Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC. I really liked the past and present in the story. It adds to the suspense. There’s also romantic twists that I didn’t see coming and really liked.

The novel centers on Nora, the daughter of a self-made hotel magnate, Liam Noone, whose sudden death from a cliffside fall is ruled an accident. However, Nora and her estranged half-brother, Sam, suspect foul play, leading them to form an uneasy alliance to uncover the truth behind their father's demise.

As Nora and Sam delve into Liam's past, they begin to piece together the complexities of his life and the carefully separated worlds he maintained with his three ex-wives. The narrative skillfully alternates between the present-day investigation and flashbacks into Liam's life, gradually revealing a fifty-year-old secret that irrevocably alters Nora and Sam's understanding of their father and their family.

Unfortunately, this one didn’t quite work for me. I found the pacing slow and struggled to connect with the characters. That said, Laura Dave’s fans may enjoy the subtle emotion and tension woven through the book. It’s a quieter story, but the dynamics and pacing was a miss for me personally.

Intriguing family drama with mystery woman you want to idenrify from the beginning. Heavier on the drama than thrill for this one. I enjoyed the read and drama involving a man with separate lives and insecure connections to his children due to his secret. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!

Thank you to NetGalley for an Advance Digital Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Ms. Dave has done it again! Nora Noone's father "fell" off the cliff outside his home. Nora and one of her brothers don't believe that he commited suicide, and go searching for answers. In the end, they find the truth about their father, as well as themselves. I really enjoyed this book!

I absolutely loved this book! Laura Dave has such a gift for blending mystery with deep, emotional family drama, which is the kind of storytelling that completely pulls me in. I was hooked from the beginning and was so interested in how things would unfold. It was mildly twisty and turny, but it’s the way she writes relationships that really gets me. I feel everything the characters feel. So good!!

Thanks to the publisher for the e-arc :)

This was a fast read for me. While there was a mystery component, it was a pretty slow burn. The payoff did make sense at the end. I think the most interesting portion of this book was the parallel between Nora and her father. While Nora's father went made many, many mistakes to get to the love of his life, Nora seems to learn from those mistakes by the end (and the parallels to the grade school first loves were profound).

Slow burn mystery that was just enough to keep me guessing! The characters didn’t have a ton of depth but I loved how short and sweet the book was. Great on audio. Highly recommend and will be reading others in her backlist.

I received an advance review copy for free from the publisher via Netgalley and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I couldn't finish this book. I just didn't care about any of the characters. I understand writing about flawed people, but please give them a likeable quality or two.

I had a really hard time with this one grasping my attention and I felt like I was forcing myself to read it. I got about 20% in and decided that this was just not the book for me

Super fast read. A layered story about family and past lives all of this while Nora and Sam, estranged siblings, are trying to find out what happened to their father the night he died.

This was a heartfelt and emotional read. The story follows Anna, who is searching for her missing brother while uncovering family secrets along the way. The plot is filled with tension and twists as Anna tries to piece together what happened, while fighting with her feelings of guilt and loss. I really connected with the characters, especially Anna’s determination to find the truth. The book had a great balance of suspense and emotional depth, and I found it hard to put down. It’s a moving story about family, loss, and finding closure.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advance copy of The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave. As a fan of Laura Dave’s work, I was eager to dive into her latest novel—this being the third book of hers I’ve read. While I appreciated certain elements, such as the sibling dynamic and their quest to uncover the truth behind their father's mysterious death, the story didn’t fully live up to my expectations. The plot felt a bit slower than I anticipated, and at times, I found it lacking the gripping suspense that made her previous books so engaging. Overall, while it was a solid read, it didn’t quite leave the same impact as her other works.

The Night We Lost Him is the second book I’ve read by Laura Dave. Overall, while I didn’t find this book quite as enjoyable as the first one, it still proved to be a compelling story and a good read.

After their father dies in a fall at his California cottage, siblings Luke and Nora come together to try and understand the night they lost him. They have never been very close, but this sense of purpose draws them together and causes them to not only examine their father’s life, but their own as well.

This is a mystery that is well-written. The characters are likable and the questions and introspections are well-conceived. The author addresses the issues of grief and grieving in a realistic manner and more than once I was close to tears as the characters described their journey of grief after losing someone they loved.

The Night We Lost Him is a satisfying book that is thoughtful, thought-provoking, and an entertaining and interesting mystery. NetGalley provided an advance reader copy.

3.5 stars!

I enjoyed this! I was intrigued right away and shocked by the ending, which is always a great sign. It did feel like more of a drama with a subtle mystery feel. Definitely not a thriller, so I wish it was marketed differently! The writing was easily digestible and easy to follow.

If you're a fan of slow burn mysterious dramas, this one is for you!

This was a slow, dramatic story that to me, doesn’t fit the bill for a thriller. It definitely fell flat for me. I think this book is perfect for someone who likes a slow burn and more of a domestic thriller than a fast paced page turner.

When I read 800 Grapes, the story stayed with me for a very long time. So much so that I still refer friends to that title. I thought the details of the writing made me feel as if I was experiencing every scene in person. When I saw this title, I knew it would be on my list. In this mysterious work, we find siblings trying to determine if their father's death was an accident or if there was something more sinister that caused his death. It is a great story and will keep the reader engaged. Looking forward to the next one by this author. The writing is easy to connect with and creates such a vision of the characters that they seem like real life people you know. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

The suspenseful plot and well-developed characters make this a truly compelling read. As the story progresses, the reader is left guessing, eager to uncover the truth. I didn’t enjoy this one as much as The Last Thing He Told Me, but it was still an enjoyable mystery read.

If you enjoyed THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, you will enjoy this one. You have to go into it with the right expectations -- this is not a thriller, this is a slow burn mystery + family drama. It's intriguing, it's layered, and it's a pageturner.

Laura Dave’s new book is less of a thriller and more of a family drama. While there was no suspense or threat of danger anywhere in the story, it was still fairly good. I read it in a day due to its shorter length, easy style, and straightforward plot. I could see the ending coming by about 80% of the way through.

I enjoyed her other book, The Last Thing He Told Me, more than this one, but I don’t regret reading this book. It was entertaining for a relaxing afternoon.