My second read from this Author and this one did not disappoint. A cat and mouse domestic thriller with a bit of espionage thrown in. Mutiple characters that each played a part which made for very interesting reading.
Thank you to Netgalley, Knopf and the Author Kimberly McCreight for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Cleo and her mom, Kat, have a strained relationship. Cleo is used to Kat being perfect, while Cleo has a bit of a rebellious streak. Unbeknownst to Cleo, her mom actually works as a fixer. But what happens when Kat’s family starts getting threats and she runs into problems she can’t fix? Cleo shows up to her mother’s house for dinner one evening and finds a half cooked meal and a bloody shoe. What happened to Kat, and can Cleo figure it out before it’s too late?

This story was easy to get through. The ups and downs of Cleo and Kat’s relationship were so relatable and really drew me in. I enjoyed the way the book was told in alternating timelines and POVs, as well as therapy sessions and recordings, as it came together piece by piece. It had me engaged the whole time, and I loved the elements of the past always coming back in some way or another.

Thank you to Kimberly McCreight, Knopf Publishing, and NetGalley for the advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

Ope! What a ride. Family thriller/drama with lots of turns to keep you pulled in! I can’t resist a good revenge story either!

People tend to show less compassion to others who are exactly like them. I don’t know exactly why but it could very well be because of not feeling so special anymore when you find someone so similar to them. I think it happens a lot when it comes to mothers and daughters. Fathers and sons would wear it like a badge of honor, but moms and daughters clash.

Cleo and Kat were exactly like that. Cleo was acting like she was nothing like her mother because she didn’t have information on her mother to gauge who exactly she was. Kat knew that her daughter was not so different than her even though there was a generational difference. They made the same mistakes. They made the same decisions. But they kept on biting each others’ heads off. Until Kat disappeared and Cleo realized that she was the only one who cared.

I liked the history repeats itself theme in this book, but not sure how Kat’s professional life was really impacting anything in the story. It was just one big red herring that I could live without. Instead of that I would prefer to have more on Kat’s life from before. Overall it was an intriguing page turner to remind the daughters that we are our mothers after all.

Wow. Just, wow.

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight is a thought-provoking thriller that immediately grabbed my attention, and held it!

McCreight’s writing style was a real treat and I fell in love with the way she structured this dual-perspective story. As a mother of daughters myself, I couldn’t help but be introspective about my own motherhood and relationship with my mother as I learned more about Cleo and her mother, Katrina.

Their strained relationship was so tangible, and it made the story feel even more “real”. I often have a hard time emphasizing with the characters in thrillers because there is such a focus on the action, but McCreight had me so invested in these main two!

As the pieces came together in this mystery, I was an emotional wreck. The ending of this book had me in tears of disbelief, and I can say with absolute certainty that I’ve never been rocked this hard by reading a thriller.

A 5-star rating isn’t enough for this one!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC to read and review. I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to reading more from Kimberly McCreight.

This mystery is told between two POV's, mother Katrina and daughter Cleo, who don't have the best relationship. Cleo show's up for dinner at her mom's house to find dinner burning on the stove and her mom nowhere to be found. There are things amiss that have her worried something bad has happened to her. The story is also told in different timelines. One is different hours before the disappearance and the other is different hours after the disappearance. In Kat's chapters we are getting background about her shady customers she helps in her position as a "fixer" for her law firm, as well as her concerns about her daughter's choice of boyfriend and extracurricular activities. In Cleo's chapters we are following her as she tries to figure out what happened to her mother while learning things about her mother that she never expected. The story started off strong and sucks you in but then it just kind of flat lines for most of the book. There was not a lot of excitement, and it just didn't have me wanting to pick it back up. While the ending did have a bit of a surprise twist, it felt very rushed. I would have liked more confrontation. It definitely has a heavy mystery feel verses thriller.

Thank you NetGalley & author for an ARC of this book. #netgalley #likemotherlikedaughter

When Cleo discovers her mother Kat missing, she learns more about her mother's life and realizes not everything was as she thought. Overall, a mystery that keeps you guessing until the end as two stories are told between mother and daughter. Cleo's perspective was harder to read as she seemed to be frustrated with her mother for reasons that weren't entirely clear.

This one had me guessing. In a good way. Until the end. I suspected, then questioned myself. Well done dual timeline with several unlikable characters and several more questionable characters! This is a story of deception and selfishness, with the added fun of bad marriages, mother-daughter feuds, high power careers and just enough twists and turns to keep you interested!

Description: "A daughter races to uncover her mother's secret life in the wake of her disappearance in this thriller.

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."

ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

This story had so many twists and turns and I had no idea where it was headed! I really liked all the mystery surrounding the families lives and how both mother and daughter play detective in their own ways. The story half my attention and kept me intrigued to the last page! I would highly recommend to anyone who likes psychological thrillers and mysteries centering around a family!

Thank you to Knopf and NetGalley for my gifted advance reader copy.

