ADULT MYSTERY_THRILLER MASHUP REVIEW!!

**A Review of "The Mrs. Peacock's Murder"**

I recently had the opportunity to read and review "The Mrs. Peacock's Murder", a whodunit mystery novel that follows different storylines and timelines. As I delved into the book, I found myself becoming increasingly confused due to the sheer number of characters and plot twists. The story jumps back and forth between different hosts each day, making it difficult to keep track of who was doing what at any given time. If you're a die-hard mystery fan who enjoys taking notes and piecing together clues, this book may be perfect for you.

However, as someone who prefers to follow along with the plot without getting too bogged down in details, I found myself struggling to stay engaged. The twists and turns were well done, but the sheer amount of information made it difficult to keep up. I did not love the ending, feeling that it was somewhat lackluster, and the overall confusion may be off-putting for some readers.

One thing that stood out about this book was its complex web of characters. The author has done a great job of creating a diverse cast of individuals with their own secrets and motivations. However, this also means that there are numerous plot threads to keep track of, which can be overwhelming at times. If you're someone who enjoys following multiple storylines and trying to piece together the puzzle, "The Mrs. Peacock's Murder" may be right up your alley.

In contrast, I found myself feeling frustrated with the constant changes in perspective and timeline. The author does an excellent job of keeping readers on their toes, but it was at times difficult for me to adjust to a new host or storyline. If you're someone who prefers a more straightforward narrative, this may not be the book for you.

**A Digital Debut: "Watching You" by Lisa Jewell**

I recently had the opportunity to read and review "Watching You", a psychological thriller novel that marks the digital debut of author Lisa Jewell. I was excited to dive into her work, having heard great things about her writing style. Unfortunately, this book did not quite live up to my expectations.

The story takes place in a small neighborhood on a hill, where several residents are obsessed with each other's lives. The main characters include a mom who feels like people are watching her, a boy who documents the comings and goings of the neighborhood, and a girl who moves in with her brother and becomes enamored with one of the neighbors. As I read through the book, I couldn't help but feel that it reminded me of another novel: "Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty.

The title "Watching You" is indeed fitting, as the characters in this book are constantly on high alert, watching each other's every move. The author does an excellent job of creating a sense of tension and unease, but I felt that the mystery at the center of the story was somewhat underdeveloped.

One thing that did stand out to me was the diverse cast of characters, many of whom were hiding secrets or struggling with personal issues. This added depth to the narrative, making it feel more nuanced and realistic. The author's writing style is also engaging and easy to follow, which made it a pleasure to read through the book.

Overall, I would give "Watching You" 3.75 out of 5 stars. While it was an enjoyable read, it didn't quite live up to my expectations due to its somewhat predictable plot twists and underdeveloped mystery. If you're a fan of psychological thrillers or are looking for a quick, engaging read, this book may be right for you.

**A Warning: "Is Watching You" Not Out Yet!**

As I finished writing this review, I realized that the author's novel "Watching You" has not yet been released. Apologies for any confusion, and I hope to have more information on it in the future. In the meantime, if you're looking for a similar read, you may want to check out other novels by Liane Moriarty or Lisa Jewell.

**My First Digital Book: "Watching You"**

I must admit that this was my first experience reading an e-book, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! The digital format allowed me to easily navigate the book's twists and turns, and the writing style was engaging and easy to follow. If you're considering making the switch to digital books, I would highly recommend "Watching You" as a great starting point.

In contrast, my experience with "The Mrs. Peacock's Murder" was more complicated due to its complex web of characters and multiple plot twists. While I did enjoy the book, it may not be the best fit for someone who prefers a more straightforward narrative.

