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Just okay for me. My least favorite Finlay so far.

This book brings the past alive for three people who as kids lived together for a while in a foster house. They‘ve shared a secret ever since but now someone seems to knows about it and brings them back together.

Another fast-paced thriller by Finlay, in fact so fast that I got confused at times and found it difficult to follow along. The ending is great, but I didn‘t love it as much his other two books.
Thanks Trish for a wonderful b-day gift!

The thing I liked the most about this novel is that it is told from the perspectives of many narrators. I also liked the nonlinear timeline and the way in which the past and the present were woven together to tell the entire story. It was fast-paced and entertaining, I just wish it was a little less predictable. I also liked that there were multiple individuals used as narrators in the audiobook, giving each of the main characters their own voice.

📚𝟚𝟜 𝕚𝕟 '𝟚𝟜 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖📚

I am determined to reduce the backlog on my #TBR shelves so I've joined! I've selected 24 books that I plan to read & 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 this year.

Want to join? Check out @bookswithnopictures & @lemonyreads on Instagram, post your books by January 10th & . . . 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨!📖

ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀɴʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ(ꜱ) ɪ'ᴠᴇ ꜱᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ?
ɪꜰ ꜱᴏ, ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴏɴᴇ(ꜱ) ʏᴏᴜ ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜʏ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ!

An anonymous gift but this must be yours Trish, right? Thank you so much, I loved both his other books 🩷🩷

On another note: I booked my plane ticket to come to Gladstone next year 💃💃💃 See you there!

A fast read. A good thriller with enough action to keep me engaged and finish in one day.
#20in4 #BookSpinBingo #RushAThon

This is a new author for me. The book has three narrators, Jenna, Donny and Nico. It reveals their teenage years while living in a children‘s home, which was not an ideal experience for any of them. The book goes back and forth between their current lives and their experiences when they were young, living in the children‘s home. They and their other friends participated in something horrific that comes back to haunt them in the present.

“In this “top-notch mystery thriller” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from Alex Finlay, What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever. A stay-at-home mom with a past.
A has-been rock star with a habit.
A reality TV producer with a debt.
Three disparate lives.
One deadly secret.”

Not a bad thriller. Great characters. Some ok plot twists that kind of came from left field but still enjoyable. A story of a group of kids that grow up in a sketchy care home. Some vanished during their time there. Some were taken away to work for an agency. Others made it out and had successful lives. That is until someone starts targeting them for something that they did while living there. Something bad enough to get them killed.

A group of teenagers connected by a terrible secret. Fast forward 25 years and they are being hunted by twin contract killers. This one had a very different tone from the author‘s prior novels and I would say it is one of his weaker novels. The action packed story kept me engaged, but I found the story to be generally ridiculous. Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin‘s Press for the free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Got to see David Ellis and Alex Finlay in a panel moderated by Andrea Bartz yesterday at Gaithersburg Book Festival!! I‘ve read two of Finlay‘s books and am eager to read his latest. Ellis‘ book I have a hold on at the library and I‘ve read Bartz‘s We Were Never Here and am eager for her new one: The Spare Room! It was a great conversation about thrillers & the writing process & how they‘re there to entertain. Had a front row seat again!

Wow. That was a wild ride.

📚1/1 library books for #MagnificentMay (1/3 overall)

Now that Camp Nanowrimo is over and done , I was finally able to finish this book. The story was okay. I think that I was expecting not her novel that was similar to his last two. The ending felt a little rushed. I really missed FBI Agent Sarah Keller. I hope she pops up in his next book. #AlexFinlay #WhatHaveWeDone

I am a fan of Finlay‘s I find him right up there with Sager in terms of bingeworthiness. I saw many many harsh reviews of this one even from other fans BUT I really liked it. A popcorn thriller with an interesting set of characters. Fast paced. Fun.

3✨
This was a dark, action packed, fast paced thriller. But there was something missing for me. 🤷🏼‍♀️
I kept waiting for that something, but it never came. Even with the grand finale I felt dissatisfied, still waiting for more.

Not a bad story, just didn't scratch my personal itch.

Slowly making progress on my #AwesomeApril #ReadAThon

Finished The Seven Sister last night and started 2 new books today 1️⃣What Have We Done
2️⃣Dreams of Gods & Monsters

I'm very undecided about an audiobook at this point so just relaxing into the #ReadAThon

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Good, action packed twisty thriller. Always happy to finish a book in a day!

A quick read for a TOUGH week. Not as good as the author‘s other work.

Thanks to @vivastory Finlay is an #AutoRead for me, and his latest thriller is my favorite so far!

Jenna, Donnie, and Nico grew up in a group home and share a dark secret. All have dealt with their trauma differently. Jenna became an assassin but is now a target herself. Donnie is a washed up rockstar that someone tries to drown on a cruise ship. Someone tries to kill TV producer Nico too. They all must find out who is after them & their secret!

56 pages in. Multiple 3rd person POV chapters. Apparently I am four books ahead of schedule for my Goodreads challenge. Took a little break and now I‘m reading again. #whathavewedone #alexfinlay

3½⭐A light pick...that I gave a pick rating...since I loved his first two books. Although, it wasn‘t all bad because the ending alone upped the rating. But the middle dragged and it was difficult to follow the story…I thought about DNFing it, even. Overall, I am glad I stuck with it since the end cleared up a lot of my confusion. Also, the narration was great.

I was so psyched to see a new Alex Finlay - I LOVED “The Night Shift” - so I‘ve got my fingers crossed for a quiet, uneventful day at work that lets me just chill with this! 😍 #whathavewedone #alexfinlay #readingatwork #librarylife

Review is up!
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https://reecaspieces.com/2023/03/09/what-have-we-done-by-alex-finlay-smpinfluenc...

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What Have We Done- Alex Finlay

Book Review- https://www.boleybooks.com//what-have-we-done/

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Jenna, Donnie, Benny, Arty, and Nico became friends when they were at a group home.

They learned some things, saw some things, and did some awful things...one in particular.

It was a pretty rough read because of all the violence and cruelty.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4navu2hp

In the dark, the gentle boy utters the words none of them will ever forget: “What have we done?‘” #whathavewedone #alexfinlay

#WhatHaveWeDone #AlexFinlay #BookSpinBingo

This is a story of the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever. Jenna, Donnie and Nico were best of friends living at Savior House, a group home for parentless teens, 25 years ago. They have been reunited as someone is trying to kill them. They will have to revisit their past that holds the secrets to why someone wants them dead.

I‘ve been looking forward to Finlay‘s latest for what feels like forever- and it doesn‘t disappoint! In a fast-paced, multi-perspective style, this action-filled novel has a group of friends brought back together when their shared past rears its head back up. An aging rockstar, a reality TV producer and a stay-at-home stepmother with a deadly past career all reconnect as the body count rises. There are some funny moments to break the tension, too!

#NetGalley #ARC

I loved Night Shift by this author, but this one wasn't a favorite. There's an ex-spy/assassin, a famous rock star, a reality TV producer, and a tech billionaire, and I just really didn't like any of the kids once they were grown up.

The twist was predictable. Great writing, but poor character development and generic storytelling left this just being "okay" for me.

Fans of mainstream mystery will probably love it more than me.

Reading this ARC by Finlay and watching some football ❤️🖤❤️🖤