Clever, clever author! Although I had my suspicions right from the start, this story still dragged me in and had me second guessing myself. This authors writing style and word usage allowed for the reader to be duped...very clever.

This one is hard. I can’t believe I fell for that twist!

Charlie and Sal are the perfect couple ... aren't they?  
From the outside, Sal and Charlie are happily married with a sweet little girl named Maggie.  On the inside, however, they live in a very abusive relationship.  
This book definitely has a twist, but I just didn't think that it lived up to the hype.  Just an average read for me.

Amazing book and definitely did not expect the twist at the end. Would definitely recommend reading. I look forward to reading more from Lisa Hall

Someone in one of my book groups recommended this, saying it had one of the best twists they'd ever seen. Unfortunately, I think that had me sniffing out a twist the whole time, and I picked up on the big twist far too early in the book. I still enjoyed the book, but it wasn't the twisty thriller I thought I was getting into.

Easy read. Guessed from the start what the twist would be. Wouldn’t recommend but was still enjoyable as I got more into the book

Athyglisverð. Held ég hafi lesið hana áður, allavega eitthvað kunnuglegt við hana.

Between You and Me5 Stars from me!

Such a clever book!

I will confess to discovering and reading this book purely because of the author's name... but I'm so glad I did! I sat down with it one Friday bank holiday morning and I read and read and read and read. Several cups of tea and two coffees later I had read the whole darn thing!

Between You and Me tells you a story from two different perspectives, I found I very quickly had a 'favourite' out of these two and read the other person's versions almost dismissively! Because the two different view points are both written in the first person I will admit that I found the first couple of chapters almost difficult to read. Not because of the story or because of the quality of writing, as they were both marvellous, it was more a case of my brain needing to re-train itself to read a certain way; which it did very quickly.

Later on in the book the reason for this is abundantly clear. The author will be gratified to know that I got to a certain point and then found myself thinking 'oh god there are typos in here, she's made a mistake' and then page backwards through the story to see where it had gone wrong.

Of course, it hadn't gone wrong and that is the beauty of this book. The subtle tricks that are played are quite brilliant; the glass of wine with the neighbour I think was probably the clincher for me, leading me cleverly down the wrong path.

As ever with this type of storyline, I do wonder how many people contact the author to discuss their own situation or to thank her for highlighting the issue. It is very sad that people live in such situations. If you are one of those people, here are some organisations that can help:

http://www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk/

http://www.refuge.org.uk/what-we-do/our-services/helpline/

https://www.gov.uk/report-domestic-abuse

http://www.mensadviceline.org.uk/

http://www.thechange-project.org/

Synopsis: They say every marriage has its secrets.

But no one sees what happens behind closed doors.

And sometimes those doors should never be opened…

Sal and Charlie are married. They love each other. But they aren’t happy. Sal cannot leave, no matter what Charlie does – no matter how much it hurts.

The real twist was me realizing they weren’t a lesbian couple.

#LunesDeReseñas

"ENTRE TÚ Y YO"

(Disclaimer: Sí, sé que estoy decantándome exageradamente por los thrillers basados en relaciones abusivas. Pero no se preocupen, sí voy a terapia :P)

¿Qué hay detrás de las familias perfectas que vemos a nuestro alrededor?, ¿realmente podemos asegurar que una pareja es feliz, solamente porque así lo parecen cuando llegamos a verles? No todo lo que brilla es oro...

"Between You And Me" (título original) de Lisa Hall era un libro que no me emocionaba mucho, sin embargo, comencé a escucharlo ya que fue el primer thriller que encontré cuando regresé corriendo al género, tras intentar escuchar un libro de "comedia" y sentir a mis oídos metafóricamente sangrando.
Y, afortunadamente, resultó un pequeño descubrimiento muy agradable.

Charlie y Sal parecen ser el matrimonio perfecto, ambos son personas atractivas, carismáticas, inteligentes, y (gracias a los ingresos de Charlie, bastante adineradas, además de tener una adorable hija de cuatro años llamada Maggie, quien complementa la perfección aparente de esta bella familia.

Sin embargo, el abuso se presenta desde la Luna de Miel, en la que Charlie comienza a demostrar actitudes posesivas, controladoras, violentas, y propias de un narcisismo absolutamente evidente. Aunque todo esto únicamente sucede al estar a solas con Sal, ya que, tanto frente a su hija como frente a la sociedad, Charlie se presenta como una persona ejemplar, asegurándose de humillar e insultar a Sal a cada oportunidad.

Esto me resuena completamente, ya que se trata de un fenómeno que sucede día con día en nuestra sociedad, y es tristemente más común de lo que creemos. Es muy difícil salir de una relación codependiente como esta, y me parece excelente que haya novelas que retraten la realidad de éstas dinámicas. La autora claramente conoce las sensaciones y pensamientos que se experimentan al tener una pareja narcisista, ya que los plasma de una forma excepcional.
En varias escenas sentí un poco de náusea o unas ligeras ganas de llorar, las cuales son reacciones que me indican que se trata de una historia bien expresada.

No suelo dar 5 estrellas a los thrillers domésticos ya que me parece un género que palidece al lado del thriller policiaco, sin embargo, este libro se acercó bastante. Aunque, el giro final, me pareció medianamente predecible.

Cuatro estrellas.