Overall, I'm excited to have had the opportunity to read both "Watching You" and "The Mrs. Peacock's Murder", and I look forward to exploring more of Lisa Jewell's work in the future.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone today I am here to do another mashup review if you're unfamiliar with mash it reviews on my channel and is where I take usually three books in this video it's gonna be four but it's usually three books of kind of the same genre and review them for you at all in one video today's genre is adult mystery thriller and I have four to talk about so let's just get right into it I will leave timestamps down below in case you want to hear my thoughts on one particular books books I'll be talking about today are you by Carolyn kept NIST pieces of her by Karin slaughter seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle or the seven and a half deaths of out of our Castle depending on where you live I believe by Stuart Orton and watching you by Lisa Joel first book I want to talk to you about is you by Carolyn Katniss is the book that has been out for a few years and I'm just now getting on the bandwagon for it so you isn't it don't mystery thriller and we follow character name Joe and Joe works at a bookstore and he meets a woman in back that comes into his book store one day and after their meeting he investigates Beck would be putting it lightly he really stalks back he learns every single thing about her where she lives who her friends are where she goes to school literally anything and everything he could find out about that he does he follows her he does everything he can to be involved in her life and to become like her boyfriend so that's what this book is all about we told from the point of view of Joe and said the whole time he's referring to you as like fact like he's watching you and things like that this book was really good I'm not surprised I loved it it took me so long to read it because of the whole creep factor it's a book about a stalker and the links the stalker will go to to get this girl and it's an intense one at that I will say out of all of these books this one is the most brutally pad languages in this book a lot of sexual scenes are in this book a lot of disturbing things are in this books this one out of all the ones I'm talking about really it's just really creepy did listen to it and I recommend if you're interested in checking this book out to listen to the audiobook because the books are in a creepy wooden listen to the audiobook it ups the creep factor even more because not only are you reading about him talking to you you're reading you're listening to him saying I watched you and why would you do this it it's just really creepy this book has also been adapted to a lifetime TV show which I've seen the first episode of and have enjoyed I plan to continue it I just don't have cable yay but ok talking about the book overall I enjoyed it I gave it a 4 out of 5 I liked it I I liked it but I hated every single character in this book and I think that was intentional I think the author wrote every single character in this book for you to literally not like anything about them and that is exactly how I felt with every character Joe I mean Joe was probably the most likeable character of them all yet he was the one that was a stalker that did all these horrible things but you found yourself almost kind of rooting for him in a way and then you're like wait this is sick why would I do this because he is the most likable out of all of these really unlikable characters Beck you think at the beginning she's a victim she obviously is victims about this whole book but as you get to learn more about that you grow a hate back because she's a horrible person oh my gosh I almost like I've ever just like the main character more than I have like it in a book and I say that like not lightly like she was horrible you meet Beck's friends you dislike all of them you meet other people you dislike every single person in this book including my character Joe he's the most likable yes but he like he's he's you know he's got things a lot of things wrong with him but this is a book that you can fly through because you're addicted to figure out what happens Joe's journey throughout this intentional stalking back how he weaves himself into Beck's life how Beck is as a person how you just literally cannot stand anyone in this book that is just so amazing to me that the author did that like she wrote a book full of such unlikable character ISM for me I always have to resonate or like a character like at least one character in a book I have to really you know like somebody this is the first time ever I think I've ever read a book where I did not like anybody in the book at all but I still like the book overall does that make any sense I hope it does overall if you want an addicting fast-paced really intense book I would recommend you it's a great read audiobook was great you're gonna hate it everybody in it but you're gonna enjoy the ride like it's interesting like I don't want to he said like you know you feel like you're rooting for Joe because all of the people that you meet through Beck and things like that you just soar like I don't know I don't want them oh please tell me I'm not the only one that feels that what hey I would love to hear your thoughts there is a sequel to this book called hidden bodies which I'm toying around with reading or not