This book is a solid 4/5 stars. I loved the story and all the interesting details; however, it was a bit hard to follow at times. That is the reasoning for the 4 stars instead of 5. There were times where I needed to flip back a few pages to remember what POV I was reading or when in the timeline parts fell.

HOWEVER, I genuinely enjoyed reading this book and I did love the way the author used other methods to put details into the story, such as reddit posts or text messages. I love the way the stories intertwined and I really love the way the book ended. It was just the right amount of suspense and mystery. I loved the way friends/people in Kat's life helped Cleo with the mystery. Some of the roughest characters turning out to be your favorite!

I would absolutely recommend this book to friends and family and look forward to reading other works from this author.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kimberly McCreight for allowing me to read an advanced readers copy of this book.

What. A. Ride!! It felt like a lot going on at the same time but the story was woven together nicely. I definitely didn’t see the ending coming. I stood in the same place with my iPad in my hands reading the last 20% of the book as quickly as I could!

Thank you to #netgalley, #kimberlymccreight, #knopfbooks, and #penguinrandomhousellc for the ARC

Kimberly McCreight is a new author for me. Full disclaimer – this is set to come out July 2024 and this will make a fabulous beach read. I am a thriller, suspense girl so this was right up my alley. Kat and Cleo, our mother daughter pair, are polar opposites. Kat is controlling and structured and way over the top with trying to be the best at everything. Cleo is a typical young adult, rebelling every chance she gets and has her heels dug in trying to NOT be controlled. So I guess they are both very hard headed. Kat, who grew up in an orphanage until the age of 14, is a very successful attorney, but not the kind of attorney everyone things. Cleo is in college and is hiding plenty of secrets from her family. Aiden, her dad and Kat’s husband is a filmmaker who cant seem to be around – more secrets. I love how there are snippets from texts and therapy and a legal matter that Kat’s lawfirm are in. This will keep you engaged and turning the page. There are a lot of players in this game, so be prepared for that. But they all come together and they have an important part. Put this one on your calendars for publication day. A must read!
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Kimberley McCreight is the queen of thrillers! Like mother, like daughter is a thrilling domestic thriller full of psychological twists and turns. It was crazy!

Book: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Author: Kimberly McCreight
Publisher: Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage and Anchor
Pub Date: July 9, 2024

Wow. There is so much going on. 🤯 I just found it difficult to keep up with everything going on. I’m sure some of it was to throw the reader off the trail of what the ending was going to be. I enjoyed the mother/daughter story line but could have done without the pharmaceutical aspect of the story. The family plot should have been the only one dug. I was on information overload and it made me lose interest very quickly. The ending just came out of nowhere and gosh I don’t like that at all. It can ruin a good book quick for me. There were just too many things that were far fetched for me to give it a higher rating. That said Kimberly McCreight is an excellent author and I stuck with 3 stars because my pet peeves might be your fav things.

Thank you Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage and Anchor and NetGalley for this sneak peak! Publication date is July 9, 2024.

“Maybe in the end that was the most important part of being a mother: being there to do the expected thing again, and again.”

“For so much of my life, I wanted to believe that I was fine because I had survived. But surviving, I have come to realize, is not the same as being alive.”

Damn. Like Mother, Like Daughter was *so* good. There was never a dull moment. It encapsulated everything that makes a good thriller. It hit the ground running from the start, with cleverly laid clues to guide you into figuring out whodunit. There was a depth to this book that I found endearing; a portrait of motherhood, and what it means when they say that a mother would do anything for her child. Kimberly McCreight will continue to be an auto-read author for me, because her skill gets stronger with each novel.

I am struggling to decide how I feel about "Like Mother, Like Daughter". My rating is probably 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

The writing is engaging and I found myself immediately interested in the story. The story is told from the perspective of the mother who has vanished and the daugher who is trying to find her.
There are also therapist notes, journal entries, text message strings, and legal case notes peppered in. At times it felt like it was too much information and ended up being distracting rather than helping to illuminate the story.

There are also several different plot tlines and way too many characters. It was difficult to follow all the different tangents and several of them did not feel entirely necessary.

Some parts of the story I was able to guess and then other parts I did not figure out until it was revealed. The end was a let down for me and didn't seem to unfold naturally from the story.

Overall, Like Mother, like Daughter is well written and engaing. If you like psychological thrillers there is lots of enjoy in this book. In general I liked it I just wasn't blown away by it.

Thanks to Netgalley and the published for allowing me an advanced copy (ARC) of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley, Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor, & Kimberly McCreight for an advance copy of Like Mother, Like Daughter in exchange for an honest review. KC is an auto read author for me and once again, she did not disappoint! This book brings all the best aspects of a page turning suspense thriller to life! I found myself completely immersed in the storyline and I found dynamics of Cleo & Kats relationship to be so relatable. The addition of the other characters brought so much life and juiciness to the story. This will be a PERFECT beach read this summer as this one comes out on 7/9/24!!

As always, I cannot wait to see what this author writes for us next!

In the midst of a divorce from her husband Aiden, Kat finds herself stuck between the childhood she ran away from many years ago, trying to be the loving mother to Cleo, and working single woman. Unfortunately Kat and Cleo’s relationship had a falling out and she’s left to try to rebuild what they had so long ago. Cleo reluctantly agrees to come home when she finds her mother missing and this only starts to unravel several hidden secrets.

