THE BREAKDOWN
Standalone
B.A. Paris
Release date is July 18, 2017
BLURB
Named One of the Most Anticipated Thriller Novels Of 2017 by Bustle!
THE NEW CHILLING, PROPULSIVE NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
If you canāt trust yourself, who can you trust?
Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting insideāthe woman who was killed. Sheās been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? Itās a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew sheād broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if sheād stopped.
But since then, sheās been forgetting every little thing: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesnāt have a baby.
The only thing she canāt forget is that woman, the woman she might have saved, and the terrible nagging guilt.
Or the silent calls sheās receiving, or the feeling that someoneās watching herā¦
You won’t be able to put down B. A. Paris’s The Breakdown, the next chilling, propulsive novel from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors.
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*4.5 Starsā¦because I would not, COULD NOT, put this down!
There are no profound reasons as to why this book was so much fun for me. It certainly doesn’t shatter any psychological-thriller molds, and to be quite honest, there wasn’t all that much shock value in its pages. There were some seemingly mundane moments that some could even call repetitive.
So why, oh why then, could I Not. Stop. Reading?
It boils down to an exhilarating execution: The quick pacing; the heavy buildup of anticipation; the spark of mistrust in everyone, and the growing fragility of the main protagonistā¦
Cass
Cass is literally having a mental breakdown after the murder of a local woman is discoveredā¦a woman she could possibly have helped.
As the guilt eats away at her conscience, Cassās emotional distress quickly spirals into hysteria. Add the growing forgetfulness and constant paranoia to her heaping pile of anguish, and suddenly Cass doesn’t recognize the lunatic sheās become.
Sheās almost certain sheās suffering from early onset dementiaāthe condition that has stole her motherās lifeāand no one, not even her husband, will believe that someone is out to get her.
Cassās continual highs and lows will cause you whiplash, and you will FEEL her frustration as she grasps at straws (tongs, and cans of hairspray) to keep her crumbling life together!
It is exhausting for her.
It will be exhausting for you.
And that is the genius of it.
Because, like it or not, youāre sitting shotgun on the roller coaster of Cass’s emotions.
And then there is the final 25%ā¦packed with action and epiphanies, and decisions that will make you want to high-five your fictional friends.
From beginning to end, this read was addictive. I gobbled it whole, and even though some of the logic in this plot may not hold up under the heavy scrutiny of the savvy thriller-readerāI cannot recommend this one enough to fans of the genre!
My only problem is what to read after thisā¦
*Arc provided by publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
