Welcome to Litsy!

This book sounded so promising but disappointed a bit. Karen, tiger mom and main point of friction, remained very flat. I would have loved more background, more history, but instead just a lot of things were hinted at and not really explained.
Also I really didn't like Noel, the husband.
#thriller #marchfinish

Not really what the blurb promised... I hoped for a psychological thriller about a crazy mother, but it seems it's just a kidnapping story. We'll see how this goes on.
(Currently page 126)

It got better as it went on but the story didn‘t seem to flow that well. A good premise, but not that well executed.

I thought this would be about the psychology and family dynamics of a "tiger mother" but it just turned into a whodunnit. It had potential but then just didn't quite go there. The mother was intensely irritating but with no real back story and the father was pathetically weak, but this wasn't really developed. There was some snarkiness, particularly on the part of some minor characters, that I enjoyed but overall I couldn't quite make this a pick.

Here is my husband's bedtime reading for our Trophy Child... Ha! Only joking 🙊. I'll admit I've got #lowexpectations of this, but after Alias Grace I felt like I needed something quick and light... Typo on Page 5, not off to a good start... 🙄

I just bought this one. I'm still in BN waiting for my boo thang (old school). My first book from this author.

This story was good, the writing was good. Character development was a little lacking. You might or might not figure out the who done it part early on. I'm on the fence with this one for 3 or 4 stars. We'll call it 3.5.

Oh hey #bookmail aren't you pretty?! I hadn't heard of this one, but the description, of a mom who believes "achievement leads to ultimate happiness" and "expects her children to perform at 200 percent" is definitely intriguing!

I love a good mystery, and this definitely qualifies. My first Paula Daly, but it won't be my last. Great characters, a missing child, blended family with crazy dynamics, unfaithful spouses and a murder, of course. What more can you ask for?

This is Daly's 4th novel and I have loved them all! What happens when a parent is too caught up in an offspring's advancement and what might the repercussions be for that child? It's a great mystery: there's a disappearance and a murder...lots of twists and turns! Highly recommended!