Nobody writes mother/daughter relationships like Kimberly McCreight. I have enjoyed every book of hers. Usually there is a lot more emotional string pulling, so this book took me by surprise. The character building of the mother and daughter was perfect. Kat, the mother, had a very tough childhood, which definitely makes since why she was so closed off and harder to connect with as a reader. Cleo, the daughter, is a college student that thinks she knows everything and how to live her life.

Like Mother, Like Daughter starts out with Cleo walking into her mother's home to find her missing and what appears to have been a struggle beforehand. The story then alternates between present day with Cleo and prior to the disappearance Kat. There are also some text exchange chapters as well as transcripts with Cleo's therapist and passages from Kat's childhood journal.

The closed off characters made it a bit harder to connect with the story but I understand why they were written like that. Once the pieces started falling into place with the story, I couldn't put it down. I'm currently binging the TV series Cold Case and Like Mother, Like Daughter gave me the same vibes with how it was written from several POV's and timelines.

Kimberly McCreight has knocked another one out of the ball park. Now to impatiently wait for her next book.

Like Mother, Like Daughter started off with a bang: daughter arrives at her childhood home for dinner to find her mother missing; all that she finds is burning food and a bloodied shoe. From here, the book explores their complex mother/daughter relationship as Cleo, the daughter, searches for her mother. Told through both mother and daughter’s perspectives and shifting timelines, there are multiple side stories and characters, which we found to be distracting. It seemed like this was almost three books in one, where the storylines were stitched together, but not always connected to each other. After all the build up of these additional story lines, the ending was anticlimactic and felt rushed. Although this book was not one of our favorites, it may be someone else’s cup of tea!

I love thrillers that have a ton of suspects but none of us readers know who to trust! This is that kind of book. This is a twisty, edge of your seat domestic thriller that had me glued to the pages. I love this authors writing style and the way she weaves her stories. This one did not disappoint!

I live in a beach town, and every year there are a few books that I see LOTS of people reading as they relax on the beach. Well, good luck this coming summer relaxing while reading Kimberley McCreight’s Like Mother, Like Daughter! I remember in May of 2020, it was the beginning of the lockdown and I really needed things to read that grabbed me and got my mind off the pandemic. I had read McCreight’s Reconstructing Amelia, and A Good Marriage proved to be another one of those books you start reading and just CANNOT STOP.

So, buckle up because now we have McCreight’s latest, Like Mother, Like Daughter. The mother is Katrina (or Kat), who is a wife and mother living in Brooklyn, working at a New York law firm. Her daughter, Cleo, is a student at NYU who has moved out on her own, and is oblivious to the reality of her mother’s job. Cleo thinks Kat does routine (boring) corporate law, while in reality she is the firm’s premier “fixer.” The two of them aren’t really getting along, and when Cleo goes to meet her mother at the family home for dinner, she finds dinner burning and her mother missing. Then she finds her mother’s bloody shoe under the couch. A real WTF moment!

The story unfolds using different time periods and points of view. Initially, it is Kat’s POV during the weeks leading up to her disappearance, then we have Cleo telling it from her point of view after Kat’s disappearance. It turns out that prior to her disappearance, Kat’s husband has been unfaithful, they are heading for divorce, and he is making demands for money. If that isn’t enough, Cleo has gone back to a bad (dangerous?) relationship. Then anonymous threatening messages start arriving, revealing the truth of Kat’s past – none of which has been known to Cleo.

There is a lot going on! I HAD to keep reading. I can deal with multiple POVs and time frames, as long as they are clearly delineated. In this book, they are, and the story unfolds (or, more accurately, thunders along) at a fast pace. Ironically, the pandemic appears to be erupting again just as I got this book, so once again I had a couple of glorious days to avoid reality and enjoy escapist fiction. I loved it. Five stars. And many thanks to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage & Anchor and NetGalley for the advance copy they provided in exchange for this honest review.

This was a very good book, but it's still my least favorite by this author. Corporate shenanigans aren't really my thing, so I didn't always love Kat's chapters, but I did enjoy Cleo's. There are a lot of suspects and possibilities, so it was fun trying to guess what happened to Kat. Between the alternating POVs and the fast pace, it was easy to keep reading. There were some nice twists, and I really liked the way it ended. I wasn't a huge fan of Cleo at first and I thought she was overly harsh on her mom, so I appreciated her character growth. All in all, I think this is a solid thriller and I'm looking forward to seeing what Kimberly McCreight comes up with next. 4.5 stars!

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the ARC!

