Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight

This one was a page turner from the start. Really well written and told in multiple POV. It did have a lot of subplots but they tied in well with keeping the suspense of the story. It was a great read.

Kimberly McCreight leaves me breathless after reading her books. Makes you sit and think about what in the world you just read. Her twists and characters will leave you with your mouth open. This book, like all her others, was so good. I’m always excited to see when Kimberly McCreight comes out with a new book. She is an auto buy author for me. Some of this story was a little complex, but didn’t hinder my love for this book. Thank you Kimberly McCreight, NetGalley and Knopf for this digital copy.

As a lawyer and a mom of a daughter, this book immediately drew me in. The mystery was gripping, though the book itself was at times pretty unbelievable (the police were ok with a college student running her own investigation?). I think the most impactful parts of the book explore the relationship between the two main characters, the mother and daughter, because the dynamic is so raw and real. I read a lot of books of this style so many times I can guess the big reveal, but there were elements of this one that I did not see coming at all. This kept me interested and I finished it very quickly! Overall a solid mystery and a good read. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was such a good book! I’ve only read one other book by this author that I also really enjoyed, so this book pretty much solidifies McCreight as an auto-buy author for me. I like how she writes complex stories and it’s not *just* a mystery/thriller. There were some twists I saw coming and some I didn’t see coming, and as an avid mystery reader I always appreciate that. Her books remind me of Karin Slaughter but not as vulgar. Would highly recommend!

College student Cleo has somewhat of an estranged relationship with her mother, as a lot of young adults have. Her parents have separated yet they have failed to tell Cleo. She arrives to her mom's for dinner one evening and finds food burning on the stove, her mom's shoe, and blood with no indication of where her mom could be. Cleo makes it her mission to find out what happened to her mom and why. Cleo finds out about her mother's troubled youth and has so many questions. Is her dad responsible? Someone from her childhood? The odd next-door neighbor with dementia? Cleo's ex best friend's mom? You absolutely cannot stop reading so you can find out what on earth is going on. The ending definitely did not disappoint.

Kimberly McCreight stuns in “Like Mother, Like Daughter”. The story and character development are well handled and keep you guessing. I also thought McCreight handled the mother/ daughter relationship very well. Have already started recommending it to friends and family.

The very definition of a page-turner! I couldn't race through this one fast enough to find out what happened. The mystery centers on Kat, who goes missing under suspicious circumstances (including blood left behind). But Kat, who is a "fixer" of other people's problems at a prestigious law firm, has such a long list of terrifying people angry at her that this mystery might take some time to solve. The police could never. So. Enter Cleo, Kat's troubled daughter who is a student at NYU, dating a drug dealer and helping him with deliveries, and some other mysterious new guy. She is going to get to the bottom of what happened to her mom....but she (or one of her shady friends) may have been the cause of it.

Oh, and did I mention Kat's law firm is also embroiled in a scandalous pharmaceutical case with a a shocking cover up of negligence, and a recently dead executive... who Kat was also dating? Well, as if THAT'S not enough, Kat also has a pretty terrible husband from whom she recently separated who is pretty clearly after her money.

Though this sounds like an awful lot of crazy plot points, McCreight does a masterful job tying them all together at the end, and alternating them throughout so you just don't know who to trust. I had an idea who might have done it, but that idea changed about six times before the shocking conclusion. A really well-written, fast paced mystery with tons of great twists and a very fun mother-daughter amateur detective duo investigating each other in alternate timelines. I really enjoyed this one and can't wait for more from this author.

I loved this book!! I loved the characters, the dual perspectives, and the just about everything! This was a true page turner for me. I absolutely could not put it down because it was a need to know what happened.

I enjoy everything Kimberly McCreight writes, and Like Mother, Like Daughter did not disappoint. This is a quick, gripping read about a missing mom and her (kind of) estranged daughter. When past and present collide, both women find themselves in grave danger. A fun, fast thriller!

First off, this book had so much potential bit I think it's just too convoluted. I love a good dual timeline in a thriller, but it just didn't happen in Like Mother, Like Daughter.

