Don’t Ask

This was pretty interesting, it took me a few chapters to get into it. I felt like instead of having a few well described main characters, there were a lot of surface descriptions for the many characters. The book jumped back and forth between different times and it took me a little to get used to it. I did enjoy the story however.

I was granted an advanced copy of this book by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book was a decent mystery with multiple time periods at play. It took a bit of getting use to with all the different characters, but over time I got used to it. Mr. Carroll could use a bit more polishing on his shifts from past to present in the text because readers should be able to easily differentiate the timelines, but overall an enjoyable read. Definitely light and breezy fiction to read this summer.

This is an interesting quick read.
The story is about a free dna test promotion and how the results impact on people’s lives.
The narrative does flit from the past to the present , but this didn’t impact on my enjoyment , as sometimes can be the case .
The characters include members of a glam rock band , a retired teacher and a contestant on a talent show as well as a solicitor. It’s based both in London and Leeds.
I found the writing easy to read and the characters had some depth , it was a quick read and I found the conclusion inevitable . I look forward to reading more in the future from the author

Thanks to NetGalley and Troubadour Publishing Ltd.

A light yet enjoyable read for anyone who wants to detach for a bit and set foot into another world unlike their own. Paul Carroll sets a scene you feel you know intimately.

I was granted a copy of this book by Netgalley, in exchange for my honest opinion. Some TW you will find in this novel, sexual assault, rape and substance abuse.
This book took me a wile to get into it, was a little bit confusing at first to understood and remember the different characters perspectives. But got very interesting, this story revolves around a free DNA test promotion, and how at the end the results can impact people’s lives. The story takes us through different generations of two families, it was well done seeing the impact on how families and their backgrounds get unfolded and truth’s get unveiled and the weight they carry and cause on everyone around, the way relationships get damaged and the memories changed them.
Something that it got me the most to get into this narrative it’s the way the timelines were wrote.
Over all it’s when I got into this book was a very interesting book with a very enjoyable storyline, if you enjoy different characters perspectives and diferente timelines this is definitely a book to pick up. Read it in one sitting.

A quick and easy read that I found myself picking up after a long day to unwind. The characters are beautifully written and I came to love them within the first few pages and was rooting for them all the way to the end. At times I wanted to stop reading because I just wanted the experience to go on for longer.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Based on 2 families who’s lives intertwine across generations. The story is written in both the past and present as you learn about each character and their journey to the present day.
Nice and easy to read, good character depth. I really enjoyed this book.

Thanks to NetGalley for the read.

This book description was very interesting, and I had really looked forward to reading it, but there were some key aspects of the book that caused me some difficulty to read. This book is listed as a "whodunnit" built on secrets and DNA tests. It goes into great detail about the background of all of the characters, and there are a lot of characters. The key concept of this book is that they are all interconnected somehow, and with this many characters there are lots of ways for them to be connected.

This book switches between the points of view of multiple characters, which is something I absolutely adore in books. It also switches between different years/decades and locations as well. All of these things are great on their own, and sometimes even great together, but where it fell short for me was the lack of clarity in the switches. It could take me full paragraphs before I realized whose perspective I was in, where we were, and even then I sometimes had no idea when we were. There weren't any distinguishing markers to break up transitions and so it was just up to the reader to figure out the who/what/where/when of the chapter - which sometimes had multiple answers per chapter. This book also takes place in England, in different locations across the decades, so there is a lot of specific British slang & references, which is not a problem but if you aren't prepared for it/understand the slang it makes it a lot more difficult to read.

The concept of the book is amazing, and the characters are really well developed, I think for me the biggest holdups I had came from my inability to keep track of where I was and who was talking. For anyone who is able to get past that faster than me will have an amazing book on their hands.