it's gotten very mixed reviews on it so if you've read hidden bodies and you if you think I should have read or not I would love to hear your opinions on it because I'm so so on it but either way I did really enjoy this definitely one of my favorite thrillers of all time even though like looking at this I just reminded about how much I hate every character in this book but moving on to pieces of her by Karen slaughter this is my first Karen saw her book which I know is horrible Karen slaughter has written a ton of books before and they're really popular and I've just never gotten around to reading them so this is my first one and I've heard it's the most tame so it's no surprise that I really enjoyed it all about the notion of do you really know someone do you really you know know your own mother and you've been it's all about figuring out your mother's past so basically in this book we follow a character named and named Andrea and Andrea is with her mom one day at a diner and this really big event happens and basically she sees her mother and a whole new light a light that she was never expecting to see her mother in and Andrea has to run for her life after this event and she on the event of running for her life and through her journey she uncovers her mother's past and who her mother really is and it's all about you know you don't really know someone you don't know what's hidden beneath the surface you don't know their deepest darkest secrets you don't know their past so it's told halfway through Andrews point of view where she is going on this journey to figure out her mother and things like that it's also told and flashbacks of her mother's point of like her mother's putting a view and things like that so it's very very interesting I really enjoyed it it had a lot of twists and turns I wasn't expecting I will say during a quarter of it when we went to a couple of flashbacks I was confused I was like how does this tie up and how does this make any sense at all with the plot of book but it does and it's really good I really enjoyed it I highly recommend it if you like Karin slaughter books I would love to hear what book you would recommend to me I've heard a lot about pretty girls but I've heard it's really gory so you let me know I would also give this book a 4 out of 5 really enjoyed it one of my favorite mystery sitters next up is the seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle or I also believe it's also called the seven and a half deaths I think if in you were in the UK which it was originally published in the UK it was seven 1/2 desk I don't know it's called 7 deaths here I don't know but it's by Stewart Torme and this book is a mixture of Clue versus Groundhog Day which is kind of really intriguing so what pulled me to this book is the fact of that it was clue and kind of Groundhog Day this book is all about Aidan Turner and Aidan Turner wakes up in a body that is not his own and he is screaming some other girl's name and he's somewhere that he has no recollection of being he's in this manner and tickly he learns that he has to solve Evelyn's Hardcastle's death he has to figure out who the murderer is and for every night he gets like seven chances and for every night he does not completed he wakes up in a different body the next day of someone else that lives in this manner and that just sounded really intriguing to me like that was so like how amazing does that sound like waking he has I solved this murder and you wake up at a different body from a different host each day to figure out you know different like lifestyle and whoever their point of view and things like that the premise of this but I am one of the few that did not love this book if you go on Goodreads it is flooded with 5 stars I am NOT one of them in this book a three and a half out of five first of all it's very lengthy I think it's honestly too lengthy for me as a mystery spoiler it is 500 pages pretty much I think that for me is way too long for the thriller book I think for a good thriller book you need 300 maybe 350 pages at most but that's just me personally every reader is different number two it was confusing like clue you get the movie clue you know it's about a murder and the whodunit and you follow different storylines was it was a mrs. peacock and the dining room with the candlestick things like that I thought it was gonna take much turn like I thought I was going to take a kind of a route like that but it doesn't not only wake up and seven different hosts each day the timelines get very exaggerated so if one host falls asleep he wakes up in another host that's away and it just gets so insanely confusing this is a book that if you are a die-hard mystery fan that loves having a piece of paper out and writing down different characters what they look like where they were at a certain time this is a perfect book for you unfortunately I am NOT a mystery reader like that major I like to putting pieces together but I don't like like writing freaking pages of notes down to figure out whodunit the twists and turns in this book were really well done I did not love the ending as well I felt like it was kind of lackluster honestly but the whole big reveal was very interesting I will say that but I think the reason why I didn't love this book was this the sheer confusion it was so confusing first of all you have so many characters in this matter it is ridiculous to keep up with enough