The past always comes back to haunt you. Katrina appears to have it all, a fixer at a law firm, mother and wife. She had plenty of money and lives in a beautiful home. But beneath the surface, it’s a little darker. Her husband was caught having an affair and they’re on the verge of divorce. Her daughter has been estranged for months. And now she’s being threatened. Then Katrina disappears. The story goes between the days leading up to Katrina’s disappearance from her point of view and the days after from her troubled daughter Cleo. The closer Cleo gets to the truth of her mother’s disappearance shows that nobody can be trusted and everyone has something to hide.
I really enjoyed the fast pace and cast of characters, everyone with their own secrets. The end seemed a little abrupt and too neat, but overall a great read.

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Brilliant. 5 ⭐ book.
When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose “out of control” emotions and “unsafe” behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks.
Kat has been lying. She’s not just a lawyer; she’s her firm’s fixer. She’s damn good at it, too. Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats: demands for money from her unfaithful soon-to-be ex-husband; evidence that Cleo has slipped back into a relationship that’s far riskier than she understands; and menacing anonymous messages from her past—all of which she’s kept hidden from Cleo
Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for giving me an advance copy.

Like mother, like daughter... sigh. Where to begin with this?
One of my favorite books is Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight. It gave me all the feels, emotions and the narration was solid. But...I feel as though nothing she has written has ever been this level of good ever again.
This new novel is sadly in that bucket.
A story of Katrina, a mom, wife and professional “fixer” with a shady background and her 20 year old daughter, Cleo, who for all intents and purposes, is a spoiled substance selling college brat who hates her mother.
Kat disappears one random afternoon and Cleo and her dad, Aidan, totally not present in this book or daughter's life, are stuck trying to solve where Kat is and what has taken place.
Listen...It took me over 3 weeks to get through this book. I kept thinking maybe it was me but it wasn't. It was the lack of development in storyline, in characters and in writing.
What I read over those weeks seemed like a rough outline instead of a full blown story.
Unfortunately, this was a dud for my first book of 2024. I have an issue not seeing things though so I read it and it should have been a DNF way in the beginning.
The ending had an interesting twist, I will give her that but it wasnt enough to make up for the severely bad development. And then the book ends- abruptly. God help me. Sorry but no.

Like Mother , Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
Publishing date - 07/09/24
Rating (5/5) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you Netgalley and Knopf publishing for this e-ARC.

This story is told in POV’s over two timelines (Kat & Cleo) before Kat’s disappearance and Cleo, her daughter just after her mom is discovered to be missing. Absolutely loved this thriller and this author. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Like Mother, Like Daughter will be released July 9, 2024 and will make a perfect summer read for thriller fans!

I've been a fan of Kimberly McCreight since I read Reconstructing Amelia in 2013... then I was blown away by A Good Marriage in 2020, so I was anxious to get my hands on Like Mother, Like Daughter. There was a lot going on in this book. Plots within plots within plots, so you definitely need to pay attention to keep up. It will keep you guessing until the very end! I guessed some of it, but not all of it - so I loved that. Keep me guessing and prove me wrong! That's the best writing - as long as it also makes sense, which it did thankfully.
At the heart of this book is a story about a mother and daughter and the lengths a mother will go to protect her daughter. It is a story of a tenacious daughter who won't stop looking until she gets answers. And it is a story about a bond that gets strengthened during the most tumultuous of times.
Get out your calendars and circle June 9, 2024 because you're going to want to get this book!
Thank you to Knoph, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the opportunity to read and review this incredibly addicting arc!

Thanks for the book. This book had a good storyline however it skipped around so much I had a hard time tracking it. The characters were very relatable but some scenarios were a little far fetched. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cleo arrives home from college to her childhood home to find her mother missing and a puddle of blood on the floor. Her father doesn't seem all too concerned, but has no problem telling the police that Cleo and her mother, Katrina have a volatile relationship. A volatile relationship that has recently gone from bad to worse due to Katrina insisting Cleo stop seeing her drug dealing boyfriend, but that couldn't be why Katrina has gone missing....or could it?

Cleo goes searching for the truth about her mother's past and searching for her whereabouts, despite warnings from the police to stay put and not get involved. With more and more secrets about Katrina's past and current life come to light, Cleo doubts more and more that they will find her mother alive. Will Cleo find her mother alive or will Cleo end up a victim herself for undiscovering someone's frightening secrets?

This story started off a bit slow for me, but I thoroughly enjoyed the alternating POVs and various time lines - Cleo & Katrina in the present, Katrina's journal entries from her youth and the notes from Cleo's therapy sessions. It really helped paint a picture of how similar Katrina & Cleo are, despite them thinking they are complete opposites.

