Once again, Kimberly knocks it out of the park with her latest book. Cleo is the daughter of Aidan and Katrina, who comes home to visit her mother due to not seeing her after awhile. She goes into the house, sees blood and can't find her mother. If you want to know the rest, you will need to read this 5 star book!

I really wanted to like this but it was very confusing for the first half to two thirds. Names and acronyms were dropped with no introduction. I was surprised by the twist but lost in the complete absurdity of the story

Like Mother, Like Daughter
Kimberly McCreight

So many twists and turns, I did NOT see coming. Haunting secrets past and present, missing mother, corporate corruption, and parental love with all the attending doubts and challenges, “fun parent” vs. serious and conscientious.
There were so many possible villains, so many threads and clues well and fairly presented, and yet the ending surprised me completely, with an “oh, of course!” and a satisfying, echoing click.
This is well-written and most compelling, a pleasure to read, putting aside other activities to keep reading. I confess that I did get a bit lost in the non-linear time line, but it all came together with perfect clarity (skills!)

Tech musings: I sometimes wish for settings on e-readers to switch to chronological order or arrange by characters. It would be an interesting variation for re-reading also. Different colors of Post-Its or highlighting do help keep on track, as does making a chart of characters from the start;— the ebook’s search function provided good reminders. ;-)

Title and Author Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
Overall Grade: B
Plot: B+
Characters: B
Writing: B+
Ending: B
Pacing: B-
Setting: B
Best Aspect: The storyline was interesting although parts seem to drag on and certain aspects seemed unnecessary.
Worst Aspect: I got bord from time to time.
Recommend: Yes.

I loved everything about this book, from the front cover, all the way to the back cover. McCreight leads you on and lets you think you know exactly what's happening. She had me going all the way to the end. At the end, she pulls a fast one on us and throws some wicked curve balls. You think you've got it, but trust me, it's a fun read. This story is believable, all the way down to the comment threads within the story. If you enjoy those "gotcha" moments with your suspense, I strongly recommend this book. Kimberly McCreight has an easy-to-read writing style, with relatable, likeable characters (...and, some not so likeable characters. Who doesn't know that "over-the-top," judgmental mother with the "perfect" family?). The story line is well developed and the twists and turns at the end are such an amazing reward for your time investment. Great story! I give this read 5 bright, shiny stars. I will be reading more books from this author.

Like Mother Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight tells the story of Kat who disappears and her daughter Cleo who tries to find her. A fast paced thriller that kept me reading. A good build up with events before and after the disappearance. A good mother daughter relationship story. Thank you to NetGallery and Knopf for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest review.

While reading, I felt less immersed in the plot, than I hoped I would. A missing mother; only a broken glass and bloody shoe remain. There’s a lot going on in the lives of close family. Do any of these things have to do with her disappearance? I found some of the characters to be cliche. The book just didn't work for me; I didn’t find the twists very shocking, and the ending was slightly anti-climactic.

This was an interesting story that kept me enthralled until the very end. It had a lot of twists and turns, and I loved the mother-daughter relationship aspect. This book kept me guessing til the end and had a great plot twist that I wasn’t expecting at all. 4 ⭐️

It took me three tries to even get into this book. Once I had the characters and actions from the first few chapters fairly well figured out, I thought I was good to go. Ha-ha-ha! Quite frankly the book/plot is one jumbled up mess with too many characters, too much going on, too many side issues, too many back stories, asides and memories. It’s like the editor gave the author a boxful to things to include and the author was determined to include absolutely everything – plot and plot flow be damned!

I appreciate this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I’m sorry to be such a naysayer and I’m sure there are those who will enjoy it.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC of Like Mother, Like Daughter. First of all, I’m a big fan of Kimberly McCreight’s books. She writes beautifully and really knows how to tell a story, especially thrillers. This book is no exception.
From the start I loved the setting, having lived in NY myself. I love the back and force narration and the fact that it was told by mother and daughter. The different timelines were also very cool. There were so many twists and turns, you really never knew who was behind it all. The characters felt very three dimensional to me. I really got to know the characters from all sides. I especially liked how much growth there was in the daughters character. She grew up and matured a lot throughout the story. All in all a gret book, I highly recommend it, as well as the rest of the authors books.

This was a great psychological thriller! I always enjoy reading books with multiple POVs and Kimberly McCreight executed it perfectly.

I thought Cleo was a bit annoying and immature until about halfway through the book, but I think that was probably intentional on Kimberly's part. Because as the storyline got more intense, the love for her mom became much more obvious.

I don't want to give any spoilers, but every minute kept me guessing. There were so many suspicious people, and I really had no idea what was happening or who did it!

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of Like Mother, Like Daughter.

I used to read this author regularly but stopped when her novels started to sound the same.

Every author has a certain style and Ms. McCreight's loves to weave stories based around the complicated relationships between mother and daughter.

This premise caught my eye and I thought, why not try this author again? Thankfully, NetGalley gave me the opportunity.

Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives home to find the house in disarray and her mother missing, she turns into Nancy Drew and sets out to find her mom. But, she may not like what she finds.

