I really enjoyed this thriller about a mother and daughter, who while estranged when the book starts, find they are more similar than they originally believed. Strong pacing and crisp writing kept me guessing until the final pages.

DNF 20% I had a very hard time getting into this story. The characters and the storyline were boring and a bit all over the place.

The plot was definitely intriguing, but I never found myself fully hooked. I wasn't extremely drawn to any of the characters, maybe just Detective Wilson. It was obvious who was shady and who you could trust, but I had a hard time fathoming that a college age student was capable of investigating this much into her mom's disappearance.

There were definitely a couple good twists but nothing that was TOO crazy or unprecedented to sway my opinion. I'll agree with most others that the review was anticlimactic.

Major thanks to NetGalley for providing an ACR of this book in exchange for my review!

This is a fast paced, mystery-thriller that will keep the reader turning pages. A daughter is summoned home by her mother only to find her mother missing and a broken glass as well as some blood in the kitchen. As she begins her own investigation in the hopes of finding her mother she stumbles upon many secrets and sees her mother in a very different light, causing her to evaluate their relationship as well as the relationships with her father and long time neighbors. She finds herself in danger, not knowing who to trust, as her world is turned upside down. Told alternately by her mother in the days before she goes missing, and the daughter in the days after the reader gets the whole story as both women stumble onto the truth of what happened. All of the loose ends are artfully tied up in an epilogue that gives the reader satisfying closure and does not interfere with the suspense and excitement of the climax plot twist.

I enjoyed Kimberly McCreight's thriller, Like Mother, Like Daughter. In this novel Cleo, a college student dabbling in risky behavior discovers her mother Kat is missing. The novel takes the reader through Kat's investigation into her mother's life as she searches to find Kat alive. I found this novel fast-paced and intriguing and enjoyed the ending. I'd recommend this book to anyone looking for the perfect easy-to-read summer thriller. I rate this book 5 stars.

Thanks to Netgally for providing an advance copy of this book for me to read and review.

Thanks to NetGalley and Knopf for the ARC. I love thrillers so this book caught my attention, and as a mom to one daughter I am always interested in reading about the often confusing relationships between mothers and daughters. It's often complex and the relationship between the Kat, the mom, and Cole, the daughter, is particularly complicated! I really enjoyed Reconstructing Amelia but I found this book fell a bit short for me. It was sometimes confusing with the multiple points of view and the ending was a bit of a disappointment. Not one of my favorites by Kimberly McCreight.

Pretty good read. I did like the author's first book and honestly this one disappointed when compared to that. I found the different timelines slightly confusing and not altogether necessary. Just an okay read for me. Thank you Netgalley for the advance copy.

Cleo begrudgingly comes over to her mom's house for dinner one night and what she found was a shock. Burning food, blood, and her mom missing. Assuming the worst, Cleo calls the police and starts searching for her mom on her own.

Kat is Cleo's opposite. A meticulous planner and super organized, Cleo has no idea who is after her mother. What Cleo doesn't know is that her mother's career isn't law as she's been led to believe her whole life. Kat is a fixer, and now she may be the one being fixed.

Unraveling a web of lies that continues to get more and more complex, Kimberly McCreight spins a tale so dark, so sinister, I couldn't get enough.

Like Mother Like Daughter is about a woman, Kat, who’s gone missing before she’s supposed to meet with her estranged daughter, Cleo. Cleo’s search for what happened to her mom unearths many secrets. Dark secrets about her mom’s past, and secrets about her father that shake her strong relationship with him. Could her father be behind her mom’s disappearance, or could it have something to do with her mother’s job?

Like Mother Like Daughter is a fast paced thriller that had me hooked. I found the characters, specifically Kat and Cleo to be very well written. I enjoyed the way the story was told between alternating POVs, emails, and transcripts. And while I did enjoy the different side plots going on, it did seem to be a little too much at times. The plot line about Ben Breyer could’ve been left out. By the time he was mentioned towards the end of the book I had completely forgotten about him.
Overall it was a good quick read.

