This book was wild in the best possible way! I can't wait to see what the Kimberly McCreight comes up with next.

Just finished reading this book...what a page turner! I literally could not put this book down and stayed up WAY too late to finish it! This book is very well written, and the main characters fully developed. The history of the relationship between the mother, Kat, and daughter, Cleo, was revealed throughout the story, and so you understand how they came to be in their present situation/relationship. Kat's job and other relationships are also deeply explored. The story was suspenseful and well developed. I love a book that keeps you guessing and this book accomplished that so very well. I will definitely recommend this book to friends and family. I look forward to reading my next Kimberly McCreight novel.

I enjoyed the mother daughter relationship in this. I was a bit underwhelmed with it overall but would recommend it to a newer thriller reader. I liked the amateur detective aspect. Overall the story was fine but nothing really grasped me to fully immerse me into the story.

Thank you Net Galley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage & Anchor for the free arc in exchange for my honest review!

This was twisty!

Cleo is an NYU student who arrives late to dinner with her mother at their house, finding broken glass and blood on the kitchen floor. Food is in the oven, but there's no sign of her mother, Kat. Already in a fragile relationship with her mother, Cleo is determined to find out what happened to her mother, looking at everyone as a suspect, even her father.

Kat is an attorney whose job role is labeled as "a fixer". Kat has uncovered some disturbing information about a lawsuit her firm is handling and is thrown in the mix of dangerous people desperate to cover up their mistakes. Along with everything else going on, Kat is being threatened by someone from her past for something she did when she was a child living at a facility with foster kids.

Set in present and past timelines, this will definitely keep you on your toes. Enjoy the ride to uncover the truth.

4 Stars!

Cleo, an NYU student, comes home for dinner with her mom only to find the door unlocked, food burning on the stove, and no mom. Cleo sees her mom's bloody shoe under the couch. What a start to a book!

This book is told from different points of view (mom, daughter, journal, therapy notes). I had an inkling on how this one would end, but there was definitely a good twist to my thoughts.

This is a good summer read!

Cleo's mother goes missing and she is determined to find out what happened. With their relationship strained over the last couple years and not much information to go off of, she digs into her mother's past and current life to narrow down where her mother could be.


I love books that go between past and present and this book was full of it. This book was keeping me wanting more and felt unputdownable at times. I did not see the twist at the end with how it was all laid out but I had some hints here and there. Overall a great and fast read! I appreciate having the opportunity to read this ARC.

Overall a good book. It's the kind of book that sucks you in from the get. It starts out with a mother calling for her daughter to come home, only when the daughter arrives nothing is right and the mother is missing. This carries you between the point of view of the daughter - Cleo as she searches for her mother, and the point of view of the mother - Katrina, before her disappearance. We find out Katrina's life is not what she portrayed it out to be.

If you like a book that grabs you from the start, this is it. This book is written in alternating first person POV. Cleo is summoned to her mother’s house only to find her missing. Now she is looking for her and along the way she finds out so much she didn’t know about her mom. Lots of twists and many possible suspects. This is an excellent thriller.

WOW! The story pulled me in and kept me hooked from start to finish! Every time I thought I figured out what happened to Kat another suspect's motives were cleverly thrown in. The book kept me guessing, and I really enjoyed that aspect of it.

I enjoyed this mother/daughter thriller though there was a question left unanswered at the end. It wasn't a gasping, heart pounding thriller but it was interesting enough to keep me engaged enough to keep turning the pages.

This is the first book I've read by Kimberly McCreight and I am interested in checking out her other books after this! I enjoyed the premise of the story, but did feel like there was SO MUCH happening that it was hard to keep track of. I love the characters and thought they were very well written and love the dual perspectives! I will say that I did not see the ending coming and that surprised me!

Cleo is a college student and arrives home to find food burning, blood on the floor, and no sign of her mom, Kat.

Kat has been lying. She’s not who she says she is. In the days leading up to her disappearance she’s been getting threats.

Cleo sets out to find out what happened to her mom. Can she find her before it’s too late?

This book was a lot of fun, but it had a lot going on. I did enjoy this story very much but felt that a lot was crammed into the story and feel that some of the ideas could have been trimmed out to make the story more succinct. There were also a lot of characters, and some of them felt unnecessary and I’m still a little confused as to what their purpose to the story was.

This was a very twisty thriller, with lots of red herring along the way. Despite everything going on, I really enjoyed the author’s writing style. I felt that it was easy to connect to and stay focused on the story even though there was a lot going on. The pacing was very fast, but this is one that I had to set down and absorb the story in order to get everything straight in my head. This wasn’t one that I was able to finish in one setting.

