Review: Under My Skin – Lisa Unger

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From New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense Lisa Unger comes an addictive psychological thriller about a woman on the hunt for her husband’s killer.

What if the nightmares are actually memories?

It’s been a year since Poppy’s husband, Jack, was brutally murdered during his morn...

From New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense Lisa Unger comes an addictive psychological thriller about a woman on the hunt for her husband’s killer.

What if the nightmares are actually memories?

It’s been a year since Poppy’s husband, Jack, was brutally murdered during his morning run through Manhattan’s Riverside Park. In the immediate aftermath, Poppy spiraled into an oblivion of grief, disappearing for several days only to turn up ragged and confused wearing a tight red dress she didn’t recognize. What happened to Poppy during those lost days? And more importantly, what happened to Jack?

The case was never solved, and Poppy has finally begun to move on. But those lost days have never stopped haunting her. Poppy starts having nightmares and blackouts—there are periods of time she can’t remember, and she’s unable to tell the difference between what is real and what she’s imagining. When she begins to sense that someone is following her, Poppy is plunged into a game of cat and mouse, determined to unravel the mystery around her husband’s death. But can she handle the truth about what really happened?

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This book is a psychological thriller about Poppy whose husband Jack is murdered one morning while he is out running.

The rest of the book has Poppy trying to sort out who did this and why but most importantly, why she seems not to remember things from that time frame.

I spent the entire book in confusion as the writing was disjointed, and many editing errors that I hope will be fixed before the book is published. (I reviewed an advanced copy of this book.)

I was lost most of the times as Poppy had this tug of war with herself in dreaming, hallucinations and in general trying to figure out what was real or not. Frankly, I was worn out after reading this book. So much so it was a struggle to finish.

With that said, I would still try other work by this author but this one I can’t recommend.

Reviewed by: Linda C.

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