Like mother, like daughter... sigh. Where to begin with this?
One of my favorite books is Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight. It gave me all the feels, emotions and the narration was solid. But...I feel as though nothing she has written has ever been this level of good ever again.
This new novel is sadly in that bucket.
A story of Katrina, a mom, wife and professional “fixer” with a shady background and her 20 year old daughter, Cleo, who for all intents and purposes, is a spoiled substance selling college brat who hates her mother.
Kat disappears one random afternoon and Cleo and her dad, Aidan, totally not present in this book or daughter's life, are stuck trying to solve where Kat is and what has taken place.
Listen...It took me over 3 weeks to get through this book. I kept thinking maybe it was me but it wasn't. It was the lack of development in storyline, in characters and in writing.
What I read over those weeks seemed like a rough outline instead of a full blown story.
Unfortunately, this was a dud for my first book of 2024. I have an issue not seeing things though so I read it and it should have been a DNF way in the beginning.
The ending had an interesting twist, I will give her that but it wasnt enough to make up for the severely bad development. And then the book ends- abruptly. God help me. Sorry but no.

Like Mother , Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
Publishing date - 07/09/24
Rating (5/5) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you Netgalley and Knopf publishing for this e-ARC.

This story is told in POV’s over two timelines (Kat & Cleo) before Kat’s disappearance and Cleo, her daughter just after her mom is discovered to be missing. Absolutely loved this thriller and this author. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Like Mother, Like Daughter will be released July 9, 2024 and will make a perfect summer read for thriller fans!

I've been a fan of Kimberly McCreight since I read Reconstructing Amelia in 2013... then I was blown away by A Good Marriage in 2020, so I was anxious to get my hands on Like Mother, Like Daughter. There was a lot going on in this book. Plots within plots within plots, so you definitely need to pay attention to keep up. It will keep you guessing until the very end! I guessed some of it, but not all of it - so I loved that. Keep me guessing and prove me wrong! That's the best writing - as long as it also makes sense, which it did thankfully.
At the heart of this book is a story about a mother and daughter and the lengths a mother will go to protect her daughter. It is a story of a tenacious daughter who won't stop looking until she gets answers. And it is a story about a bond that gets strengthened during the most tumultuous of times.
Get out your calendars and circle June 9, 2024 because you're going to want to get this book!
Thank you to Knoph, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the opportunity to read and review this incredibly addicting arc!

Thanks for the book. This book had a good storyline however it skipped around so much I had a hard time tracking it. The characters were very relatable but some scenarios were a little far fetched. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cleo arrives home from college to her childhood home to find her mother missing and a puddle of blood on the floor. Her father doesn't seem all too concerned, but has no problem telling the police that Cleo and her mother, Katrina have a volatile relationship. A volatile relationship that has recently gone from bad to worse due to Katrina insisting Cleo stop seeing her drug dealing boyfriend, but that couldn't be why Katrina has gone missing....or could it?

Cleo goes searching for the truth about her mother's past and searching for her whereabouts, despite warnings from the police to stay put and not get involved. With more and more secrets about Katrina's past and current life come to light, Cleo doubts more and more that they will find her mother alive. Will Cleo find her mother alive or will Cleo end up a victim herself for undiscovering someone's frightening secrets?

This story started off a bit slow for me, but I thoroughly enjoyed the alternating POVs and various time lines - Cleo & Katrina in the present, Katrina's journal entries from her youth and the notes from Cleo's therapy sessions. It really helped paint a picture of how similar Katrina & Cleo are, despite them thinking they are complete opposites.

I had a hard time believing that some of the characters would involve themselves with Cleo in order to help find Katrina. At times the plot seemed a bit dry and dull, but the evolving relationship between Katrina & Cleo and the supporting characters’ stories made up for it.

Thank you to Netgalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Absolutely loved this thriller, and this author! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time and I felt like I could pin down what was going to happen, and then I was completely wrong. So good and I loved the plot and characters.

SYNOPSIS:
- Cleo, a college student at NYU, ventures home to Brooklyn to have dinner with her mom, Kat. They don’t have the best relationship, and they haven’t been talking to each other lately.
- When Cleo arrives, something isn’t right. Her mom’s blood is in the house, and other things are off.
- What happened to Kat?

