Published by HarperCollins UK Audio Genres: Fiction, Mystery
Format: ARC, Audiobook
Months to live, secrets, a life story, and the search for the truth about the past set the stage for A.J. Finn’s End of Story. The synopsis was intriguing. A reclusive writer, the disappearance of his wife and son twenty years ago, and his revelation that he would be dead in three months sucked me in.
Sebastian Trapp invited Nicky Hunter, his longtime correspondent, to come to his home and to help write his life’s story. He informed her he had three months to live. Sebastian lives with his current wife, his daughter and his nephew in a mansion in San Francisco. Nicky will stay in the home with them while she and Sebastian discuss his life. Nicky can’t help but be intrigued by the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Sebastian’s missing first wife and son.
I listened to the audiobook and thought the narrator did an admirable job. My main issue with this book was how slow-slow-slow it was. I struggle with slow burns and this one was you guessed it, slow. I wanted to hurry it up quite a bit while reading. The slowness of the book is the reason for my 2-star reading.
One that thing did work for me was the atmosphere. I love the atmosphere in this book, and I was also invested in learning more about the disappearances in this book. There was one reveal which I did not see coming. I thought the author pulled that off nicely.
Others have enjoyed this book more than I did, so please read their review as well. This is a case of it is the reader and not the book.
Thank you to HarperCollins UK Audio | Hemlock Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.