The Night Shift

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this book was one of my most anticipated of the year and was a super fun ride! i would definitely recommend this book for an interesting mystery/thriller. i had such a good time reading this book but i did have a few issues.

the main thing that originally drew me into this book was the y2k/90s nostalgia which i didn't get a ton of in here. i wish the perspectives were different so we had more flashbacks in here to the 90s. that was the main disappointment for me. i also had problems with every single perspective lol

my favorite for sure was the fbi agent who was pregnant. i love detective perspectives in general but she was really amazing and badass. my problem was she was 8 months pregnant with twins and was doing some unrealistic things for being that pregnant and she barely talked about symptoms even like being out of breath.

the second perspective was the final girl of the 1999 massacre who is also a psychologist. her perspective added a lot of plot and connection to the current massacre but she just felt a little off and not flushed out.

the last perspective was the brother of the accused person of the 1999 massacre and i felt like his perspective was completely pointless. it added some random youtube travel vlogger stuff which i didn't like and any information we got from him, was told to other people. i think his perspective should have been replaced with one of the girls who was killed in 1999, katie. it would have added more of that nostaglia i was missing.

i enjoyed the pacing and the writing a lot. i was kept really intrigued throughout the whole book and the beginning was so strong. i kept wanting to pick this book up to find out what happens next and i also liked some specific scenes.

the end honestly raised the rating for me because i loved the plot twists so much. there is really three big ones at the end and all of them i really enjoyed but there was one i found really fascinating.

overall i had a good time reading this book but i think this book could have been so much more for the premise. the characters and perspectives just needed to be improved upon.

thank you to St. Martin's Press, Alex Filay, and NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.