I would say 3 1/2 stars. Story was pretty good. Lots of characters and hard to follow at times. Lots of jumping around. Ending was ok.

I really enjoyed this book, but at times I felt like I needed that extra ouch to finish. Katrina goes missing and the twists and turns seem expected.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a very propulsive and twisty thriller. It tells the story of Kat, a high powered attorney, who goes missing from her Brooklyn brownstone and her college aged daughter, Cleo, who is trying to find out what happened to her. We learn a lot about Kat’s bad childhood and her secret job at the law firm as well as learning about her failing marriage. There are many different plot threads and lots of red herrings.
The mystery and intrigue is really fun and I really enjoyed Kat and Cleo as characters and I liked the setup of the two timelines, Kat before her disappearance and Cleo after her mom’s disappearance. Some criticisms: At points there is so much going on in the book that it’s hard to keep straight and some of the plot points end up being pretty extraneous red herrings. I found the ending to be quite abrupt and a little disappointing.
Despite this, this book is a really fun read and definitely kept me guessing until the end.
Thank you to Knopf and Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Cleo is a student at NYU. She has a dinner planned with her mom at her childhood home in Brooklyn. When she arrives late, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother. Cleo then discovers her mom's shoe under the sofa and it's bloody. Cleo knows that something terrible must have happened.
Cleo has no idea what though so she starts to dig deep to find out. She learns a lot of stuff she didn't know about her mother, which helps her understand her mother more than she did.
In this book, we follow Cleo as she digs deep into her mom's personal life. She will do anything she can to find her mom.
The chapters in this book are from Cleo's version and then her mom's version of the days leading up to her disappearance.
I really enjoyed this book. I liked how we got to read from Cleo's view and her mom's. The ending took me by surprise and I didn't see it coming at all.
I'd rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

The characterization and portrayal of the often-complicated relationship between mothers and daughters was done so well. The plot though, felt a little disjointed at times and I wasn't really sure of the purpose of the therapist transcripts throughout with their hard to read different typeface/font size.

Despite being slightly confusing at times (too many storylines?) I found myself unable to put this one down. I liked the timelines and the different narrators but do feel like there were some things that didn’t get tied up at the end.

What a thrill ride with an unexpected ending! Thoroughly enjoy a book where not only do I not know how it will end but where clues to the possibilities are so well placed that you find yourself thinking back and wondering how you didn’t put it all together.

Publication date: July 9th, 2024
Page count: 320
Genre: psychological thriller
Setting: Manhattan

College student Cleo has a strained relationship with her mom, and when she shows up for a dinner requested by her mom, her mother is not there, but her bloody shoe is. Cleo sets out to figure out what happened to her mother, and as she does her icy attitude towards her mother melts.

Very solid read! I wasn’t sold at the beginning, but because of the great reviews I continued reading and I am glad that I did. I thought as I read, it kept getting better!

Thank you to author, publisher, NetGalley for advanced copy. This is an honest voluntary review.

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight is an incredibly fast paced, multiple time-line thriller that will hook you right from the start. The story takes you on so many twists and turns and keeps you guessing until the end.

I wasn’t sure about this book in the beginning. I had a hard time the first third of the book. There were so many characters and storylines to keep up with, it got overwhelming and confusing. I found myself just pushing through, hoping it would all come together in the end.

Thankfully the author did bring (most of) it all together in the end. She tied up and explained (almost) everything, however, I did feel like the ending was rushed. At only 320 pages, I feel like there could have been a little bit more closure. There was one major hole in the plot that wasn’t explained and left me angry about it.

I did enjoy the book and am looking forward to reading other titles by this author.

Thank you to Netgalley, Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage and Anchor for the ARC
Release date : July 9, 2024

When Cleo arrives at her mother's house for dinner after the two have been on rocky terms, she walks into an obvious crime scene. Finding out what happened to Cleo's mom is the main point of the book, but there are also two other strong plot lines taking place that turn into complete loose ends. From the beginning, there was A LOT going on in this book and i was waiting to see how it would all eventually come together... except that it really just didn't. I would have really enjoyed the plot line of the missing mother, her questionable background, and the process of finding her. The other plot lines, however, came across as meaningless distractions since they were never fully explored. This book also uses a mixed media approach with transcripts and news articles sprinkled in, which again I would have liked if the separate plot lines connected at all. I feel like a simpler and more linear approach would have been better for this novel.

