Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Atria Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Other Side of Night in exchange for my honest review.
Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC
Published: October 11, 2022
Summary:
The Other Side of Night begins with a man named David Asha writing about his biggest regret: his sudden separation from his son, Elliot. In his grief, David tells a story.
Next, we step into the life of Harriet Kealty, a police officer trying to clear her name after a lapse of judgment. She discovers a curious inscription in a secondhand book—a plea: Help me, he’s trying to kill me. Who wrote this note? Who is “he”?
This note leads Harri to David Asha, who was last seen stepping off a cliff. Police suspect he couldn’t cope after his wife’s sudden death. Still, why would this man jump and leave behind his young son? Quickly, Harri’s attention zeroes in on a person she knows all too well.
Ben Elmys: once the love of her life. A surrogate father to Elliot Asha and trusted friend to the Ashas.
Ben may also be a murderer.
My thoughts:
I was initially intrigued by this one just by the synopsis alone but then all my trusted bookfriends kept telling me to get it and go in blind. That’s not usually my style, but I went with it and let me tell you – I loved it!
This is a book where you just have to let it take you where it leads…which for me, isn’t always that easy. I usually need to have some type of idea of where the book is heading, but I let go of that control here and just enjoyed the ride. I will say the book starts off slow, so my advice is to give it time. The payoff is so worth it! There are a bunch of moving parts to this one and the way it all came together totally blew my mind.
I wish I could say more about this book but to do so would totally spoil it. Just know that it is definitely a top read of the year and I have been recommending it to everyone! It’s one of those stories that I haven’t stopped thinking about since I finished reading and will most definitely be reading again at some point. And while I can’t say too much about the book – I can say that it would make a great bookclub pick as there is definitely a lot to discuss, once everyone has read it!
Audio thoughts:
I decided to listen to this one and found the narration to be very well done. The narrator, Justin Avoth, was new-to-me, but I he did a great job bringing this book to life. I did have the book on hand and did refer to it a few times – more so just because I wanted to reread a section than anything else.
