Things You Won't Say - Sarah Pekkanen

(3 / 5)

I liked Things You Won’t Say. It was a nice story.

Mike is a police officer who is suffering from PTSD following a shooting where his partner was almost killed. Now there is another shooting, but Mike was the one holding the gun. And now he is in a lot of trouble. Can his marriage stay together? Will he go to jail? Relationships, marriage and family are the main focus of this novel. It is all about the characters and their interactions with each other. Mike and his wife Jamie, whose marriage has been strained ever since the original shooting, and their struggle to stay a family unit for their children during times of severe stress… Mike’s ex Christine whom they have a son with, and her constant need for attention, and Jamie’s sister Lou who troubled in her own right, while trying to help her sister hold her family together.

I did enjoy this book, but I must say I didn’t feel a lot of love for all of the characters. I did warm to all of them in some way, however things they did annoyed me a lot of the time. I just couldn’t let myself completely get carried away with their story. I found myself willing the book to get to something good.

I found that the story started off strongly but quickly slowed down and I felt it dragged on. However it still had some very good moments, especially with Christine and her attempt to steal Mike back, and her antics at her new job. However the dull far outweighed the exciting for me unfortunately. Although – I still wanted to see what happened with all the characters and how it all concluded, the conclusion and the twist was ultimately satisfying. But unfortunately my frustration with the characters, and the slow pace, kept this at 3 stars for me.

I have to mention how well it was written. I found the writing extremely good. It was my first Pekkanen novel and I would be interested in looking at her other work to see if I enjoy any others a bit more.

Would I recommend it?

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Thanks to the author via NetGalley for a copy of this in exchange for my honest review.

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