THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME BY LAURA DAVE

Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this one. It was extremely slow and underwhelming for my tastes. When it comes to mysteries, I need to crave the answers and with this one I just didn’t care about the outcome.

Rating: ★★
​Release Date: May 4, 2021
Genre: Domestic Thriller. Mystery. 
Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 316 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: BOTM Box. 

Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.

As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared.

Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize 

they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated.

With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a riveting mystery, certain to shock you with its final, heartbreaking turn.

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𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧: Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this one. It was extremely slow and underwhelming for my tastes. When it comes to mysteries, I need to crave the answers and with this one I just didn’t care about the outcome.

I know many people loved this book and you can see this through the glowing reviews on both goodreads and amazon. For me though, I didn’t care for it. I found the plot to be extremely slow and the outcome to be very underwhelming. I was never itching to figure out where Owen went and honestly didn’t even care about what happened to him. This in itself shows my disdain for this one. Don’t get me wrong, the message the author is sending about family and trust is a good one but the execution of it didn’t work for me. When I read a mystery, especially one where a character disappears, and the loved ones are looking for answers I need to feel a little thrill or suspense. I felt neither with The Last Thing He Told Me. I think everything was just too simple, too easy for the characters, and the ending was a bust. Simply put, this wasn’t the book for me and that’s okay. I recommend readers check out other peoples reviews and not depend on mine if you plan to read it.

𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