I wanted to love this one because I've given this author's other books five stars, but it just got to be so much that my brain kept getting side tracked reading. Not only do we have a timeline of the day Kat disappeared told from Cleo, her daughters perspective, but we get Kat's point of view 8 days before she goes missing. To add on to this we get therapist notes, litigation stuff, and some texts from random people.

Moving on to the mystery, we get so many side stories that I couldn't keep track of them all. The main mystery is Kat going missing, but off of that they're so many little mysteries and I couldn't tell if they meant something or were just random little tid bits.

I think if we could have kept the randomness to a minimum and made more aspects connect throughout the story this could have easily of been a five star book for me.

Even though this wasn't a win for me, I can't wait for more from the author!

This was a quick read for me, twisty yet somehow predictable. I had higher hopes for this book but despite that, it was still entertaining. I liked the multiple POV. Thanks for the ARC

This was an exciting unique thriller that had two point of views. The author did a good job of keeping each of the perspectives different even though the Cleo and Kat found out they might be more similar than they thought. I liked Cleo’s point of view more and loved when she found out more about her mother and everyone else around her. I love her character development.

This one took me a minute to get into. Theres time jumps, multiple POV’s, and seemingly random excerpts in between chapters; it’s just a lot at first. Once you get into the flow of the story and have a handle on who the characters are though it’s a good story with multiple threads. The relationship between Kat, the mother, and Cleo, the daughter, was particularly well written. While not a particularly original trope; secrets in the mother’s life causing her overprotectiveness which leads to annoyance and rebellion on the daughter’s part, McCreight wrote it so perfectly. The moments where the veil drops and Cleo realizes Kat is a whole person outside of just being her mom are so perfectly crafted to not just move the plot along but offer genuine character development. This one definitely kept me guessing at not only who did something to Kat but also what they did and why. I wasn’t expecting the ending at all though and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Thanks to NetGalley and Knopf for my ARC in exchange for my honest review. This book will be published July 9, 2024.

This is the first book I’ve read by this author. The book opens strong, with Cleo discovering her mother Kat is missing.

Told from different perspectives and in different timelines, we learn Kat is a “fixer” in her company. Her relationship with her daughter is strained and she’s in the midst of a divorce.

There are multiple plot lines involving a drug company, Kat’s past and tying to get a movie made so there are multiple suspects. But I felt like there were too many subplots. I was surprised by the ending though.

The NetGalley version of this book just really did not translate. I couldn’t read any of the chapters with text messages and when you take that out, nothing really feels connected. I’ll try the book again when it’s out in a regular copy.

This was so much fast paced twisty fun! I wasn’t sure if the angsty Cleo was going to drive me insane but McCreight built a lot of depth into the character to get me past that issue. I couldn’t put this down!!

This is a great thriller that grabbed me right from the start! This story is told in multiple voices and there is a lot going on throughout this book. Sometimes it was a little confusing as there are so many subplots within the main plot. There are lots of twist and turns and a few things I didn’t see coming! This really digs into the relationships between mother and daughter. This is my first book by this author, but I will surely read more by her.

I really enjoyed this book! The writing was great, pacing was perfect. I suspected everyone at one point. I had a suspicion of what happened but it truly kept me on my toes. I think this was really well done and would definitely recommend!

Fans of first person twisty-thrillers will take delight in this one told from the two perspectives of a mother and her daughter. The mom, with her many dark secrets, goes missing. The daughter, with secrets of her own, can't help but try to sleuth out what happened to her mother. Thank you netgalley and the publisher for the arc in exchange for a review.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Kat and Cleo have a complicated relationship but are committed to protecting each other. This fast-paced thriller is both dual timeline and dual narrator and takes place in the Park Slope that McCreight centers her stories in. Overall, I think this would be a fun pool-side read for summer. It has enough going on to keep you guessing, but the writing and storyline is still easy to follow. I especially enjoyed the sub-plots related to Kat's job. With that said, I didn't feel much emotional pull for any of the characters. I wish that we could have gone deeper into Cleo's character and her overall headspace could have been darker. I enjoy KM's writing very much, and am still looking for something that will break my heart the way Reconstructing Amelia did.