I had a hard time believing that some of the characters would involve themselves with Cleo in order to help find Katrina. At times the plot seemed a bit dry and dull, but the evolving relationship between Katrina & Cleo and the supporting characters’ stories made up for it.

Thank you to Netgalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Absolutely loved this thriller, and this author! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time and I felt like I could pin down what was going to happen, and then I was completely wrong. So good and I loved the plot and characters.

SYNOPSIS:
- Cleo, a college student at NYU, ventures home to Brooklyn to have dinner with her mom, Kat. They don’t have the best relationship, and they haven’t been talking to each other lately.
- When Cleo arrives, something isn’t right. Her mom’s blood is in the house, and other things are off.
- What happened to Kat?

MY THOUGHTS
- This is the second book I’ve read by McCreight, and it is amazing.
- Very well executed thriller. I did not want to put it down. McCreight steadily builds tension throughout each chapter of the book.
- I loved how the story was presented. We get the POVs of both Cleo & Kat, as well as some of Kat’s old journal entries, transcriptions of conversations between Cleo and her therapist, and some other blurbs interspersed throughout the story (e.g., emails, news articles, legal complaint, text messages).
- Excellent character development. We learn about Kat’s childhood, as well as why Cleo & Kat are estranged.
- Expertly plotted. Although there are a lot of moving parts in this book, the author seamlessly weaves them together, so I never found myself being confused or having to go back to reread to figure out what was going on.
- Satisfying ending. Fast paced read.
- Finished in less than 24 hours.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️bravo 👏🏼a very well-done suspense with an estranged mom & daughter as our main characters. finished in 24 hours.

Thanks to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor, and Netgalley for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. It will be published on August 8, 2024.

A quick and entertaining read told from the third person viewpoint of mother Katrina and daughter Cleo with a few other sources of information thrown in there (therapy transcripts, text messages, and legal documents). Blending a few common thriller plot devices (corporate coverups, infidelity, secret past lives, and inheritance money), Like Mother Like Daughter isn’t the most original of thrillers but still engages the reader. I wasn’t surprised at any of the twists and figured them all out quite early but it didn’t detract from my experience. My biggest criticism of the novel was the mother’s actions. If she really is a professional “fixer” I would have expected her methods of protecting her daughter to be savvier than what she displayed. Those parts of the novel read as immature, unrealistic, clunky, and not well researched and I was glad there weren’t too many of them. I think what I enjoyed most about the novel was the writing - fluid and descriptive without being banal or expected. It carried the novel and kept me turning pages well into the night.
Overall, this was a very well written and entertaining read, even if the plot lines were not the most original.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage and Anchor for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this eARC.

Clever mystery that is engaging and has great character development (I especially like the way the relationship between the primary characters, Cleo and her mother) changed and developed.

A lot of clever twists and turns as you walk through this story, well done!

Like Mother, Like Daughter is an emotionally charged and suspenseful story that is a whirlwind.

This story is told in to POV's over two timelines (Kat & Cleo) before Kat's disappearance and Cleo, her daughter just after her mom is discovered to be missing. Over the novel Cleo and the reader try to understand what has happened to her mom, but a lot of secrets come out.

It was a pretty fast and easy read, although times I was very confused. I personally feel like I didn't mesh with the corporate world that this story went down, but it was still a pretty interesting and fast-paced read.

This story is a must read for anyone who enjoys complex of mother-daughter relationships & family secrets!

I had the opportunity to read Like Mother Like Daughter early through NetGalley
I found this book to be interesting and I couldn’t wait to see how it ended, but there was a lot going on and I found myself loosing focus several times.

I enjoyed seeing how it all come together at the end! I would have to give it 4 out of 5 stars. I took one star away for it being a little predictable, and a little much, making parts a little confusing. But overall it was a great read.

The alternating mother/daughter POVs were appropriate for this book. It is well-titled, and the author did a good job explaining the relationship between the two.

For a thriller, this wasn't overly suspenseful. I cared most about Cleo but found myself not caring much what happened to the mother, which isn't ideal.

The addition of therapists' transcriptions, press releases, and e-mails was fine but a little clunky. They seemed thrown in and didn't necessarily add to the story.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC.

It was very hard to get into this book. I found myself being pulled in all directions, confused about which storyline to follow and which characters were which. I wish I had felt more of a connection to any of the characters and even any of the characters connections to each other. Also, for me, a huge part of the story was very convoluted and rather unnecessary (no spoilers). This book was just not for me.