This was an enjoyable thriller about a girl trying to find out what happened to her Mom. I felt there were a few too Many characters but I never guessed what happened. Fast paced and the author doesn't weigh down the story with unnecessary description.

This thriller had me on the edge of my seat and kept me guessing until the very end. The characters were very complex and well-developed and the narrative unfolding from various perspectives added depth to the story. There were times where the many characters made it a bit hard to keep track, but overall, it kept me engaged and I really enjoyed it!

I love McCreight so this was highly anticipated for me, but it unfortunately fell a little flat. I felt a little bored throughout most of the book and the ending was anticlimactic. I can see why so many are enjoying this one, but it just wasn’t for me. I’ll definitely be looking forward to what’s next from this author.

📖Like Mother, Like Daughter
✍️Kimberly McCreight
📠Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor
📚Mystery/Thriller, Fiction
🗓️Pub date: July 9, 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Cleo, a college student at NYU, has a strained relationship with her mother but agrees to meet her at home so they can talk. When Cleo arrives, she finds dinner burning on the stove, a shattered glass on the kitchen floor and, most distressingly, a puddle of blood by the kitchen island with her mother's bloody shoe nearby. Cleo begins her search to find her missing mother and, in so doing, unravels many of her mother's secrets. It turns out Cleo didn't know her mother as well as she thought she did. The story is told in alternating viewpoints from Cleo (in the present day) and her mother (in the days leading up to her disappearance).

The book is a fun, twisty thriller but I found that there were too many subplots in the story. Presumably this was done to keep the reader guessing as to the identity of the culprit behind the mother's disappearance, but the sheer number of subplots only served to weigh down the story. I was also disappointed in the ending which to me seemed unrealistic and far-fetched, not to mention extremely abrupt.

Despite some challenges I think this book is well-written and is a fun thriller to read. I would definitely recommend it to anyone thinking of picking it up.

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for providing me with an Advanced Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Kimberly McCreight's Like Mother, Like Daughter is contains as much insight into the mother/daughter relationship as it does thrill and mystery. Kat is a successful lawyer in her law firm, taking on many high profile cases with great success. She wishes to be as good of a parent to her daughter, Cleo, as she is at her job. Cleo is a student at NYU who has gotten into the wrong crowd against her mother's wishes. After several explosive arguments, Kat extends an olive branch to Cleo by offering to make her dinner at home. When Cleo arrives, she finds dinner burning in the oven and no sign of her mother other than broken glass, a shoe, and a trail of blood. Could her disappearance have to do with one of her recent cases or her divorce? Maybe her troubled past in a group home? Or could it be Cleo's drug dealer ex boyfriend? In order to find her mother, Cleo must deal with her own struggles while digging into the past and present of her mother.

I especially enjoyed the author's exploration of the mother/daughter relationship in this book--by the end of the book, the reader realizes that Cleo and her mother share more common ground than originally thought. The only reason that I didn't rate this book slightly higher is that there were lots of "mini-mysteries" and threads that I thought would all tie together in the end and be connected, but some of them turned into coincides or being entirely unrelated to the main mystery. I really enjoyed this author's writing style, and would recommend this book and read more of their work! I rated this one 3.75/5 stars.

Cleo's mother goes missing. The story enfold using mastery of writing in multiple points of biew. The author has you quickly invested and wanting you to quickly turn the page. Explosive and one of the best kinds of thriller.

Kimberly McCreight is a new author for me. After reading the summary, I was excited to dive into the book.

Cleo is a student at NYU that has a complicated relationship with her mother, Kat. She shows up at her mother’s house to find the door unlocked, dinner burning, blood on the floor, and Kat missing.

I enjoyed the multiple POV in the story and that it jumped back and forth between past and present. I also liked that it included court documents, text messages, and therapists notes.

I did feel the story started a little slow. I was about 25% through before I was really interested. I also felt the ending was a little abrupt and left something to be desired. The story had a decent plot and I would read more from the author in the future.

Thank you netgalley for the Arc in exchange for my review. This book is slated for release on July 9, 2024.

Oooh, this one kept me guessing. It was full of twists and surprises and unlikable, troubled characters. I did figure out the twist at the end, big boy was it a fun and crazy one anyway (CRAZY!!). Really enjoyed it.

This is a good one. I enjoyed the nuances and multi faceted look at a mother/daughter relationship. There was just enough going on that you weren’t exactly sure what was happening or where it was going, and I enjoyed that.

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

Review of Uncorrected Proof eBook

At her mother’s behest, Cleo reluctantly heads for Brooklyn to see her mother, Katrina. When she arrives, no one comes to the door. Cleo discovers the door is open and heads inside where she finds a pot burning on the stove, charred something that might have once been chicken in the oven. Calling for her mom, she tends to all the burned food and shuts off the smoke alarm.

