My review
Everybody lies and this book is a prime example of that. A gas explosion occurred in a building at 10am on the 10th of October which is the 10th month of the year, the Triple Ten explosion, which killed 513 people. And there are 3 main characters who form the triangle of this story, each is connected to the other in lies and secrets.
Cecily, who lost a husband in the explosion, Frannie who lost a mother, and Kate who lost everything form the 3 angles of the triangle. The story explores the lives of the characters, both past and present, all leading up to an explosion of lies and truth. Each pull and push by the character leads to the angle being changed. The acute lies soon lead to the truth revealed in an obtuse manner. Till the last paragraph of the book, the right angle leads to a perfectly, shockingly straight line…
Catherine McKenzie’s style of writing is one of slow immersion, where the story is narrated layer by layer, where each layer adds to the story as well as leaves a clue behind. The story took some time for me to catch on, precisely 2 days and then I could finish in a couple of hours.
I generally do not like such slow starts, maybe I do not have the patience for such a slow built-up. That would be my only niggle. I always thought that there are never good liars but liars who lie good. And this book has three of them, one of them is a good liar, the second is a liar who is both lying and telling the truth, and the third is liar who lies good. Now it’s up to you to find out who is who. Good luck and happy reading!!
I received an ARC from NetGalley and publisher Lake Union Publishing, and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
My rating : 3.5 stars
About the Author
Catherine McKenzie, a graduate of McGill University, practices law in Montreal, where she was born and raised. An avid skier and runner, Catherine’s novels Spin, Arranged, Forgotten, and Hidden are all international bestsellers and have been translated into numerous languages. Hidden was an Amazon #1 bestseller and a Digital Book World bestseller. Her fifth novel, Smoke, was an Amazon bestseller, a Goodreads Best Book for October 2015, and an Amazon Top 100 Book of 2015.
Book blurb
When an explosion rips apart a Chicago building, the lives of three women are forever altered.
A year later, Cecily is in mourning. She was supposed to be in the building that day. Instead, she stood on the street and witnessed it going down, with her husband and best friend inside. Kate, now living thousands of miles away, fled the disaster and is hoping that her past won’t catch up with her. And Franny, a young woman in search of her birth mother, watched the horror unfold on the morning news, knowing that the woman she was so desperate to reconnect with was in the building.
Now, despite the marks left by the tragedy, they all seem safe. But as its anniversary dominates the media, the memories of that terrifying morning become dangerous triggers. All these women are guarding important secrets. Just how far will they go to keep them?
Product Details
Publication date : 3rd April, 2018
Publisher : Lake Union Publishing
Language : English
Available on Amazon
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51 Responses
It’s hard to get over a slow start. How are you doing Shalini? 🙂
I am better, Simon. Recuperating. Reading in between the rest periods.
It’s good to know you’re better, it hit your hard this hasn’t it?
Very hard… It will take me a couple of months to get back strength. I seem to be dropping off to sleep at odd times. Thank you. Only you have understood how hard being sick has been
I do understand because you can’t help it. I had glandular fever once, very mildly and that knocked me for years.
Oh, it’s the same with me. I am just exhausted easily
That’s what it was like for me, if I say down anywhere I was asleep in minutes.
Omg, I am having the same problem. I get exhausted so fast…
Like I said for me it was glandular fever, it took a few years for that to pass. But I was never the same as before.
I understand.. Hopefully I will be okay soon
I hope so. Your have to keep going but don’t push so hard that you exhaust yourself.
Nahhh… I am pacing myself. Taking loads of rest
I’m sure you are 😝
Hahaha… I am going to start doing nothing soon… In the coming week hehehe
Nothing? Absolutely nothing? How can you do nothing?
Very easily…. Just sit down/lie down and do nothing
I fall asleep then… Lol
Hahaha… Cool.
Then I wake up… Do nothing. Fall asleep lol
😂😂
Lol… Is your Monday filled with nothing?
Nopes… At work
Have fun and all that 🙂
😊
Was it fun?
It was but I was exhausted couldn’t get up after work… Still battling it
I know how that feels, it’s tough.
Yes
Take care…
😇
Is that a halo?!?
Oh yes… So it is. I deserve it
Fair enough, as long as you do 😉
Well, my mirror says I do
Lol… you mirror must be right then! 😉
😇😇
Two now… Your must be good.
How are your feeling?
Was ok till yesterday, today I feel a bit down. I have no idea what’s happening to me.
Hmmm… I think you need to see a doctor 🙂
All done, it is just some allergy
Is that a good thing?
Dust allergy, apparently. I start getting my symptoms with that. Well better today.
I suffer from that too. It isn’t nice.
This review consists a lot of math, obtuse, acute, right angle, triangle and finally a straight line, lol. Just kidding. Nice review.
Hahaha really! Even I am shocked at what I have written hahaha😂😂
Don’t worry this review was different and good
Hahaha I hope so😂😂 if not, then at least it had math in it
I would probably have a problem with the slow start as well, but it sounds like an interesting story!
It was very slow for me, maybe the flu has taken away my patience. But it was okay, entertaining. Just not fabulous
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Thanks