timelines or scrambled all about and then you're in different bodies each day and sometimes different but it's multiple times a day that you don't know who the crap you even are so overall I don't want to say it was unimpressed by this book I was let down because I was suspecting to give this book 5 out of 5 because of all of the stellar reviews I've made a bit I mean please take my advice with a grain of salt I am I very much a novice mystery solar reader it just it was a might a mystery thriller I guess you could say I'd say if you're a big mystery lover a katha Christie like those type of mysteries you will probably really enjoy this book sadly not for me I want to talk about is watching you but Lisa Jolin is actually not out yet it has not come out till December 26 so apologize for that but I'll just quickly tell you my thoughts about it in case you want to put it on your wish list or just skip it completely hopefully a little help this book is this is my first it's digital book and after reading this I do want to read more of her books because I do really enjoy it this is about this neighborhood look on a hill and we have different houses and we're following a slew of people within this neighborhood and they all kind of are obsessed with one another they just watch one another there's a mom that feels like people are after her so she watches the neighbors then we have a boy that kind of documents the ongoings of the neighborhood then we have a grow that moves in with her brother enamored with one other neighbor it's just all about watching people the title watching you this book also reminds me a lot of big little lies by Liam Moriarty we're in hey reminds me of it because there is a murder at the very beginning of this book much like big little lies and so it's not the fool though it's not the main plot of the book it's just kind of on the back burner you're always really thinking about that there is a murder that's happened who has been murdered and much like Biglow lies throughout the book they're scattered like interviews from detectives throughout each one of these characters they'll interview them like where were you doing this and that if the thoughts it reminds me a lot of people little lies I did really enjoy it's in England I love that miss fear of it I love that there were a lot of different mysteries going on with a teacher that maybe is not being the best teacher and doing a lot of really bad things you have a woman that's thinking about kind of shooting our husband you have a boy that's really trying to figure out who he is it's just a lot of different things I thought it was done well I'd say it's not like really full-on mystery thriller I'd say it's like kind of all those women's fiction with a dash of mr. Euler did this one like a 3.75 out of 5 I enjoyed it it was addictive I read it very quickly because I just was invested in the storyline I want to read more of her books so if you know any of her other books please let me know so there you have my thoughts and opinions on these four books right here if you have read any of them I would love to hear your thoughts if you enjoyed them if you didn't if you enjoyed this video be sure to give it a thumbs up hit subscribe and I will see you guys in my next one bye youhello everyone today I am here to do another mashup review if you're unfamiliar with mash it reviews on my channel and is where I take usually three books in this video it's gonna be four but it's usually three books of kind of the same genre and review them for you at all in one video today's genre is adult mystery thriller and I have four to talk about so let's just get right into it I will leave timestamps down below in case you want to hear my thoughts on one particular books books I'll be talking about today are you by Carolyn kept NIST pieces of her by Karin slaughter seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle or the seven and a half deaths of out of our Castle depending on where you live I believe by Stuart Orton and watching you by Lisa Joel first book I want to talk to you about is you by Carolyn Katniss is the book that has been out for a few years and I'm just now getting on the bandwagon for it so you isn't it don't mystery thriller and we follow character name Joe and Joe works at a bookstore and he meets a woman in back that comes into his book store one day and after their meeting he investigates Beck would be putting it lightly he really stalks back he learns every single thing about her where she lives who her friends are where she goes to school literally anything and everything he could find out about that he does he follows her he does everything he can to be involved in her life and to become like her boyfriend so that's what this book is all about we told from the point of view of Joe and said the whole time he's referring to you as like fact like he's watching you and things like that this book was really good I'm not surprised I loved it it took me so long to read it because of the whole creep factor it's a book about a stalker and the links the stalker will go to to get this girl and it's an intense one at that I will say out of all of these books this one is the most brutally pad languages in this book a lot of sexual scenes are in this book a lot of disturbing things are in this books this one out of all the ones I'm talking about really it's just really creepy did listen to it and I recommend if you're