Expertly plotted thriller about how little children know about their parents. This is a “can’t put it down” kind of summer read. I will definitely read more from this author.

Kimberly McCreight’s latest novel does not disappoint!

Cleo, a college student, heads back to her childhood home at her mother’s persistent requests only to find dinner burned and her mother nowhere to be found. As she searches for her mother, Kat, she uncovers buried secrets about her family, their careers and even her self.

The story is a slow burn reminds us that it’s difficult to escape our pasts. This dark layered novel will leave your head spinning and if you love a dark thriller this is your next read!

A typical mother-daughter of a teenager relationship kind of book except the mother is missing and the daughter tries to find out what happened. I enjoyed the writing style of this book but it never really grabbed my attention and made me want to pick it back up and stay up late reading more, I also didn’t feel like there was enough police involvement if active missing persons case and the police were kind of just mentioned at times. I would like to try another one of her books. I did like the involvement of the law firm client which made the story a bit more interesting.

I always love this author’s stories! Always some good twists that I never see coming! Like Mother, Like Daughter is no exception. The story starts off with a typical Mother/Daughter strained relationship. The parents are going through a divorce partly because of the father’s affair which is unknown to the daughter and the daughter thinks the world of her father. Flash backs to the mother’s rough beginnings and to her current job as a fixer for her law firm which no one knows about brings in the mystery. The mother disappears the evening her daughter is to meet her and then the fun and games begin. The daughter realizes she doesn’t really know her bad a** mother! Such a fun story!

An excellent, fast-paced thriller.

4.5 stars rounded up.

Whatever you may be looking for in a good thriller - a mysterious disappearance, a shady corporate law firm, possibly bad big pharma, marital woes, money troubles, a mysterious past, and tons of shady characters - you will most likely find it here, and a well-written, complex mother-daughter relationship to boot.

Kathrina / „Kat“ is a fixer at her corporate law firm and very good at what she does. Her personal life is more complicated: she is recently separated from her husband and her twenty-year-old daughter Cleo, a student at NYU, is estranged from her. When the book opens, Kat has finally convinced Cleo to come home for dinner. But when Cleo arrives, her mom is missing, and there are signs of a struggle.

Dual timelines and POVs - one Kat‘s, beginning eight days before her disappearance, and one Cleo‘s, beginning the day of - are expertly woven together with newspaper articles, therapy protocols, old diary entries, and cryptic texts to keep readers guessing as to what exactly happened. The true strength of the book, however, is how relatable both Kat and Cleo are in their struggles to understand one another; the author does an excellent job of capturing their complicated dynamic.

As for the mystery itself, it is fast-paced and offers lots of red herrings. I will say that I was quite easily able to guess most of what was later revealed, but that didn‘t bother me at all because it was still well-done and thrilling, and while I got it correct, it also wasn‘t obvious. The only thing that truly bothered me was sheltered teenage Cleo‘s stubborn insistence on conducting her own investigation instead of teaming up with the perfectly capable detective.

An excellent summer read!

TW for drug use, sexual assault.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

„Like Mother, Like Daughter“ is slated to be released on July 9, 2024.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf for the ARC.

Hmmmm ... a good '...and the plot thickens' type book from the first pages ... fast paced with enough intrigue to keep the reader guessing until the end.

A definite recommendation.

I have read every book by Kimberly McCreight and have loved each one. This one did not disappoint. The story was well written and I found it hard to put down for real life. I just wanted to keep reading.

Like Mother,
This was an enjoyable mystery. I had my suspicions 1/2 way into the book but was not 100% sure as there were so many suspects. This story center around Cleo and her mother Kat who has gone missing under mysterious circumstances. The people around her who are friends, family and others exhibit suspicious behavior and seem to be hiding information from her. We follow along as she tries to find out what has happened to her mother. We also have the POV of her mother, Kat, who narrates the story of what has come before the time she went missing. We get a scare towards the end and a little unsolved monetary mystery that goes unresolved. All in all a good suspense reading.
Thank-you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own and I encourage everyone who reads this book to share their views.

Great and quick read. I found myself thinking I had figured out the twist so many times but I was so wrong! Strongly developed characters and the title stayed in the back of my mind throughout my read wondering how exactly mother was like daughter. Look forward to reading more from McCreight.

The relationship between mothers and daughters can be so complicated, especially when the mother had so many secrets. In Kimberly McCreight’s newest book she does an amazing job of showing just how tricky that relationship can get, especially when the mother disappears and the daughter really doesn’t know any of her mother’s secrets. I loved how flawed all the characters were and how complex the relationships between almost all the characters turned out to be. This book was very enjoyable to read and kept me turning the page to find out what happened.
Thank you to Netgalley and to the publishers for allowing me to read this advanced copy.