I did find it a little unrealistic that Cleo was the one uncovering all the clues to this story as she was a college student who had a strained relationship with her mom. I just found it difficult to grasp that this would be plausible and think that this could have been helped if the police detective was more involved or the relationship between Cleo and her mom was not quite as strained.

Despite the shortcomings, I really did enjoy this story and did get lost in the story. I was able to suspend my belief and just let go, and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the pacing and writing style and would read more from this author.

3.5 rounded to 4

*Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc copy in exchange for an honest review.*

While I liked the fact that we got the perspective from both the mother from before the incident and the daughter after she finds out her mom is missing, it did end up getting a little confusing once all the news articles, transcripts, and texts were all added in. Sometimes simpler is better.

I did enjoy the plot, but it seemed like there was always so much going on. I understand wanting there to be secrets and a wow factor, but it almost felt like the author threw in everything they could think of to give this plot an edge.

This is a very fast-paced book, which I enjoy in my mystery/thriller books. There was never a chance to really sit and get bored while reading this as I was constantly waiting to see when the next shoe would drop.

The characters were written very well. They were realistic and flawed and seemed like they could be just like you and me. The strains on the mother-daughter relationship were also portrayed well.

The ending of the book was okay. It felt quick and the epilogue had to explain parts of the ending, which I personally don't think should need to be done if the ending is executed well.

Overall, I did enjoy this book and would read another book by the author if the blurb sounded interesting.

Kimberly McCreight's latest LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER (publishes July 9, 2024) shows a daughter's love and perseverance in finding her missing mother despite them being on the outs. After a somewhat estranged relationship, mother Kat summons her college-age daughter Cleo home for dinner. When Cleo arrives to her family home, she finds dinner burning, her mother's bloody shoe, and her mother nowhere to be found.

There are suspects from all facets of Kat's life. She's a "fixer" for a law firm that is dealing with a high-profile prescription drug case, and she's coincidentally having a fling with a man from that firm. Her assistant is acting shady. Kat had a traumatic past that might be catching up with her as well. Her husband that she's separated from wants several million dollars from her. And her daughter Cleo has been working with a drug dealer.

This dual narrative switches between Kat (starting 8 days before her disappearance) and Cleo (post-disappearance). I enjoyed both perspectives, but Cleo's perspective was a little less chaotic so I liked that one a bit better. I feel like we also got to understand Cleo a bit more from her therapist transcripts. Kat, particularly due to her job, was tougher to get to know. I did enjoy the realistic mother-daughter dynamic in this one although they aren't in many scenes together.

If you enjoy a more plot-driven suspense novel and have enjoyed McCreight's novels in the past, check this one out!

Thank you NetGalley & Kimberly McCreight for the eARC of Like Mother, Like Daughter. I loved this novel, with all of the different plot lines that left me guessing until the very end! I will definitely be sharing this book as a must read for the summer!

I love a good thriller - and this did not disappoint! I devoured this book in less than 24 hours. It has all of the elements of a great thriller - fast pace, compelling story and characters you love to hate. This was my first book from this author, but it will not be my last!

Thanks to NetGalley, Knopf and the author for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

Once I started this book, I could not stop reading it. I didn't even care if I could guess some of the twists. The pacing, the mix of storylines, and the momentum of the novel got my attention and would not release it until I was finished.

Do not pick this up if you have other things you need to get done, you are unlikely to finish any other tasks before the end of the story.

with gratitude to netgalley and Knopf for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was an entertaining read, telling the story of Cleo after she comes home to find her mother gone and blood on the floor. The story unfolds in multiple points of view and timelines, and sometimes was confusing. The added therapist notes and transcripts, while part of the story, were confusing to read at times. I was not expecting the ending, thinking I had it figured out! I enjoyed this and have read other works by Ms. McCreight. Thanks for the ARC.

I received an ARC of Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight from Netgalley!

What would you do if you went to your mother's house to find her not there and blood on the floor? What would you do when you begin to uncover secrets about what possibly made your mother disappear? Cleo goes to great lengths to try to find her missing mom, uncovers troubling secrets, and goes through some trauma and trouble herself.

I love how this book has an underlying story about how a mother and daughter can so fiercely argue, but love each other so much in the face of darkness and despair. A whole slew of interesting and important topics come up as the reader tries to unravel the mystery of where Kat has gone. If there is something crazy you can think of, this book has it!

I loved how the alternating perspectives showed Kat in the days leading up to her disappearance .. and then showed Cleo's perspective in the hours following her mother's disappearance . This was a well told story with many twists and turns. There were definitely some that I did not see coming at all and had me completely shocked!

I would totally recommend this book to a friend!

Loved the story line of this! The suspense in this book kept me very entertained. I loved that there were so many different suspects that really kept me guessing. Exactly what I love in a thriller. Thank you for the ARC!