MY THOUGHTS
- This is the second book I’ve read by McCreight, and it is amazing.
- Very well executed thriller. I did not want to put it down. McCreight steadily builds tension throughout each chapter of the book.
- I loved how the story was presented. We get the POVs of both Cleo & Kat, as well as some of Kat’s old journal entries, transcriptions of conversations between Cleo and her therapist, and some other blurbs interspersed throughout the story (e.g., emails, news articles, legal complaint, text messages).
- Excellent character development. We learn about Kat’s childhood, as well as why Cleo & Kat are estranged.
- Expertly plotted. Although there are a lot of moving parts in this book, the author seamlessly weaves them together, so I never found myself being confused or having to go back to reread to figure out what was going on.
- Satisfying ending. Fast paced read.
- Finished in less than 24 hours.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️bravo 👏🏼a very well-done suspense with an estranged mom & daughter as our main characters. finished in 24 hours.

Thanks to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor, and Netgalley for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. It will be published on August 8, 2024.

A quick and entertaining read told from the third person viewpoint of mother Katrina and daughter Cleo with a few other sources of information thrown in there (therapy transcripts, text messages, and legal documents). Blending a few common thriller plot devices (corporate coverups, infidelity, secret past lives, and inheritance money), Like Mother Like Daughter isn’t the most original of thrillers but still engages the reader. I wasn’t surprised at any of the twists and figured them all out quite early but it didn’t detract from my experience. My biggest criticism of the novel was the mother’s actions. If she really is a professional “fixer” I would have expected her methods of protecting her daughter to be savvier than what she displayed. Those parts of the novel read as immature, unrealistic, clunky, and not well researched and I was glad there weren’t too many of them. I think what I enjoyed most about the novel was the writing - fluid and descriptive without being banal or expected. It carried the novel and kept me turning pages well into the night.
Overall, this was a very well written and entertaining read, even if the plot lines were not the most original.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage and Anchor for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this eARC.

Clever mystery that is engaging and has great character development (I especially like the way the relationship between the primary characters, Cleo and her mother) changed and developed.

A lot of clever twists and turns as you walk through this story, well done!

Like Mother, Like Daughter is an emotionally charged and suspenseful story that is a whirlwind.

This story is told in to POV's over two timelines (Kat & Cleo) before Kat's disappearance and Cleo, her daughter just after her mom is discovered to be missing. Over the novel Cleo and the reader try to understand what has happened to her mom, but a lot of secrets come out.

It was a pretty fast and easy read, although times I was very confused. I personally feel like I didn't mesh with the corporate world that this story went down, but it was still a pretty interesting and fast-paced read.

This story is a must read for anyone who enjoys complex of mother-daughter relationships & family secrets!

I had the opportunity to read Like Mother Like Daughter early through NetGalley
I found this book to be interesting and I couldn’t wait to see how it ended, but there was a lot going on and I found myself loosing focus several times.

I enjoyed seeing how it all come together at the end! I would have to give it 4 out of 5 stars. I took one star away for it being a little predictable, and a little much, making parts a little confusing. But overall it was a great read.

The alternating mother/daughter POVs were appropriate for this book. It is well-titled, and the author did a good job explaining the relationship between the two.

For a thriller, this wasn't overly suspenseful. I cared most about Cleo but found myself not caring much what happened to the mother, which isn't ideal.

The addition of therapists' transcriptions, press releases, and e-mails was fine but a little clunky. They seemed thrown in and didn't necessarily add to the story.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC.

It was very hard to get into this book. I found myself being pulled in all directions, confused about which storyline to follow and which characters were which. I wish I had felt more of a connection to any of the characters and even any of the characters connections to each other. Also, for me, a huge part of the story was very convoluted and rather unnecessary (no spoilers). This book was just not for me.

I’ve been a fan of Kimberly McCreight’s work since reading Reconstructing Amelia nearly ten years ago and I’ve devoured all her subsequent novels. In my opinion, Like Mother, Like Daughter is some of her best work.

