, along with the article snippets, therapist transcripts, and journal entries helped keep me engaged and wanting more.

**Thank you to NetGalley, Kimberly McCrieght, and Alfred A. Knopf for my free eBook copy in exchange for my unbiased review.

I enjoyed this fast-paced thriller! This book follows two characters- Cleo, who comes home to find her mother, Kat, missing amongst signs of a struggle, and Kat herself in the days leading up to her disappearance. As the perspective switches from before, and after goes Kat missing, we begin to piece together a nearly a nearly list of possible suspects thanks to Kat’s job as a corporate fixer, her conniving separated husband, Cleo’s drug dealing ex, and a mystery from Kat’s past. As Cleo searches for her mother, the reader also get to see a surprisingly deep look into the complex relationships of mothers and daughters.

I’ve liked many of Kimberly McCreight’s books, but I will admit, I was a little hesitant to read this one. I don’t enjoy legal dramas, and the characters job is a corporate fixer made me wonder if this was going to be a little bit dry for me. But I have to say, I flew through this book, eager to find out what happens next!! There are so many storylines and potential suspects that there’s bound to be one that speaks to everyone. For me, I enjoyed the mother, daughter dynamics and watching Cleo discover what she never knew about her mothers past. And while I had figured out much of the ending (or at least had some accurate guesses) the book, still wraps up any satisfying way.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for allowing me to read this ARC. I definitely recommend it!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, my first Kimberly McCreight book.

Cleo, a student at NYU has been having differences with her by the book mother, Kat. But when she heads home to meet her mom for dinner, she finds Kat missing and knows something terrible has happened. Cleo starts to try to figure out what happened to her mom and uncovers secrets about her family as well as when her mom was younger. The race is on for Cleo to figure out what happened to her mother, before it's too late.

This book was fast paced and I could not put it down. I loved the dual POV's - one leading up to Kat's disappearance and the other after. I would have loved more info on Kat's profession but enjoyed the uncovering pieces we find out throughout the book. The story was twisty and kept me entertained until the end!

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor/Knopf for providing me with the eARC. All opinions are my own.

I loved this book. The mystery and dark feeling throughout kept me sucked in the entirety of the story. While I formulated theories from start to finish, it wasn’t that I was shocked at the end, but that I was so impressed with how the story was told and how it all unfolded. The characters you’re supposed to like are like-able, and those you’re supposed to hate are so very easy to hate, and those you’re unsure of; well, you stay unsure of and you find out the reason why. Everything about this book made me trust my gut instinct and it was incredible how the writer did that. I will absolutely be recommending this book to everyone once it’s published, there should certainly be more hype around it.

A lot going on in the latest from Kimberly McCreight, and I was all about it! Lots of characters to wonder about and Cleo is more like her mother than she thought, and is going to get to the bottom of things!

Always interested in a new read by this author and was not disappointed.

I enjoyed reading Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight but it was forgettable because I'm struggling to remember anything about it. The thriller was about a fixer who goes missing and her estranged daughter that is looking for her. It kept me attention when reading it but it didn't leave a lasting impression. It was an average thriller story that was entertaining and I enjoyed reading it.
Thanks to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the advanced copy of the book. The opinions are my own.

This is the most interesting, terrifying, complicated story I have read in a long time!
I am happy to say I had NO idea what was around many corners, and it made for a
great book, from beginning to end.
I absolutely recommend this book to everyone ~ mystery, suspense, mother daughter
challenges, parents who disappoint, parents who love you to,,, well the ends of the
earth, the absolute gamut. Nobody is left out of the damage to family dynamics in
the well written story that will leave you on your last guess…
My thanks to Knopf Publishing via Net Galley for the download copy for
review purposes.

Like Mother, Like Daughter has all the ingredients for a good mystery/thriller: a legal fixer who vanishes from her home leaving only a bloody shoe, a hot cad soon-to-be ex husband, a shady pharma company, and an estranged college aged daughter who thinks her mom is the worst because she doesn't like Cleo's drug dealer boyfriend. Unfortunately the end product doesn't come together. It took me way too long to get through this novel. Although the elements are there, they are presented slowly and not amped up to an exciting level. The narration is mainly split between Cleo in the present as she searches for her mom and Katrina as she recaps the days prior to her going missing. Despite the title, Cleo and Katrina share very little in common beyond their appearance and almost all of the characters are horrible people.

This book is one I’ve been interested in for a while so I am glad I got the chance to read it. The dynamic between Cleo and Katrina shows just how much we may not want to be like our parents but ultimately are more similar than we like to admit. This kept me guessing the whole time and was a great read!

This has been one of my favorites of the year so far and i cant wait for little miss reese witherspoon to get her hands on it. It was a great mix of scandal and little fires everywhere. I loved the characters and felt the plot was believeable and well paced. felt very on brand for fans of her prior novels.

3 stars. Another solid read from McCreight. True to form this one was well written and difficult to put down. The pacing was difficult at times with the perceptive/time shift, but the characters were distinct enough for it not to be difficult.

This one was somewhat predictable and I had to suspend my disbelief at times with some of the coincidences. It also felt a bit cliche at times which seems to be becoming the trend with thrillers.

Overall, I still look forward to further books from McCreight and feel this one will do well. It’s a compulsive story and very easy to consume.

I received an advance review copy for free from NetGalley and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

A pleasant surprise! It took me a bit to get into. I kind of felt like the author was giving too many twists to this mystery. I will say the last 30% ish picked up and I loved how the story tied together. I can’t say I totally expected the outcome, but looking back, there were some clues along the way. Definitely had me guessing which I love in a good mystery. I was going to give it a 3,5, but I think it’s deserving of 4 stars.