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Danielle M, Reviewer
I'm a huge fan of Laura Dave's and although this book was much different from her previous ones, it was just as great.
THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME is a domestic drama/mystery. Hannah has been married to widower Owen for less than two years and is struggling to connect with his sixteen year old daughter, Bailey. One morning she receives a note from her husband that simply reads "Protect her." She finds out her his company has been raided, his boss has been arrested for securities fraud and not only has her husband has disappeared into thin air but that he may not have been who he said he was at all. Hannah realizes Bailey may be the only person who can figure out what's going on but first she has to get her stepdaughter to trust her enough to let her in.
The way Dave tells this story is really compelling. Owen is missing from the beginning so we only get to know him through Hannah's memories as she struggles to identify clues from their past that might reveal his secrets. I loved Hannah - she has a cool job as a woodturner (I mean....) and has been through a lot personally that made her a strong, independent woman. She's not one to play the victim (even if she is one in this case) and she doesn't feel sorry for herself - she knows Bailey has to be her priority and she will do anything she has to in order to fulfill the last thing Owen told her.
This book has already been optioned by Reese Witherspoon as an Apple TV series starring Julia Roberts and I can't imagine better casting. The mystery will keep you turning the pages but the relationship between Hannah and Bailey is what really resonated with me and I'm excited to revisit it again when it hits the screen.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for a copy to review.
THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME is a domestic drama/mystery. Hannah has been married to widower Owen for less than two years and is struggling to connect with his sixteen year old daughter, Bailey. One morning she receives a note from her husband that simply reads "Protect her." She finds out her his company has been raided, his boss has been arrested for securities fraud and not only has her husband has disappeared into thin air but that he may not have been who he said he was at all. Hannah realizes Bailey may be the only person who can figure out what's going on but first she has to get her stepdaughter to trust her enough to let her in.
The way Dave tells this story is really compelling. Owen is missing from the beginning so we only get to know him through Hannah's memories as she struggles to identify clues from their past that might reveal his secrets. I loved Hannah - she has a cool job as a woodturner (I mean....) and has been through a lot personally that made her a strong, independent woman. She's not one to play the victim (even if she is one in this case) and she doesn't feel sorry for herself - she knows Bailey has to be her priority and she will do anything she has to in order to fulfill the last thing Owen told her.
This book has already been optioned by Reese Witherspoon as an Apple TV series starring Julia Roberts and I can't imagine better casting. The mystery will keep you turning the pages but the relationship between Hannah and Bailey is what really resonated with me and I'm excited to revisit it again when it hits the screen.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for a copy to review.
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