Jar of Hearts
Ratings80
Average rating3.9
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Ratings80
Average rating3.9
"This is story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong--one of the most popular girls in school--disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school. But fourteen years later, Angela Wong's remains are discovered in the woods near Geo's childhood home. And Kaiser--now a detective with Seattle PD--finally learns the truth: Angela was a victim of Calvin James. The same Calvin James who murdered at least three other women. To the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer. But to Geo, he's something else entirely. Back in high school, Calvin was Geo's first love. Turbulent and often volatile, their relationship bordered on obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed. For fourteen years, Geo knew what happened to Angela and told no one. For fourteen years, she carried the secret of Angela's death until Geo was arrested and sent to prison. While everyone thinks they finally know the truth, there are dark secrets buried deep. And what happened that fateful night is more complex and more chilling than anyone really knows. Now the obsessive past catches up with the deadly present when new bodies begin to turn up, killed in the exact same manner as Angela Wong. How far will someone go to bury her secrets and hide her grief? How long can you get away with a lie? How long can you live with it?"--
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this made me sick and not in a good way lol i definitely do not recommend the audiobook
also terribly predictable so the gore just became gratuitous at some point
TW: Rape, child death
WHAT DID I JUST READ?!
This was a rough read. Full of varying degrees of terrible people. It's still a damn good story though. Hillier won a Thrillerfest award for this and I can see why. I enjoyed how fast paced this was. We went from court room, prison, and release before reaching the 30% mark. I constantly was asking myself, ‘Where can it go from here?'
I think her level of writing is about where I can draw the line with explanations of terrible things human beings can do to one another. I applaud the fact that I am equally disgusted by these characters and so impressed by the way she crafted this story.
I kept on thinking that we already knew the majority of where Geo's guilt came from. THAT REVEAL. FUCKED. ME. UP.
Read for Tarot Readathon 2021: 10 of Wands
While this book was quite slow in the beginning I was always intrigued and I felt like it was purposeful. I could feel the tension building and the end was something else. Literally explosive and it had me so shook. I'm a sucker for an amazingly crafted plot twist that shakes up the whole book, and this book had one of the best I've ever read.
My best read of 2018 so far. Devoured it.
Outstanding page-turner that had me gripped from the start right through until the end.
As a writer, I pick plot twists a mile away which can hamper of my enjoyment of the book but not this one. Yes, I picked one of the major twists but others? Wham! Totally surprised me.
If you enjoy thrillers, you'll love this.
I'll be glomming Jennifer's books.
Read this! You won't be disappointed!
