Behind Her Eyes

Wow! Finally, I read this book! I have been hearing people talk about this book for the longest time and about this crazy ending and now I am psyched to be in the loop, to know what everyone is talking about! I am actually watching the show now with my husband and really enjoying it but I am glad that I read the book first because I was entertained to say the least. I wouldn't say that it's my favorite domestic thriller of all time but it definitely delivers on the mindfuck aspect! That is for sure! This twist was something akin to the twist in The Silent Patient but even crazier and more out there! Definitely will be reading more from this new to me author in the future.

To begin with, Behind Her Eyes is about a single mom, named Louise, who has a passionate night with a stranger at a bar and then realizes the next day that this stranger is her new boss and is also married to a beautiful woman named Adele. Their lives intertwine and head in a direction that almost no-one can possibly see coming. I have never read a domestic thriller quite like this and was definitely intrigued from the very beginning. There is a trope in this book that is very new to me and I thoroughly enjoyed it, even though I have no other previous books to compare it to and see if it was done well. I thought the book started off very strong and it got my attention but the middle dragged a bit for me and that's where I started losing interest and hoping to get to the mind blowing ending soon, that everyone kept talking about. Unfortunately, it took until the very end to get to that mind-blowing ending and all the action was saved for the very conclusion as well. For this reason, I gave this book four stars and not five.

Further on, the characterization in this book was pretty good, nothing I can complain about. I liked getting to know all the characters and their complicated backgrounds and figuring out what made them the way that they are and the way that they relate to one another. I just wish we could have gotten to the very dark, sinful stuff a little earlier because it felt like it took forever to really show us who these people really were, at their very rotten cores and souls. I do applaud the author for not being afraid to go there though and to show us how humans really are, without sugarcoating or hiding anything.

Finally, the writing style is one that I had no problem with. It wasn't the most intricate or beautiful writing I've ever read but it got the story across without a hitch and the pages didn't stop turning until the very last page. There were a few awkward thoughts and sentences but those were very few and didn't take away from the overall story and reading experience.

In conclusion, I enjoyed this domestic thriller very much and would recommend it to anyone that wants to have their mind blown by a twist or twists that they didn't see coming. I wouldn't say it's rooted in reality but if you're willing to suspend your reality for a bit, this book could really wow you in many ways. It could have definitely been shortened a bit in order to pack more of a punch throughout the whole book itself, nonetheless, it's a book I will probably think about for years to come. Definitely recommend but with a grain of salt because it might not be for absolutely everyone.