I was super excited to start this book because I have enjoyed quite a few of McCreight’s books, but sadly this one fell flat for me. I was hooked from the very beginning but then it was a little confusing to remember who was who and how these people were connected. It was a super quick read, but for me the twists were way too easy to figure out what happened and who was doing what. The last 50 pages or so wrapped everything up nicely but the whole part about Katrina’s job and what was going on was boring and I didn’t understand why I should care about those parts. It felt like 4 different stories throughout the whole book and they barely connected. At least there was a happy ending…

I was excited to get this ARC as I really liked this author's prior book 'Reconstructing Amelia'. This however, fell a bit flat for me. Once again, the author focuses on strained mother/daughter relationships. Here a lawyer, Kat, and her college aged daughter Cleo, butt heads over everything; Cleo's goth appearance, who she dates, her friends, what she studies, etc.. When her mom tries to broker a truce by inviting Cleo over to dinner one night, Cleo finds the door unlocked, glass everywhere, and her mom's bloody shoe. Thus begins Cleo's redemptive quest to find out what happened to her mom. This story is told from 3 perspectives: Cleo in the present, Kat leading up to the event, and Kat's past growing up in an abusive foster home where she may or may not have committed a murder.

There are so many potential suspects here; a man from Kat's past, one of her client's from her current case, her cheating husband who wants her money to fund his failing directing career, the list goes on. There are not many likeable characters here. You feel bad for Kat, due to her past, but now she's a successful Park slope lawyer, with an entitled teenager whose boyfriend is a drug dealer. Her neighbors are all thinly written, as is the husband. Of all her clients, Vivienne was my favorite; a dot.com programming wonder woman whose acerbic wit brought me out of the slow pace of this book. I'd read a book about her alone.

Once Cleo finds out her mom is not as she seems, and gets closer to finding out what happened, the pace picks up a bit. It's just pure luck and anticlimactic what actually happened to her mom in the end, and I found the reveal of the culprit a bit far fetched. A decent thriller but his author could have done better.

The book pacing was excellent. Keeping me engaged. . This is a great thriller. You will not be disappointed in reading this book..Highly recommend it.

I am a huge fan of Kimberly McCreight! And this book did not disappoint! This book is about Kat, a powerful, overprotective, strict mother to Cleo, a very troubled, impulsive college daughter. Kat is a "fixer" at her law firm. Cleo has been a drug runner for a friend at college. Aiden, Kat's husband, is the fun parent. Cleo comes home reluctantly, and finds the smoke alarm blaring, food burning on the stove and blood on the floor, and no Kat. Will the relationship between mother and daughter bring them together or further apart in the search for each other? My only complaint is that it was a little hard to keep up with so many narratives throughout the book and tie them together. Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC.

I quite enjoyed this thriller. In reading the synopsis I wasn’t sure I would but it kept me turning pages right up to the end. It was a fast read , with multiple viewpoints and timelines. Also letters, chats, news articles, journal entries and emails which I always enjoy in a book. The characters are all flawed and broken but you definitely are rooting for them. I would definitely recommend picking up this thriller .

This is the thriller I have been waiting for!

It kept me second guessing myself the entire book. I thought I would have something figured out, and then McCreight would disprove it in the next chapter. I liked that even though I guessed some things, I did not see the ending coming. I will definitely be recommending this book to all my thriller loving friends.

I'm unsure if it is just how my mind works, but this book was pretty predictable to me. I really was hoping it wouldn't be. I also struggled with the style of writing. It wasn't a terrible book, but wasn't the greatest either. I definitely will try another book by this author to see if all of the books are like this.

The book had a lot going on with basically 2 different stories of the woman’s past and her career. Those stories didn’t seem to combine when the twist came out on who actually did it. The mother and daughter relationship in the story was great. I think most people can relate to it like I did.

This book starts with a three page prologue that will just floor you if you are a mother. It sets the tone for the story of Chloe, a privileged college girl, and her mother Katrina, an uptight lawyer who is a fixer for the firm. Chloe arrives at the family’s Brooklyn Heights home to find her mother missing,and one bloodied shoe left behind. While father Aiden thinks the police will take over, Chloe is quietly investigating on her own.

In this book, Chloe and Katrina’s timelines shift between present to past, and back again, with a number of other characters along the way. Though I’m not always a fan of multiple timelines, I had no problem keeping everyone straight, I think McCreight job of keeping all the plates in the air. I enjoyed the book.

