This book is very strangely written and hence why I found it all very confusing to begin with. The story really dragged for me to start with and I struggled to persevere, however, it soon picked up pace and began to grab my attention. 
Overall I enjoyed the book but people need to stick with it and not give up reading at the beginning.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for giving me the opportunity to review this book for an honest review. 

So, in all honesty, this did not do it for me. 

The book is divided into three parts and follows a couple, Sam and Annie as they move from their busy lives in New York to the quiet countryside of Chestnut Hill so that Sam can be closer to his mother who is suffering from dementia. And since this is a thriller, I am going to leave it there as the less you know when it comes to any thriller the better. 

Pacing: 

The first half of part one of the book is fine and I was intrigued but then the second half of part one dragged. The pacing of this story as a whole is excruciatingly slow. By the time I got to around 70% of the book I started skimming because I was bored out of my mind as no exciting developments had taken place. Also, this story is filled with unnecessary descriptions and scenarios lending itself to the incredibly slow pacing of the book. 

Twists: 

Now I know many readers enjoy thrillers for the I-did-not-see-that-coming plot twists. If you are one of those readers, don’t pick this one up because there is none of that besides the first one which happens at the end of part one. When the first twist takes place, the story takes on a narrative that I absolutely despise in thrillers. This is just my personal preference and since I don’t want to spoil anything, I don’t want to reveal what that narrative is but it is something that has been done countless of times before in thrillers and is a tad bit overrated. The so-called twists that come after that are average revelations filled with a couple of lacklustre turn of events making it an uninteresting read.

Characters: 

One dimensional with absolutely no depth to them. Sam sometimes came across as very naïve and delusional which seemed out-of-character for him and not in a deliberate manner. I felt certain side characters were only introduced to check off a specific plot point on a checklist.  

Story:

I feel there is a lot lacking from this story. There needed to be more depth to the characters, more attention given to the various relationships in this book and more detail and focus given to the general storyline of the book. 

Overall, this thriller is very average, not thrilling in the least and struggled to keep my attention.

This split into three parts. Each part I felt became more predictable and less intense.

Part one was easy to get into. I was flying through it. But this part is mainly setting up the scene. I would say pay attention to everything as the beginning of part two may throw you off like it did me.

The beginning of part two I was confused. I thought I had been reading it wrong the whole time. But I feel like this was done intentionally. At least I hope so.

The confusion was caused due to the fact it felt like the POV of certain characters switched. But as I continued reading things fell into place and started to make more sense.

I think because this is inspired by Misery, at least I think so considering how similar is it, the book became very predictable. Especially as I had read Misery a couple of months before. There were enough differences but overall I think it made this harder to be shocked by. Although there were a few twists I was surprised by.

The police were useless in this. They didn’t really care which is probably why Sam wasn’t found so easily. But I felt Annie was great once she really put her mind to it. But the big “save” was definitely underwhelming.

The ending and the big reveals as to why everything happened I felt were a little weak. I was underwhelmed. But if I remember correctly I felt the same with Misery.

The last 20% didn’t give me the same “edge of my seat” feeling that I had the beginning of part two when things were starting to happen.

This is an unusual story with an interesting mix of topics, exploring social interactions, the damage to personality  from early trauma, abduction and others. I found the first half of the story slightly confusing and a little slow. The second half ramped up the action and I was keen to discover the ending.
The main characters are different and the perpetrator is certainly fascinatingly unusual. 
I really enjoyed the second half of the book and recommend it.

A new husband with a past womanising reputation and heavy debts fails to return home to his loving wife the. Good night beautiful is a clever psychological thriller which early in  the story had me confused about one of the main characters before realising how the author had tricked me. Well worth a read.

Such a brilliant thriller packed full of suspense. I thought I had it all figured out but after all the twists that you just don’t see coming I couldn’t have been more wrong. This kept me gripped and desperate to keep reading.

The first few chapters were OK -  It was well-written and the characters were interesting. However when I read what had happened to Steve it looked like it was turning into a more distasteful horror type story. So I skim=read to the end. It did not turn out quite as I thought but, it did not interest me. It was based on psychoanalysis of a type we don't really do in this country.

I was really looking forward to this book but have to admit I’ve come away a little disappointed. I found the use of multiple points of view quite confusing in this book as at times it was hard to distinguish who’s point of view we were reading from. I didn’t really like the constant comparison to Stephen King’s Misery either, it just felt like an overdone premise. 

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an ecopy or this book in exchange for an honest review.

In the acknowledgements, the author says that at one point she considered throwing away the draft of this novel. On the last page of the book, the wife says that their story will work out like all ‘good stories’ with a happy ending. The first of these statements might have been a good idea because although there is a happy ending, it feels like a long time in coming. I did not enjoy this book so will not persist with a negative review.

It is difficult to review this book without introducing spoilers, as the author uses the shock technique to full effect.  All is far from as it first appears in the book, and this happens repeatedly as the tale unfolds.

Sam Statler, a therapist, and his new wife Annie Potter have moved out of New York.  Sam has a history of promiscuity and heavy spending, but the pair seem happy as Sam has his dream office and works to build up his client base.  However, Sam then disappears suddenly and Annie is left wondering if she really knew her husband at all.  

Many of the twists, while exciting and keeping the plot moving, felt rather contrived and shock for shock value only.  The final scenes did not really read in a convincing manner; it all felt too neat in the end.

I enjoyed reading the book to find out what exciting development would follow next, but at the end did not feel I had enjoyed the story as a whole.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for allowing me access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Goodnight Beautiful is such a clever thriller. I read part one, and when I got to the end of it, I had to stop and rethink everything I had just read. I'm not ruining it for anyone else so I can't say too much about the plot, but boy, did I not see that twist coming!!

Then I delved into part two and again at the end of that, I had another 'Whaaaat!!' moment. Brilliant!!!

I can't give away any spoilers because this is the whole point of the book - the element of surprise - but the basic premise is that Dr Sam Statler has gone missing. His wife Annie is devastated, but starts to have doubts about whether the man she married is really who she thinks he is. How can he disappear without trace, no sign of his car or him at all? Will she join the dots before it is too late?

I loved this book, brilliantly crafted and an immersive plot that was full of surprises and challenges the assumptions we make as readers.