The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel

4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars | 154,868 ratings

Price: 16.4

Last update: 08-09-2024


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Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024
Waited to read this after all of the hoopla died down because sometimes the hype is overrated. Also,this is my first time rrading this author. Defintely going to check out her other books. Surprisingly I really enjoyed this book. I did not know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly I got into it and stayed the course. Didn't skip over anything. Nice pace of a story. Surprised by the turn of events. Surprised by the ending. I have been to Sausalito numerous times. It's definitely a "have" place. Nice homes. I used to joke that I couldn't afford the front door at most of the homes! Nice walking town. Great restaurants. Shopping is high end. The views are stunning. Typical northern California weather. Hannah played it cool when her prized table was in a house. Hannah played it cool throughout the whole book. Curious now to see how Jennifer Garner portrayed Hannah in the series. Enjoy!
Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Good , fast paced
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024
First book I’ve read by this author. Really enjoyed the story the twists and turns.
The ending wasn’t happy ever after. Surprised me… and I wish it was.
Only because life itself is …well life. So happy endings would be nice. We escape in books.
M. Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2024
Very well written! A great story that builds suspense withe each chapter. The characters are well written. And you don’t know who to trust. Kept me guessing. The ending is not so much a let down, just very sad.
Jane C.
3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining in places. It not great
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2023
The middle 30% was pretty good for a beach read. The beginning failed to introduce the characters. Hannah is pretty one-dimensional and I couldn’t figure out her career trajectory. How did she get from watching her grandfather to being featured in Architectural Digest and having repeat millionaire/billionaire clients? The only interesting thing about her was just skipped over.

Owen and Bailey were practically avatars. Not really even people. Bailey was obnoxious enough to qualify as the accepted definition of a teenager in 2022, but not obnoxious enough to be objectionable. We are told she is beautiful and special, but it’s definitely not shown. She was boring.

The story starts out with inadequate background and justification for Hannah moving across the county and marrying a guy with a kid she hasn’t known that long, but it’s not that bad. Then it gets sort of interesting and you really start to wonder where it’s going. The big mystery is Owen’s background. But it ends up being sorted out a little too quickly and in a way that relies on a very young child’s memory. Also, there wasn’t enough explanation of how Owen got away with concealing his identity and that could have been interesting. I don’t want to ruin it for anyone by giving too much away, but if you are going to lie about your background, wouldn’t you create details that people are less likely to be interested in or possibly check? Like maybe not say you went to Princeton? And why lie about the physical characteristics of a dead character? Maybe you don’t want a photos around because you are concealing their real identity, but is brown hair really going to give it away? First rule of lying is don’t lie if you don’t have to. Stay close to the truth.

Then, once the mystery is solved, it gets pretty bad. There is a lot of justification for really, really bad criminal behavior that the author tries to pass of as some sort of good and bad in everyone nonsense. And Hannah, who you really don’t care about, has to make a BIG DECISION that is tied into a whole motherhood and family thing in a very heavy-handed way.

But, honestly, the thing the bugged me the most was that a bad guy had two dogs that were supposed to be threatening and in the midst of Schutzhound training. They were Labrador retrievers. Why didn’t she also add in some cops doing a drug bust with a Maltese? Do publishing houses just not pay editors anymore or was this a laughable attempt to suggest ambiguity in the bad guy character? It was ridiculous either way, so I couldn’t tell.
Loves 2 Read mfv
5.0 out of 5 stars You can't sleepwalk thru this page turner
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2024
Excellent book. Very innovative and purposefully unpredictable. I love detail and this read was awash in it. Unexpected and unique storyline. Bravo!
K. Clark
4.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected... but in a good way
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2024
This was a very good book. I really liked the main character, and her strength in certain situations. At the same time though, there were times where she came off as really (and I hate to say it), naive and whiny. The story really sucks you in from the very beginning, and it'll definitely keep your attention. Not going to lie though, the ending was not bad , but it wasn't really good either. That's why I gave it a 4⭐ rating. I would recommend this one.
ginacan2
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2024
I read a lot so it takes a lot to impress me - or keep me up reading till all hours. The story is not especially unique, but what it unique is the characters and their development. It's painstakingly written to reveal the descriptions of emotions we are all familiar with, but don't really talk about. The relationships are also unique and made me think about what I would do if I found myself in a similar situation. It slowed
as it got to the inner workings of the story, but it was provocative and made me go back and read the revelations of the emotions again. No blood, no foul language. Suspenseful. I loved this book.
Dutchess
4.0 out of 5 stars very enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2024
Good reading. It was one of those I stayed up too late for. The ending was great in that it was a sensible solution. The storyline followed along well, no skips or turns that were forced.

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