This one hooked me in the beginning, lost me for about 2-3 chapters in the middle-ish, and then hooked me back and didn't let go.

I really enjoyed the back and forth with the daughter's story going from the day she was missing onwards, and the mother story going from X days before down to 1 day before missing - it really kept the tension going as you learned things in the present day that you knew the mother wouldn't have known when she was going through her part in the story.

I thought the characters were drawn really well and acted in believable (although occasionally scummy) ways, and really agree with other reviews I've seen that the highlight of the book is the relationship between mothers and daughters.

Will definitely be reading more from Kimberly McCreight!

(Also, this gave me Gillian McAllister vibes - that adult child / parent dynamic in a thriller setting!)

Overall Rating: ★★★★★ / 4.25

Rating each element of the book out of 5★
Characters ★★★★
Atmosphere ★★★
Writing ★★★★
Plot ★★★★
Intrigue ★★★★★
Logic ★★★★
Enjoyment ★★★
Pacing ★★★
Dialogue ★★★★

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

ARC REVIEW

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a thriller that shows you exactly what some mothers will go through to protect their children. It shows you how strong the bond really is even though you may not always see it.

The plot had potential and I love the authors ideas, I just think it lacked. It took awhile for me to get into and the characters were all annoying. I do like how it included the journal entries and therapy transcripts!

Thank you @netgalley for my eARC in exchange for my honest review!

Pub date is July 30, 2024

I was unable to finish this book and thus will not be posting a full review on my blog. I didn't like this from the beginning -- seemed problematic and formulaic at the same time. Thank you for the opportunity.

I tend to have a hard time when a book comes out and smacks you in the face from the get-go, and then just slows to a crawl. For me, this book lost its momentum. With the alternating POVs and the back and forth timeline...it just felt forced.

Thank you to Knopf, Kimberly McCreight, and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is good solid story of suspense. It starts off with a bang when Cleo ( the daughter) is summoned home to have dinner with her mother, Kat. Their relationship has been strained and Kat is hoping to change that with a dinner. However, when Cleo arrives home, she finds the house a mess, blood on the floor and her mom is missing. As the police start their investigation Cleo finds that her mother has been hiding many secrets. Cleo also comes to find that she is more like her mother than she thought.

This story is told from alternating POV, between Kat and Cleo. The alternating viewpoints were okay, but I didn't care for the non-linear time lime that the story was told in. It was at times confusing and sometimes distracting to the story.

. The author was very good at developing the "love/hate" dynamic between mother and daughter. There were many suspects throughout that keep the reader guessing. While the epilogue did wrap up most of the storylines, I did feel like the author left out 1 that was not brought to a conclusion.

Overall I thought this was a good "emotional" suspense story and I would recommend it.

I’ve been hit or miss with Kimberly’s books and when this one started out really strong for me, I thought I’d be adding it to my favorite category. But, then the pacing of the book slowed down and I felt like there were a lot of things thrown in to fill space to keep the story going.

There were some twists at the end that were slightly surprising, but I felt like they were rushed and I would’ve liked more time devoted to them, then storylines that were played up so much in the middle to be barely wrapped up at the end.

I really enjoy Kimberly McCreight. This was a good mystery and a fast read with quick alternating chapters, but it was trying to do tooooo much. The mom (who has checkered past and some secrets at work too) goes missing with signs of foul play and the somewhat estranged college aged daughter must find out what happened. There ended up being 5 mostly unrelated big possibilities as to whodunnit and IMO, it was the most obvious one who did. I also guessed the big “plot twist” pretty early on.

A fast, suspenseful book that kept me guessing until the end! I can’t believe this is my first McCreight novel. The writing is so good and the plot compelling. Cleo’s and Kat’s relationship was so well nuanced, such a realistic portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship. It made this so much more than just a mystery. And the mystery itself. I kept thinking I knew all the answers, and then something else would happen and I’d find myself rethinking everything. I loved all the characters (how they were written, not their personalities- here’s looking at you Aiden) and loved that everything in the book felt intentional.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf publishing for letting me read an ARC of Like Mother, Like Daughter. This was a good book with 2 person POV of Mother before she disappears and Daughter after finding out her mother is missing. Mother and Daughter do not have a good relationship. The story kept me interested until the ending when I felt like it was a little anticlimactic.

I read this is one day because it was that good! Mother an daughter don’t really get along, but when mom goes missing, she starts digging to find her. Told from the perspective of the mom both in her past and the days leading up to her disappearance, but also told from the perspective of her daughter when she finds her mother is missing. Very well constructed and the ending was crazy!