Listen To Me

this is a hard book to review. like the road trip it recounts, it's less about the journey than the destination. more finely put: the strength of this book is the way its ending changes the reader's perception of everything that's come before, and that revelation isn't an experience i want to take a......more

I really wanted to like this book. Everything seemed to be in place for a great story. Two people in a relationship slowly going south, taking a cross country road trip and getting caught in a storm. Then came the creepy-like little motel off the beaten path. It didn't end up being anything like I t......more

It's settled: I will now have to read everything Hannah Pittard deems worthy of publishing. Pittard shot to my attention with her debut, THE FATES WILL FIND THEIR WAY, and after reading her next two books, I am in awe of her chameleon-like ability to shift tone and style to fit the narrative she's t......more

Review originally published on January 26, 2018 A one or two night psychological thriller? I thought this to be a perfect size for me since I have been in a bit of a reading drought. I also chose this one, because it is written by a relatively new author. Listen to Me by Hannah Pittard is a book......more

This one was a bit of a surprise to me. I expected it to be more of a thriller. But instead I found an in-depth character study of a man, Mark, and his wife, Maggie. Maggie has recently been mugged and has become paranoid and fearful. She spends too much time on the internet reading stories of the e......more