Yes, this is a thriller surrounding the disappearance of attorney Katrina McHugh from her Park Slope residence (Yay for the Brooklyn reference!), but the heart of the novel is the troubled mother-daughter relationship between Kat and Cleo. McCreight captures the complexities, struggles, and volatility between the characters as only someone who is both a mother and daughter can. I found Kat to be a sympathetic character as she does her sometimes misguided best to be the parent she believes Cleo deserves.

There’s no shortage of suspects and plenty of twists in this page turner. Kat’s complicated life includes a harrowing and secretive past, a demanding job with blurry ethics, a crumbling marriage, and a strained relationship with her daughter. There are plenty of people who could be behind her disappearance. Getting to the truth is a compelling journey that exposes the lengths a mother will go to in order to protect her daughter.

Like Mother, Like Daughter will be released July 9, 2024 and will make a perfect summer read. It will keep you guessing until the truth is revealed.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf

The NetGalley for this ARC of “Like Mother Like Daughter. This book kept me on the edge of my seat. The story was very fast paced which I loved.

The dual POVs with dual timelines it worked very well for the story.

The characters Kat and Cleo are well developed and feel like a real mother and daughter duo. Kat is strict and overprotective and Cleo is rebellious.

The story will keep you guessing til the very end.

Thank you netgalley and to the publisher I gave this a 3.7 .i was very easy to read to get through pretty fast .Cleos character was very likable. The only thing I didn’t really like was the business aspect part of the book if that would of been something different I think I would of liked it a lot more I just don’t like that’s my preference though. But overall I would recommend and I would purchase this book myself and not feel like I wasted my money

Mother and daughter, Katrina and Cleo, don’t have the best relationship. Katrina has meddled in Cleo’s life far too many times which has caused a huge rift between the two. However, Cleo agrees to go over for dinner. When Cleo arrives at her mother’s house, the oven is on, dinner is burning, but there’s no sign of her mom except for a bloody shoe.

This story is told through two alternating POVs: Katrina’s, starting 8 days leading up to her disappearance, and Cleo’s in the hours after Kat’s disappearance. With text chains, legal documents, and therapy session transcripts sprinkled throughout the story, so many things are happening in order to slowly fill in the gaps. There are so many secrets to uncover and truths to learn that it isn’t only about Kat’s disappearance. I felt like all of these things were handled so well and never felt like too much.

I could NOT put this book down. The exploration of this mother/daughter dynamic was so gripping that it grabbed my attention and did not let go. All of the different plot points kept me guessing all the way until the reveal of the twist. Overall, Like Mother, Like Daughter was so fun to read, trying to figure it all out and put the pieces together. For the thriller fans, I would highly recommend reading this book!

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf for the ARC!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this arc.

This book was an ‘eh’ for me. I was shocked maybe once but thought there was too many characters, and a bit boring,

What a great book! So much going on but very easy to follow every thread. I loved the mother/daughter relationship complications and explanations. The ending was wrapped up perfectly and surprisingly. I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more Kimberly McCreight.

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
Release Date: July 9th, 2024
Thank you to Kimberly McCreight and Knopf for my advanced copy

I remember reading Kimberly McCreight’s first book, Reconstructing Amelia, when it was released 10 years ago, and I was immediately drawn in by her writing. Knowing this, I knew that I would want to read her newest book as well.

Cleo and her mother, Kat, don’t have the best relationship. Kat likes order and being in control of all situations, and Cleo just wants to rebel. One night the duo plan to have a dinner in order to bridge the gap between them, but when Cleo arrives, Kat is nowhere to be found. In fact, the food is burning and Cleo finds a bloody shoe that belongs to Kat. With the police now investigating everyone, Cleo finds herself compelled to investigate Kat as well. What she finds isn’t what she expected, and it calls into question everything Cleo thought she knew about her mother.

Just as I expected: I liked this book a lot! I am not the biggest thriller reader; I’m particular and picky when it comes to thrillers and it’s harder for me to get engrossed into this genre. However, with Like Mother, Like Daughter, I was caught up into the story quickly. I enjoyed the dual points of view, and I liked that I didn’t know what was going on most of the time. The ending wasn’t expected, though I did see how it connected everything once I got there. It was a fast conclusion though and I wish it had been drawn out more. Regardless, I would read this again and will heartily recommend it!