When She Returned
Ratings20
Average rating3.8
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Ratings20
Average rating3.8
One woman's reappearance throws her family into turmoil, exposing dark secrets and the hidden, often devastating truth of family relationships. Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. When she shows up at a Montana gas station, clutching an infant and screaming for help, investigators believe she may have been abducted by a cult. Kate's return flips her family's world upside down--her husband is remarried, and her daughter barely remembers her. Kate herself doesn't look or act like she did before. While the family tries to help Kate reintegrate into society, they discover truths they've been hiding from each other about their own relationships. But they aren't the only ones with secrets. As the family unravels what happened to Kate, a series of shocking revelations shows that Kate's return is more sinister than any of them could have imagined.
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Really enjoyable exploration of a cult and its aftermath. I think I found a continuity error (I don't think the isolated members would know about the movie The Revenant?), and I would have liked to have known more about the “reckonings”, but otherwise, a quite fascinating what-if.
Impeccable writing, super interesting, but like others I thought the ending left a lot to be desired. I'll definitely be reading more by this author though!
Added: I'm increasing my ending because I keep thinking about this one!
I normally stay away from books which have cults in them because I end up not liking them almost all the time. The only exception to this was [b:The Last Housewife 59349100 The Last Housewife Ashley Winstead https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1649778403l/59349100.SY75.jpg 93510806] and this one. So you obviously know I recommend this.From the multiple chapters, I wasn't that interested in the before chapters (since they were solely based on the cult), but rather the aftermath of it and what was going on currently. Not many twists in the book because you know what is going on most of the time. I am not really sure what to think of the ending because that was totally unexpected I probably should've seen it coming but I didn't. And that caught me off guard.I'll definitely be picking up more books from this author. the main reason being, I keep seeing sooo many tiktoks of her books and I get major fomo so ill definitely be reading to see what the hype is all about:)
