Published by : Penguin Random House
09 March 2017
Copy : Paperback - Reviewer Purchase
The Blurb
It all started with the email.
Rachel didn't even mean to look. She loves Jack and she's pregnant with their child. She trusts him.
But now she's seen it, she can't undo that moment. Or the chain of events it has set in motion.
Why has Jack been lying about his past? Just what exactly is he hiding? And doesn't Rachel have a right to know the truth at any cost?
Rachel didn't even mean to look. She loves Jack and she's pregnant with their child. She trusts him.
But now she's seen it, she can't undo that moment. Or the chain of events it has set in motion.
Why has Jack been lying about his past? Just what exactly is he hiding? And doesn't Rachel have a right to know the truth at any cost?
The Very Pink Notebook Review
My purchase of this book followed lots of hype and rave reviews on Twitter and I do love a debut novel, especially in the domestic noir / psychological thriller genre.
Everything but the Truth isn't a read with one eye story, but it is an intriguing insight into how quickly people can jump into a life with someone they barely know and the subsequent consequences. Protagonist Rachel finds this out after falling pregnant by relatively new boyfriend Jack and as it comes to light that Jack may not be quite who he seems, Rachel has to question - is anyone perfect? And along comes the debate about how much of someone's past should and can be brushed over.
Rachel wrestles with many issues over the course of this book, but essentially they all boil down to 'relationships'. The relationship between herself and her mother. The relationship she has as a doctor with patients. Her own romantic relationships. They are cleverly woven in and out of the main plot of discovering Jack's past. Told from only the viewpoint of Rachel we learn about her own chequered history, which certainly muddies the waters about her reliability about what she is perceiving and although this isn't a book that goes at staggering speed or has big epic scenes, it is a real page turner. The issues it deals with are very possible and does make you question - what if? It is confidently written and the characters are well rounded and developed, all of them with their own flaws, they could easily be people you could know in your own life.
Everything but the Truth is a well plotted and enjoyable debut novel.
The Very Pink Notebook therefore gives this book :
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