Though Katrina is known as a ‘fixer’ at her high-powered law firm, she struggles to repair her relationship with her daughter, Cleo. On the night she finally convinces Cleo to come over for dinner, Katrina disappears. Cleo arrives at her family home to discover dinner burning on the stove and blood on the floor. She frantically tries to piece together her mom’s movements and ends up learning much more about Katrina than she anticipated.

I generally enjoy Kimberly McCreight’s books, but this one just didn’t do it for me. I felt like I was reading two separate stories- one about Katrina’s disappearance and Cleo, and another about Darden Pharmaceuticals. Though I sped through the last few chapters, the majority of the book felt slow and disjointed to me. Maybe it’s because my head hasn’t been in the game lately, or maybe it’s because this one was a little too scattered and over the top for my taste.

This novel shown us how the relationship between a mother and daughter is not always as it seems. When Cleo's mother goes missing, she is scrambling to put the missing pieces together to find her.

Solid thriller regarding daughter Cleo, a college student who returns home to find her mother Kat missing and then uncovers secrets about her family; meanwhile, Cleo is also in a situation that seems a bit too good to be true. We get alternating timelines between the week or so leading up to Kat's disappearance and Cleo reeling in the aftermath.

McCreight is a very solid writer; she was able to pitch the pacing nearly perfectly, and I was always reaching for this book, wondering what was going to happen next. Kat's background is law, so we get a decent amount of legal terminology, but - by and large - this is kept at a level the reader can understand.

One thing I would've loved to see a bit more is a further exploration of the relationship between Kat and Cleo. Cleo seems to be harboring a lot of grudges toward Kat, to the point that Kat often questions if she's a good mother, and I wasn't sure I fully grasped why Cleo came to some of these conclusions. Some of this is explored, but I thought this was the most interesting part of the story and would've loved more.

Some good lines I wrote down:

"To run a single finger through the icing on the cake of domesticity that I baked daily from scratch."
"I love messy things. I am a messy thing."
"I'm hurt. That my mom saw me as a problem to solve." (That might explain some of the Kat-Cleo relationship tension, though I still would've liked a bit more.)

All in all, a solid read, I'm glad I read it, and I would definitely read more by this author!

I don't know, I wanted to like this one so much more than I did. Kat was a great character and her story really kept me engaged but the sheer volume of characters and their significance to carrying the plot kind of were hard to keep straight. It almost seemed like there were too many subplots going on and often I'd have to refer back by searching a name because I was lost as to what was going on. I usually live the back and forth between time and character POV but there were places that I thought it was Kat but it was Cleo's POV. They're so similar which I guess....Like Mother, Like Daughter!

Overall, definitely solid thriller, readers who enjoy multiple plot lines and a wide cast of characters would probably love this. I'd normally give four stars but given I'd felt confused and overwhelmed a few times throughout, I'm only giving 3.5 (but rounded up)

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read in exchange for my honest review!

Love a thriller especially when the character is a strange woman trying to figure things out on her own. This was a great, quick read that had me wondering what was happening the whole time

This was a middle of the road mystery/thriller for me. I enjoyed it but it a bit forgettable when finished. I enjoyed the mother and daughter tumultuous relationship
Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the ARC of this book.
3/5

I found this one underwhelming. The big reveal fell flat despite a long buildup. I am anxious to go back and read more of McCreight's books, because so many readers love them.

3.75⭐️

Like Mother, Like Daughter, is a generally entertaining mystery with plenty of suspense to keep you turning the pages. A nice breezy thriller that would make a decent beach read.

Thank you Kimberly McCreight, Knopf, and NetGalley for providing this ARC for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.

This was such a good book that I couldn’t even put it down. I read it in one sitting. I would definitely recommend this book!

I absolutely loved this book and could not break away from this book until I was done. I LOVE my thrillers and mystery books. There was one thing (or person I should say) that I really could not stand. With that being said, it is an excellent book and I would highly recommend it!

This was an ARC for Netgalley. Thank you to the Author and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. This is my honest opinion and I was not paid for it.

I loved Kimberly McCreight's previous novel A Good Marriage, so I couldn't wait to get my hands on Like Mother, Like Daughter. I actually loved this one even MORE, and I clearly need to make a point of reading the rest of her backlist now. The story is told through the dual viewpoints of Cleo and Kat, and I adored Kat. She's out there kicking ass and taking names as a lawyer, though her fixer role can put her in some tight situations. The reader is taken back through the days prior to her disappearance as well as what is going on in the present time through her daughter. The pacing is steady, and I loved how McCreight created a perfect storm to throw suspicion on so many characters.

The audiobook is directed by Danny Campbell as well as narrated by his daughter Olivia Campbell & wife Cassandra Campbell who is a personal favorite of mine. I had no idea this was a family affair until the very end, and it seriously makes the audio so special. Plus, it doesn't hurt that Olivia and Cassandra were fantastic narrators for the mother and daughter characters of Cleo and Kat. I will admit I had part of the mystery figured out, but there were plenty of other twists that McCreight managed to sucker-punch me with. Like Mother, Like Daughter is a quick and bingeable read that is best consumed with a bowl of popcorn for all that drama.