Then she discovers one of her mother’s shoes under the edge of the sofa, smeared with something. Looking around, she sees broken glass on the kitchen floor . . . and blood. She realizes it the shoe is also smeared with blood.

What has happened to Kat? And what doesn’t Cleo know about her mother?

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Told from both Cleo’s and Katrina’s points of view, the unfolding story slowly reveals the secrets both women have kept as readers learn more about their relationships. Alternating between past and present, the narrative slowly fills in the backstory, giving readers a clearer understanding of how their mother/daughter relationship deteriorated.

Interspersed throughout the narrative are snippets of a court case involving a pharmaceutical company that, like the two women, is holding its own secrets. All of these plot points work together to ramp up the suspense, keeping readers guessing as the tension grows and the plot twists and turns in unexpected ways.

With complex, yet believable [although not always likable] characters, readers who enjoy thrillers with a familial twist will find much to appreciate here as the story keeps readers guessing until the unexpected denouement finally reveals the truths.

Highly recommended.

I received a free copy of this book from Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor, Knopf and NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
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Mother/daughter relationships are hard to navigate. More so when there are secrets. Cleo’s mother is missing and clues are indicating.that it wasn’t voluntary. As the past is revealed Cleo is gaining a new understating of her mother’s past. This book is an emotional rollercoaster that you don’t want to put down

I thought this book was well written, the characters were realistic. I could absolutely believe the story could happen
The format of the book is each chapter is from a different character’s point of view at a different point on the timeline. I personally don’t care for the jumping back and forth but it is a minor thing.

This one kept me guessing. I really love Kimberly McCreight and worried this wouldn’t live up to her last, but it did. Just what I needed to get out of a reading rut.

I am a huge fan of Kimberly McCreight so I was very excited to see that she was coming out with a new book! In Like Mother, Like Daughter, we meet Cleo and Kat, a mother daughter pair who are not exactly getting along these days. Cleo, the daughter, heads to visit her mom one day, and instead of finding her at home, finds a bloody shoe. Throughout the story, Cleo tries to find out what happened to her mom. Alternating between the past and present, we learn more about Cleo and Kat, the secrets they were both keeping, and finally, the truth. This book kept me on the edge of my seat, and I kept reading to find out what would happen next! I highly recommend it to all mystery and thriller lovers!

Kat and Cleo have a tumultuous mother/daughter relationship. But when Kat goes missing Cleo will stop at nothing to find out what happened to her, putting herself at risk in the meantime. Be sure to check out this suspenseful story by the talented Kimberly McCreight!

I didn’t live this one as much as I hoped I would. I love this author, but this fell short for me. The characters were selfish and whiny. There were several different storylines and I was hoping they would intersect somewhere, but they didn’t so it was almost like reading two drawn out books in one.

Thank you Netgalley. What a ride!! I loved this book!! The multiple POVs and timeline was incredible. This was an incredible mother-daughter story and I couldn't put it down. Highly recommend

Following Kat and her daughter Cleo, two strong willed women, we see events leading up to and after the disappearance of Kat. Both Kat and Cleo must face hard truths in their lives in order to move forward. Told from both of their point of views, this helps the reader explore the complex relationship of mother and daughter. What would Kat do to protect her daughter and what would Cleo do to have the chance to repair her rocky relationship with her mother?
I loved that this book follows multiple timelines - each time I got to the end of a chapter all I wanted to do was keep reading that timeline! Then when I read the next chapter, all I wanted to do was continue the timeline it switched to. It kept the suspense high and the pages turning! I enjoyed the sinister past, the sneaky pharmaceutical scheme, the sketchy side characters, and the secrets that get unearthed page after page.

Kimberly McCreight has done it again! I was so excited to see she had a new novel coming out and this did not disappoint.

Another fun mystery from her. I LOVED the flow of this book. Mixing the past timeline from one perspective, current timeline from another, all while adding in the mixed media of text messages, transcripts etc was awesome. It was fun trying to figure out how it all fit together.

I felt like I figured out a couple of the twists but was still surprised by the end.

Will DEFINETLY be recommending to my friends when this releases in July and until then will remind people that they can read any of Kimberly's books and enjoy it!

Thanks for the opportunity to read this one Knopf and Netgalley!

3 stars. First the few things that I was not a fan of. 1. The length . I would have liked the characters and story fleshed out more. 90 % of my problem with this was I enjoyed the story arc of the daughter more than the mother. 2. There were a couple characters I wanted more out ( the father and Vivienne). Ok..great things this was my first read by the author I was never slowed down and enjoyed the whole story from start to finish(pretty great ending as well. I just wanted more and that's not a bad thing

Suspenseful, challenging, and tense, McCreight writes another nailbiter. It grapples with the past and how it affects the present and possible future between a mother and a daughter. I thought I knew where the story headed, but of course, I did not because the ride ends where and when it's supposed.

4/5