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The Girl Before-J.P. Delaney

I read it very quickly, while on vacation. It was really good.
So. Thriller... Absolutely. Bit of a mind bender, I figured out how Emma died about two chapters before the book tells you, but I still wasn´t completely sure.
Delaney works really hard to make it so you think it´s someone else, but to me it felt like a point trying too hard which made the misdirection fail. It felt like it just made it more clear that the obvious killer was not actually the killer. So once we found out who the actual killer is, it seemed like a moot point.
So, that kind of makes it clear that the actual killer is not the plot twist, so I will leave that to your reading pleasure.
What I was impressed with was the authors ability to build up a creepy sensation of being watched. To the point where I actually got up to lock the door, even though I clearly am not currently stationed at One Folgate Street. The creepiest thing is..  youre not being watched by a person...
Anyways. I recommend. I´m not sure why my instincts tell me to give it 4.5/5, but they do. The flow was good, nothing was too wordy or convoluted. You could relate to both characters, though I found my sympathy for Jane far more compelling than my sympathies for Emma... after a while.
Delaney does a great job of manipulating your mind. A really great job. By the end of the book, you'll be surprised how much your affections for different characters change, which I think is the mark of a truly great mystery novel. The more I write this review, the more I´m inclined to give it a 5/5, because I keep thinking you know what... yeah. That did change as I read it. That character did develop into a wholly unexpected person at their core. Damn... she did a good job!!!
Between your shifting sympathies and the plot twist at the end.... yup. 5/5.

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