This is my first McCreight book, but it won't be my last. I really enjoyed the story with all the twists. I connected with Katrina and Cloe (mother and daughter) and loved that they were strong women. The characters were well developed, I could actually feel them with me. Overall, an excellent book!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for this e-ARC to enjoy and review honestly. The release date is July 9, 2024.

This book takes place over the course of just a couple of days as a mom goes missing and a semi-estranged daughter and father attempt to find her. Told from the points of view of the mom before the disappearance and the daughter after, this book intrigued me and I wanted to find out how it all turned out. A few times the switching voices and timelines confused me and the in between chapters with transcripts from therapists and courts didn’t make sense until the end. But it was overall a solid read. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

As mom of a college daughter, the title of this book appealed to me. And it did not disappoint! Cleo arrives home to find dinner burning on the stove and her mom missing. Cleo begins the search for her mom. There are a lot of different possibilities and storylines which made it a bit hard to keep straight at times. But overall, this book was a “can’t put down”. Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for this thrilling ARC!

I loved this thriller! It was a quick read with solid writing. I thought both of our female protagonists were strong-willed and badass and I LOVED that.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This cover pulled me in and the book did not disappoint one bit. This made me wanna read all of this author’s works. I loooved the complex relationship these women had. I could relate to certain parts of it and that made me cry. And i could not guess the twist at all.. i was soo far off. I mean what else can one want.

4 stars

This is my first McCreight book, but I know it won't be my last. Katrina's story is a compelling one, and readers should buckle up for a twisty ride.

Katrina is an intriguing focal point. She's a high-powered attorney whose actual roles are a bit more secretive than her family and others know, and that, along with a fairly mysterious past in foster care, makes the cause and circumstances of her recent disappearance tough to determine. Fortunately for readers and hopefully Katrina, Cleo, Katrina's daughter, is on the case. Though the two have had a rocky relationship at best, they're apparently almost identical, and Cleo's determination to find answers overshadows whatever distaste she's had for her mom at different times.

This is very well paced, filled with reasonable (under the circumstances) possibilities that keep readers guessing, and nicely devised overall. I also really enjoyed the interjection of other materials (like therapy notes, scenes from the distant past, etc.). While I did feel like the ending fizzled a little, this is a great read, and I'm looking forward to more from this author.

Great read from beginning to end. I was rapt from the start and although I thought I had guessed the twist, boy was I wrong and I enjoy being wrong on that front. I don't think I have ever read a book by this author before but will certainly start now.

This book was a great ride and I finished in a day. One mother goes missing and one daughter tries to find her. Their relationship is very strained but as the daughter tries to find out what happened to her mom, you can start to see the mutual understanding she begins to develop for her. the story telling on different timelines was easy to follow and made for a quick read. Not too many characters to keep track of and the book was very well developed. I will be buying a physical copy when published and sharing this one with friends. SOOOOOOO GOOD!!! Thank you Netgalley for the advanced digital copy!!!

Kimberly McCreight does it again! This book is fast-paced, and it grabs your attention right from the beginning. McCreight showcases the dynamic between mothers and daughters and throws in a missing person with several twists and turns that have you wanting to read just one more chapter every time you try to put it down. Go ahead and see if you can do it! McCreight's Reconstructing Amelia was my first mixed-media book and she has been an automatic read for me ever since. I was ecstatic to have the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book - thank you to NetGalley and Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group!

This author is always a win for me and this book was no exception! She did a great job weaving multiple storylines seamlessly together and it was fun watching the puzzle pieces fall into place. I didn’t see that ending coming at all! I’m looking forward to recommending this near publication and will also be suggesting it for my book club. Thanks so much for the opportunity to read!

I really enjoyed this book a lot. The characters, relationships and dialogue all felt realistic. There was enough suspicion about enough people that it created excellent tension, and I did not figure it all out. Also, some nice twists. Reading is my reward at the end of the day, after I've accomplished whatever I'm going to get done that day. You know it's a good book when I decide to read first, and attack my "to do"list later! This was the first book I'd read by this author, but it won't be my last. Of course, I may have to hire somebody to the stuff on my "to do" list!