“Rather, she lives in the place of light sleep, where the variance between sleep and awake is often blurred.”
I picked up Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica because I really enjoyed The Good Girl and Pretty Baby. Both were addictively suspenseful, gripping and thrilling. Both also had major plot twists that I really hadn’t seem coming, which is somewhat uncommon in my opinion. Similarly, Don’t You Cry was definitely taut with tension and suspense, another page turner by Kubica. I didn’t enjoy this particular novel quite as much as the two others, however.
The book starts out in Chicago with Quinn, finding her seemingly perfect, sweet roommate gone, with a strange note addressed to “My Dearest”. It then switches perspectives, to Alex Gallo, who is eighteen, living with an alcoholic father and working as a dishwasher a bit outside of Chicago. He notices a mysterious woman who appears in the coffee shop where he works and from there. From there, the story progresses for both Quinn, who becomes increasingly panicked, and for Alex, who becomes increasingly drawn to this strange woman.
Don’t get me wrong, I read this book quickly as I felt the strong urge to know what had happened to Esther, Quinn, Alex and Ingrid and it was a satisfying thriller. I didn’t connect as strongly to this book for two reasons. First being that the characters didn’t resonate as deeply with me and they were pretty unconnected until the very end. Secondly, the plot all felt a bit far-fetched to me honestly and the connections made between the characters at the end also felt a bit forced. Kubica remains a master of suspense despite Don’t You Cry not being her best work.
overall rating: 3.1 out of 5
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