There were so many people in this book! I kept getting confused! Maybe it is just me though. Maybe my brain needs fewer people it doesn’t have to work too hard keeping track of all the characters!

The story got thin and long in the middle. And the ending was…weird? I’m glad that it didn’t leave any loose ends though.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.

Thank you so much Net Galley for the advanced copy of this ARC. I have enjoyed previous books written by Kimberly McCreight, including The Good Marriage.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is filled with intimate relationships, plus sex, drugs, and mystery!

I was hooked immediately from the first page of the prologue, "....motherhood -- this contradictions for as long as you both shall live." McCreight accurately reflects what a tenuous, tight-rope job being a mom entails. "My mistake as a mom had been accruing over time, as Cleo grew from little girl to teen, and increasingly, needed me simply to love her, and not try to fix everything."

"You can outsource caregiving, but you can never outsource being mother."

Kat(rina) and her daughter Cleo have a complicated relationship. Kat judged Cleo and her choices. She pushed her daughter towards the "Bad Boy" in college. Cleo wants her mom to love her as she is instead of always pushing her to be someone else.

As the book explores Kat's relationship with both her only daughter and her separated husband, plus a host of other characters, the reader is reminded how appearances can be deceiving and are often very stereotypical.

"She looks like she should be heading up the PTA in Greenwich...there's more to her than meets the eye."

Living in Manhattan, I could especially relate to the setting of the book which takes place in Park Slope Brooklyn as well as in Manhattan, including near the NYU campus. There was two pages about how to dress on the Upper Westside, as opposed to Chanel for the upper East side and in Park Slope that I really appreciated.

The dialog is so realistic and and on the money. Examples include:

"Every daughter is a monster in her own special way." Ain't that the truth!

"I said all the wrong things. I said awful things." What mother/daughter hasn't been in this position?

"Fucking idiots. Thinks an MBA from Harvard makes them God."

I rate this book a four because has much as I enjoyed it and as entertaining as I found it overall, there were points were it was a bit difficult to figure out the timeline and it seemed to jump around. In addition, several characters had names that started with the same letter and with so many characters, it was a bit confusing to keep them straight. There was Will and Detective Wilson, as well as Janine and Jules.

Overall I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy suspenseful thrillers and books dealing with families.

In "Like Mother Like Daughter" by Kimberly McCreight, the narrative centers on Cleo, an NYU student, and her mother, Katrina. The plot unfolds when Cleo discovers blood and an abandoned shoe at home, initiating a dual-perspective mystery. While the storytelling expertly weaves between past and present, occasionally, the transitions felt somewhat jolting.

McCreight's writing is skillful, capturing the intricate dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship with depth. However, the overall experience could have been enhanced with more editorial cutting, addressing the book's extended length for a more concise and impactful storytelling. The novel navigates the complexities of familial connections, showcasing McCreight's prowess as a writer, albeit with room for refining the pacing.

3.5/5 stars

After Cleo discovers her mother, Kat is missing, she begins to unravel her mother’s past/present secrets as she races to try to find her. Someone had been sending Kat threatening messages, leaving the reader to question, if it’s tied to her hidden past, her current work case or it someone who knows what she’s hiding from the past or is it related to her current case she’s working as a “fixer” regarding a pharmaceutical company hiding their drug had adverse effects or is it her soon-to-be ex-husband eyeing her $2 million inheritance.

The book's pacing was excellent, keeping me engaged. Chapters alternate between Kat's perspective and Cleo's, interspersed with Kat's childhood journal entries and Cleo's therapy session transcripts. These elements provide clues to Kat's past and shed light on the strained mother-daughter relationship. A solid thriller!

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf for this gifted copy of Kimberly McCreight's newest book, Like Mother, Like Daughter. After a brief estrangement and tense relationship, Cleo finally agrees to meet her mother for dinner. Braced for uncomfortable criticism and conversation, Cleo enters her childhood home only to be met with a chaotic scene: broken glass, a smoking oven, and a shoe streaked with blood. But where is her mother: the icy, closed-off Kat? Thus begins the unraveling of all the secrets packed into this delicious thriller.