"Like Mother, Like Daughter" by Kimberly McCreight is an enthralling journey through the intricacies of mother-daughter relationships, skillfully blending suspense and emotional depth. I found myself unable to put the book down, completely captivated by the finely crafted characters and the unpredictable twists of the narrative. The surprising conclusion adds an extra layer of intrigue, making it a must-read for those who appreciate a psychological thriller that keeps you guessing until the very end.

I really liked this book. The novel follows Katrina and Cleo, a mother-daughter duo with a strained relationship. Katrina is a fixer for a reputable law firm and ends up missing on a night where Cleo was going to be attending dinner and hopefully they could reconcile their differences. Once Cleo arrives to her mom’s house, she realizes there may be some sort of foul play happening due to the blood and shoe left behind. Cleo ends up taking the lead in her mother’s investigation as she feels like her father is unable to help due to his lackadaisical personality. A lot of secrets unfold in the wake of Katrina’s absence, and I was suspicious of everyone! This is a solid 4 star read for me as I loved the premise of the book, however, I thought there were a few loose ends that needed to be tied up but were not. I would recommend checking this book out!

Cleo has a strained relationship with her mother. She believes that her mother Katrina is much too controlling. Cleo wants to be trusted and treated like an adult. When she reluctantly comes home for a dinner at her mother Kat’s request, what she finds is dinner on the stove burning, blood on the floor, a single shoe and her mother is missing. Cleo quickly realizes she loves her mother and will move heaven and earth to find her. She is determined to find out who could possibly want to harm her and why. This story is told between the timelines of both Cleo and Kat. Kat’s marriage to Aiden is on the rocks. She is a professional “fixer” working on a controversial project. Truth be told she has plenty of her own secrets from childhood. As Kat’s secrets begin to emerge, we find out that Cleo has also been keeping a few secrets. Author Kimberly McCreight weaves murder, greed, drugs, affairs and corporate scandals all within the pages of this book. This ARC was provided by Knopf publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I’ve been seeing so much hype about this book in groups on Facebook so I was excited to have an early copy.

Then, I needed to start it twice to get into it. The story was told in non linear timelines, with multiple devices for story; recordings, journal entries which I always enjoy. However the characters fell flat. No emotional ties to either. The ending was so anticlimactic which is rare for me to say in a thriller.

The good: this book was so visual to me. I could see the story easily as a mini series.

Love McCreight's books and this is nothing short of brilliant! When Cleo goes to her mother's house for dinner she discovers Kat is not only missing, but there's a bloody shoe. And although their relationship has always been rather contentious, Cleo loves her mom and can't think of anyone who would intentionally hurt her. Told from both Cleo and Kat's perspectives, the novel shows us Kat's marriage to Aiden dissolving as well as her new relationship with Doug, This book has it all: murder, money, drug dealers, and affairs. What's not to like?
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

This is my first read by Kimberly McCreight but definitely my last. Like Mother, Like Daughter is a fast paced, on the edge of your seat, book! it kept me guessing until the very end! Thank you, Netgalley, for the opportunity to read and review this book!

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf for the eARC.
Wow, this was quite the read, so good!
The difficulties between a mother and a daughter are quickly washed away by the disappearance of the mother. The daughter discovers some terrible truths about both her mother and father and her life changes forever.
The characters are very well drawn, I liked both the mother and daughter but the father, the best friends, the boyfriends - all of them are despicable and easy to dislike!
Fantastic book, I loved it!

When Cleo comes home to a blood stain on the ground and her mom, Kat, missing, she starts her own search to find out what secrets she’s hiding to track her down. This book is told in alternating POVs and before/after timelines that come together so well! The twists were aplenty and while I sniffed out a few, the majority caught me by surprise. I really loved all the hidden secrets from the past getting revealed, and the actual quite tender moments of mother/daughter love. This was such an entertaining read that I devoured.

Kat disappears one night and her daughter Cleo goes to find her. lots of twists and turns. it will keep you guessing until the end.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a slow burn thriller. Kat disappears one night and her daughter, Cleo sets out to solve the mystery. This was a well thought out book that kept you guessing until the very end.