I loved the short chapters written in both Kat’s “before” POV and Cleo’s “after” POV.

Thanks to Netgalley for an ARC 4/5 stars

*Advance copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for honest review.*

In “Like Mother, Like Daughter” the tense relationship between Kat and her daughter Cleo sets the backdrop for a fast-paced mystery of what happened to Kat.

Cleo returns from NYU to visit her mom in Park Slope for dinner, only to find a pool of blood and dinner burning in the kitchen- with no sign of her mom. Told from Kat’s perspective before the incident, and Cleo’s after, you try to piece together the seemingly disconnected story lines. Cleo quickly realizes she didn’t know her mom at all. Her parents are getting divorced, her dad is having an affair and wants her mom’s trust fund, her mom’s childhood was much bleaker than she represented it, and, even more shocking, her mom is a fixer and not a patent lawyer at the firm. Cleo knows it’s not a question of whether Kat has any enemies, it’s which of them hurt her.

I really liked the multiple plot lines and how they came together, especially with the changing timelines and character perspectives. While I might have guessed what was going on at a very topical level, I was engaged and interested in how they ultimately resolved. This was a great psychological thriller and I highly recommend it!

I was so excited for this book as I had not read a Kimberly McCreight book in several years and I remembered how fond I was of Reconstructing Amelia. I’m glad I was not disappointed! The book is about Kat and her daughter Cleo opening with Cleo coming to her childhood home to realize something awful has happened to her mother. From there we explore the many characters in both women’s lives and quickly find out many of them could be a suspect. While I guessed the perpetrator early on I don’t feel that changed my opinion of this book. Thanks to net galley for the early arc!

What an amazing read! There was so much going on and I couldn’t tell where this book was going! The unfolding of mother- daughter relationship was perfect!

Thank you so much NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review!

Cleo’s strained and estranged relationship with her mother, Katrina (aka “Kat”), is thrown into a whirlwind when she reluctantly arrives in her childhood home in Brooklyn for dinner with her mom, only to find her missing with food burning in the oven. As Cleo rushes to figure out what happened to her mom, the daughter finds out her mom hasn’t lived the tidy life of being happily married and having a successful career as a cooperate lawyer. Katrina’s life has been so much more dangerous and risky than Cleo ever knew.

I really like LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER, because it illustrates the sort of complex but loving relationship that can exist between mother and daughter. And, I appreciate how the story wrapped up. The struggle I had was, I wasn’t pulled into the story until a third to half way in. The novel also perhaps a few too many red herrings.

Kat and Cleo are mother and daughter with a tumultuous relationship. When Kat goes missing, Cleo is determined to find out the truth. She slowly begins to understand her mother and her many facades. Well written from Kat's perspective before disappearance and Cleo's perspective after her mom's disappearance. Story is enhanced with other small side stories.
Thanks to Netgalley for ARC for my honest opinion.

I was given this book by NetGalley for an honest review
Cleos mother ’s husband has been unfaithful so she asks for a divorce. He wants money she doesn’t feel he deserves..
Cleo’s been hanging around an unsavory guy, Her mother try’s to stop the relationship.
When Cleo goes missing questions are where is she? Who has been following her and why?
When the chips are down both mother and daughter choose to protect each other.

Whooooah! This one was absolutely insane. I love a good plot twist and this one GAVE IT 👏🏻 perfect thriller for those looking for a quick read

I enjoy psychological thrillers book that are captivating from the very beginning and this book just did that. I never read any books from this author but I will definitely continue reading more from Kimberly McCreight. Thank you Netgalley for providing me this eARC!

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me a copy of this book to read, I enjoyed it and I would rate it a solid 3/5 stars.

Before I get into my review, I would like to send a special thanks to Netgalley for this ARC. Now for the review...
I have been reading thrillers for about a year now, and I never know what to expect from author to the next. This book is about a strained relationship between a mother and daughter. Cleo, a college student at NYU, resents her mother due to her overprotective tendencies and her inability to handle situations without always assuming the worst. Kat, is a hotshot lawyer with a past that could potentially destroy her reputation and her future. After not speaking to Kat for months, Cleo goes to her childhood home to have dinner at her mother's request. Upon her arrival, she discovered that her mother was missing and everything she thought she knew about her parents was far from the truth.

I still don't know how I really feel about this book. I experienced a wide-range of emotions throughout and struggled to understand what was going on most of the time. My biggest issues were the timeline and random conversations between different characters. I also did not care for all of the characters introduced to throw off the reader and have them guessing what happened and who did it. It was more confusing than helpful, and it made me mad more than once. The ranking is so high, because I did not expect the plot twist. Despite my mixed emotions, I can say that this is a book I will be thinking about for a very long time.

As much as I love a domestic thriller, I love even more when the story centers around more than a husband/wife storyline. I really enjoyed the emphasis on mother/daughter relationships. The fact that Kat also toes the line with being an unreliable narrator adds another level of mystery– since there are already so many players that could be responsible for Kat's disappearance. The twist at the end was quite unexpected, but the truth about Kat's location ended up feeling quite tame given the circumstances. I would have loved there to be more of Kat's backstory included, as well as some closure on what happened with Aidan. Overall, a really strong thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.