Wednesday, May 31, 2017

I See You

I See You by Clare Mackintosh    372 pages

"You do the same thing every day.

You know exactly where you're going.

You're not alone."


Zoe Walker can't believe she's seeing her photo in the classified section of a London newspaper, but she's determined to find out why it's there.  There's just a website, a grainy image and a phone number.  Her family and friends aren't convinced it's Zoe, but the next day, Zoe sees the ad with a different woman's photo  and a different woman the day after that.   So is this some kind of mistake? Or is someone keeping track of every move these women make?

This was an absolute page-turning, psychological thriller that kept me guessing and then threw me a curveball (and actually, a second curveball) right towards the end.  The author does a great job of building the characters and the story and showing how our two main characters, Zoe and a police inspector, intersect.  Zoe is a believable character and because she's one of the primary narrators of the story, you get the information at the same time she does, which means that when she's questioning things, you're right there with her. Sometimes, it's hard to tell if she's just being paranoid --- and this, for me, is great because it meant that I was totally invested in the story.  

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