The reader quickly finds out that appearances are not what they seem. Told in two different timelines, we get to uncover the secrets of Kat's past that have shaped the woman she is today and take a close look at how Kat's loved ones are reacting amid her disappearance. Plus, add in the fact that Kat's job is to "fix" the problems for her law firm's clients, and you get a host of possible suspects, a lot of blackmail and deception, and a nail-biting climax that leads to the final reveal.

While I was able to guess one plot twist, the others completely blindsided me in all the best possible ways. Bravo to McCreight for creating a book that dives into the dynamics of several parent-child relationships on top of tackling issues like domestic abuse, drug dealing, and corporate whistleblowing.

I discovered Kimberly McCreight many years ago with Where They Found Her, and since then her books have always been phenomenal! Like Mother, Like Daughter is a wonderful testament to the bond between a mother and her daughter, even during the most chaotic and strained times.

Cleo and her mom Katrina have had a strained relationship for quite some time. Her career driven mom has never approved of Cleo’s life choices, causing Cleo to become resentful. When Katrina comes to Cleo with a desperate attempt to see her, Cleo obliges. However, when she arrives to the house, her mom is missing and there’s blood. What follows is a multiple POV of mother and daughter, as well as multiple timelines that show just how similar Cleo and her mom really are.

Thank you so much to Netgalley for an ARC of Like Mother, Like Daughter in exchange for an honest review! This was phenomenal :)
4.5⭐️ only because there were a couple frustrating parts 🤣

From the perspective of both the mother and daughter, this book will leave you guessing to the end. What’s more complicated than a mother daughter relationship? When one goes missing and the other must sort through secrets and lies to uncover the truth.

Loved this book! When it begins, NYU student Cleo has finally agreed to have dinner with her mother, Kat. The two have been estranged as a result of what Cleo sees as Kat's judgmental and micromanaging behavior. But when Cleo arrives, her mom is nowhere to be found. Dinner is burning, and Kat's bloody shoe is under the sofa. But who would want to harm a boring corporate lawyer like Kat?

We soon find out that appearances can be deceiving--Kat is her firm's "fixer" (think, The Godfather) and this leaves open the possibility that she may have lots of enemies. We hear from Cleo in the present and Kat in the past, as the pieces of the puzzle slowly come together. But this is more than just a suspense novel--at its heart is the complicated relationship between Kat and Cleo.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I received an advanced copy of Kimberly McCreight’s new novel. I’ve read all of her previous books, and this did not disappoint. She once again explores the complex relationships between mothers and daughters. The mystery was complex with several plot twists. I did not guess the way it ended. This is a must read for fans of mystery thrillers.

Thank you for the opportunity to preview Like Mother Like Daughter. This novel goes back and forth in time and between mother and daughter. They have a troubling relationship that goes back to birth. But they also love each other. The mom., Katrina, is a strong woman who is career oriented and sometimes controlling. The daughter, Cleo, is troubled and picks all the wrong people to be around.
Cleo’s father is absent but is still close to her and sometimes even Katrina. They are currently separated.
Dysfunctional is an understatement as we learn about the family dynamics.
And then Katrina disappears and no one knows where she is. But there is a bloody scene and suspicion of foul play is evident.
Where is Katrina?
The plot is suspenseful and intriguing.
As the novel progresses we learn more about the characters and their personalities.
And where and what happened to Katrina and how she became to be either a victim or a witness is central to the narrative.
Very good book that is relevant and very suspenseful. 4 stars

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

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✨Thank you @NetGalley and @aaknopf for providing me with an Advanced Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

✨Starting right out of the gate with breathless tension, Cleo shows up to her mother’s house to find the stove on, oven burning a chicken dinner, bloodied shoe partly shoved under the couch, and her mother missing.

✨Katrina is not all she portrays herself to be. Not only is she a partner at her law firm, but she’s also their fixer, and not afraid to get her hands dirty.

✨ Delving into secrets tha belong in her checkered past, suspicious and threatening texts, an angry and jilted husband, and her daughter who thinks she’s ruined her life, Katrina has her hands full.

✨ Like Mother, Like Daughter explores the complexieties of a mother-daughter relationship—especially in the crucial teenage years—and what one mother will do to keep her child safe.

✨Expertly woven between dueling timelines, a police investigation, and Cleo’s own investigation, this book is a show stopper. I absolutely loved this book and couldn’t put it down! This is one to watch out for—a big hit!

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