What is Behind Her Eyes

Bobby, the third book in the Breaking the Pattern series has been released! Whether you have enjoyed the first two books in the series or are reading it as a stand-alone, I hope you enjoy this story. Check out my blog post about Bobby and other YA books you may be interested in!

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I have recently begun Behind Her Eyes, by Sarah Pinborough. This is a psychological suspense that has apparently come to Netflix, though I haven’t watched it. Pinborough weaves a complex web between three characters, David, his wife Adele, and his secretary Louise. There is definitely something wrong in David and Adele’s marriage, but Pinborough only hints at what is going on, and from the various reviews and descriptions of the plot, I can only get that what you think is going on is definitely not what’s really going on behind the scenes here.

The characters of Louise and Adele are well-developed, though David is a bit of a mystery so far, shown mostly in two dimensions. We know what the women are thinking (assuming that they aren’t both unreliable narrators. Adele certainly is.) But we don’t get to hear David’s viewpoint.

I am definitely invested in finding out what is really going on here. The reviews make a lot of promises!

He turns to face me then, and I can see a quiet loathing in his eyes and I bite back a sudden urge to cry. I think this emptiness is worse than his…