The Perfect Escape

It was an interesting story but it was drawn out over way to many chapters to get to the twists..which I felt were anticlimactic and predictable as the ending is very close to a movie I saw in the 90s.

This book was a fast paced twisty psychological thriller. Full of drama and deception, the plot throws you for so many loops right until the very end.While I enjoyed the pacing of the book and the idea behind it, (best friends’ road trip gone awry) there were some plot points that were a bit too far fetched to the point of feeling absurd.If you can get past the unbelievability of the plot, and the unlikeable characters, this book is still entertaining and makes for a quick, easy read, perfect for… dare I say, road trips?

The Perfect Escape is your typical thriller. Although it is centred around three friends, it is clear that they know very little about each other, or that they are even telling each other the whole truth. For this tale, friends Sam, Margaret and Diana have all bonded over their failing relationships. When Sam's new husband leaves her after only a few months, the three friends decide to have a long weekend away. Even from the very start, things start to go wrong, when they are forced to make an unplanned stay-over in the town where Sam's ex just so happens to live. From here, everything then starts to fall down.As a quick, easy read, this novel was okay. The story is extremely convoluted, and I didn't feel that the writing was always that good, but because, like many thrillers, there are short chapters, you can find yourself quite easily flying through them. As you would expect, there are some twists along the way, and the usual red herring. Although it's not the best thriller I have read, it certainly wasn't the worst.Overall, I would say 2.5 stars.

It was a good read until the last 70 pages when it descended into the ridiculous.

Just a very good book. Love,love, loved it.