First, the standard tropes found in these genres (and others):

The entire family is gorgeous (and a few other people); supporting and minor characters make mention of this, calling Kat a 'babe' and how much Cleo looks like her mom, and Kat mentioning more than once how handsome her soon to be ex Aidan is.

Everyone is hiding something; Aidan is adultering, Kat is a fixer but everyone thinks she's a lawyer, Cleo has awful taste in men etc etc.

Then, the author throws everything but the kitchen sink at us, red herrings to throw us off the scent even though its obvious whodunnit:

The suspicious death of a man Kat liked, a difficult case she's working on, volatile clients, diary excerpts alluding to the terrible things Kat endured in her childhood at an orphanage of horrors, legal documents, counseling sessions transcripts, are to confuse the reader, and not necessary, because all this miscellany was confusing at times.

Naturally, the entire plot hinges on coincidences and the author's difficult request of the reader to suspend disbelief for the following:

What are the odds the bad guy would meet Cleo?

That all these unfortunate things happen all at the same time in this one week?

If you can suspend disbelief easily, then you'll have no problem with the plot.

The red herrings were distracting, coupled with all the unlikable supporting characters and misleading subplots weren't helpful.

This wasn't a bad read, but not suspenseful and the plot hard to believe.

I was hooked from the first page and couldn't put it down until the very end! The characters were well developed and I found myself staying up way past my bedtime to finish it. Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this incredible book! I will definitely be sharing it with all of my fellow book lovers!

This book had a lot of twists and turns that kept you guessing till the very end. Everyone at some point in my mind was a suspect. I couldn't put this book down because I had the constant urge to know what happens next. The alternating timelines between the mother and daughter was also something I enjoyed. I'm really glad I got an advanced copy to read and can't wait for it's release date.

To be honest, this cover didn’t draw me in and I wasn’t expecting much. But once I started reading, I was hooked! We hear the story from the alternating perspectives of Kat and Cleo, mother and daughter. Kat is missing and Cleo is doing whatever she can to find her. A lot of tangled webs in this book and it kept me on the edge of my seat!

Thanks to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for sending me an ARC of Like Mother, Like Daughter in exchange for an honest review.

Cleo is a college student who has a difficult relationship with her mother, Kat. After reluctantly agreeing to come over for dinner, Cleo finds their Brooklyn home empty—except there’s food burning on the stove and there’s a bloody shoe. The police begin a missing persons investigation, and Cleo soon realizes that there was much more going on in her mother’s life than she realized, and that there are a lot of people in their lives who mean them harm ….

I loved A Good Marriage and really liked Reconstructing Amelia, so I was excited to read Like Mother, Like Daughter. As with those books, there’s really good characterization with the two main characters here. Unfortunately, though, I thought this story fell far short of those two books.

First, I thought the storytelling was overly convoluted. I have no problem with telling the tale through two different time lines—Kat’s starting eight days before she went missing and Cleo’s starting when she discovered the empty house. But you start adding in diary entries, therapist notes, litigation paperwork, and then some texts from unidentified people from the day Kat went missing, and it gets a bit confusing.

Second, I thought the plot was too busy. Is Katrina’s disappearance somehow related to the death of the man she had started dating? Or perhaps her role as her law firm’s morally gray fixer? Is it connected to her soon-to-be-ex-husband’s need for her inheritance money? Because of Cleo’s drug-dealing ex-boyfriend Kyle? Why is her assistant Jules acting so strangely? And who is sending Kat threatening texts about revealing something from Kat’s past, when she was a teenager in foster care at Haven House? There are red herrings on red herrings on red herrings.

Finally, there are the much too coincidental events that take place throughout Like Mother, Like Daughter. I mean generally speaking, what are the odds all of the above problems would come to a head in Kat’s life in the same week? Then there’s the character whose only purpose seems only to annoying Kat, until she returns late to provide a series of vital pieces of information to Cleo. The story apparently required a connection between two characters that strains believability. Worst of all, like Chekov’s gun, I guess when you introduce a door inside a house that strangely locks from the outside, that door will prove pivotal in the story’s climax. An ultimately disappointing read. 2.5 stars rounded up to 3.

A twisty, suspense that keeps you wondering and keeps you on your toes. There are lots of layers and elements to this story that make for an intriguing read that you want to finish in a few sittings! Thank you for this advanced reader copy, I’ll be recommending it to others!

3.5 rounded up! Got a chance to read this before publication, thanks to NetGalley! (recommended by a friend) There were a few minor grammatical errors, but ultimately this was a fun/quick read! I really loved the structure of this book, I know we see a lot of dual POVs in recent releases, but I think Kimberly McCreight found a really innovative way to juxtapose the plot using the dual POVs. I think I preferred the Cleo chapters, just as a personal preference. Overall, would definitely recommend for anybody wanting a quick thriller, with some great mother/daughter relationship perspective woven throughout.

It was twisty and suspenseful but it couldn’t quite get there for me at the end. Perhaps it was due to too many storylines I had to follow, or perhaps because I couldn’t connect quite well with the characters. A solid book overall.

Kimberly McCreight has written a book that will mess with your mind!
She has written this novel with a marvelous intensity that drew me in from beginning to the end. I wish I was half the mother Katrina is, but my daughter is smarter than Cleo..
Just remember to watch out for those extra friendly neighbors.