interested in checking this book out to listen to the audiobook because the books are in a creepy wooden listen to the audiobook it ups the creep factor even more because not only are you reading about him talking to you you're reading you're listening to him saying I watched you and why would you do this it it's just really creepy this book has also been adapted to a lifetime TV show which I've seen the first episode of and have enjoyed I plan to continue it I just don't have cable yay but ok talking about the book overall I enjoyed it I gave it a 4 out of 5 I liked it I I liked it but I hated every single character in this book and I think that was intentional I think the author wrote every single character in this book for you to literally not like anything about them and that is exactly how I felt with every character Joe I mean Joe was probably the most likeable character of them all yet he was the one that was a stalker that did all these horrible things but you found yourself almost kind of rooting for him in a way and then you're like wait this is sick why would I do this because he is the most likable out of all of these really unlikable characters Beck you think at the beginning she's a victim she obviously is victims about this whole book but as you get to learn more about that you grow a hate back because she's a horrible person oh my gosh I almost like I've ever just like the main character more than I have like it in a book and I say that like not lightly like she was horrible you meet Beck's friends you dislike all of them you meet other people you dislike every single person in this book including my character Joe he's the most likable yes but he like he's he's you know he's got things a lot of things wrong with him but this is a book that you can fly through because you're addicted to figure out what happens Joe's journey throughout this intentional stalking back how he weaves himself into Beck's life how Beck is as a person how you just literally cannot stand anyone in this book that is just so amazing to me that the author did that like she wrote a book full of such unlikable character ISM for me I always have to resonate or like a character like at least one character in a book I have to really you know like somebody this is the first time ever I think I've ever read a book where I did not like anybody in the book at all but I still like the book overall does that make any sense I hope it does overall if you want an addicting fast-paced really intense book I would recommend you it's a great read audiobook was great you're gonna hate it everybody in it but you're gonna enjoy the ride like it's interesting like I don't want to he said like you know you feel like you're rooting for Joe because all of the people that you meet through Beck and things like that you just soar like I don't know I don't want them oh please tell me I'm not the only one that feels that what hey I would love to hear your thoughts there is a sequel to this book called hidden bodies which I'm toying around with reading or not it's gotten very mixed reviews on it so if you've read hidden bodies and you if you think I should have read or not I would love to hear your opinions on it because I'm so so on it but either way I did really enjoy this definitely one of my favorite thrillers of all time even though like looking at this I just reminded about how much I hate every character in this book but moving on to pieces of her by Karen slaughter this is my first Karen saw her book which I know is horrible Karen slaughter has written a ton of books before and they're really popular and I've just never gotten around to reading them so this is my first one and I've heard it's the most tame so it's no surprise that I really enjoyed it all about the notion of do you really know someone do you really you know know your own mother and you've been it's all about figuring out your mother's past so basically in this book we follow a character named and named Andrea and Andrea is with her mom one day at a diner and this really big event happens and basically she sees her mother and a whole new light a light that she was never expecting to see her mother in and Andrea has to run for her life after this event and she on the event of running for her life and through her journey she uncovers her mother's past and who her mother really is and it's all about you know you don't really know someone you don't know what's hidden beneath the surface you don't know their deepest darkest secrets you don't know their past so it's told halfway through Andrews point of view where she is going on this journey to figure out her mother and things like that it's also told and flashbacks of her mother's point of like her mother's putting a view and things like that so it's very very interesting I really enjoyed it it had a lot of twists and turns I wasn't expecting I will say during a quarter of it when we went to a couple of flashbacks I was confused I was like how does this tie up and how does this make any sense at all with the plot of book but it does and it's really good I really enjoyed it I highly recommend it if you like Karin slaughter books I would love to hear what book you would recommend to me I've heard a lot about pretty girls but I've heard it's really gory so you let me know I would also give this book a 4 out of 5 really enjoyed it one of my favorite mystery sitters next up is the seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle or I also believe it's also called the seven and a half deaths I think if in you were in the UK which it was originally published in the UK it was seven 1/2 desk I don't know it's called 7 deaths here I don't know but it's by Stewart Torme and this book is a mixture of Clue versus Groundhog Day which is kind of really intriguing so what pulled me to this book is the fact of that it was clue and kind of Groundhog Day this book is all about Aidan Turner and Aidan Turner wakes up in a body that is not his own and he is screaming some other girl's name and he's somewhere that he has no recollection of being he's in this manner and tickly he learns that he has to solve Evelyn's Hardcastle's death he has to figure out who the murderer is and for every night he gets like seven chances and for every night he does not completed he wakes up in a different body the next day of someone else that lives in this manner and that just sounded really intriguing to me like that was so like how amazing does that sound like waking he has I solved this murder and you wake up at a different body from a different host each day to figure out you know different like lifestyle and whoever their point of view and things like that the premise of this but I am one of the few that did not love this book if you go on Goodreads it is flooded with 5 stars I am NOT one of them in this book a three and a half out of five first of all it's very lengthy I think it's honestly too lengthy for me as a mystery spoiler it is 500 pages pretty much I think that for me is way too long for the thriller book I think for a good thriller book you need 300 maybe 350 pages at most but that's just me personally every reader is different number two it was confusing like clue you get the movie clue you know it's about a murder and the whodunit and you follow different storylines was it was a mrs. peacock and the dining room with the candlestick things like that I thought it was gonna take much turn like I thought I was going to take a kind of a route like that but it doesn't not only wake up and seven different hosts each day the timelines get very exaggerated so if one host falls asleep he wakes up in another host that's away and it just gets so insanely confusing this is a book that if you are a die-hard mystery fan that loves having a piece of paper out and writing down different characters what they look like where they were at a certain time this is a perfect book for you unfortunately I am NOT a mystery reader like that major I like to putting pieces together but I don't like like writing freaking pages of notes down to figure out whodunit the twists and turns in this book were really well done I did not love the ending as well I felt like it was kind of lackluster honestly but the whole big reveal was very interesting I will say that but I think the reason why I didn't love this book was this the sheer confusion it was so confusing first of all you have so many characters in this matter it is ridiculous to keep up with enough timelines or scrambled all about and then you're in different bodies each day and sometimes different but it's multiple times a day that you don't know who the crap you even are so overall I don't want to say it was unimpressed by this book I was let down because I was suspecting to give this book 5 out of 5 because of all of the stellar reviews I've made a bit I mean please take my advice with a grain of salt I am I very much a novice mystery solar reader it just it was a might a mystery thriller I guess you could say I'd say if you're a big mystery lover a katha Christie like those type of mysteries you will probably really enjoy this book sadly not for me I want to talk about is watching you but Lisa Jolin is actually not out yet it has not come out till December 26 so apologize for that but I'll just quickly tell you my thoughts about it in case you want to put it on your wish list or just skip it completely hopefully a little help this book is this is my first it's digital book and after reading this I do want to read more of her books because I do really enjoy it this is about this neighborhood look on a hill and we have different houses and we're following a slew of people within this neighborhood and they all kind of are obsessed with one another they just watch one another there's a mom that feels like people are after her so she watches the neighbors then we have a boy that kind of documents the ongoings of the neighborhood then we have a grow that moves in with her brother enamored with one other neighbor it's just all about watching people the title watching you this book also reminds me a lot of big little lies by Liam Moriarty we're in hey reminds me of it because there is a murder at the very beginning of this book much like big little lies and so it's not the fool though it's not the main plot of the book it's just kind of on the back burner you're always really thinking about that there is a murder that's happened who has been murdered and much like Biglow lies throughout the book they're scattered like interviews from detectives throughout each one of these characters they'll interview them like where were you doing this and that if the thoughts it reminds me a lot of people little lies I did really enjoy it's in England I love that miss fear of it I love that there were a lot of different mysteries going on with a teacher that maybe is not being the best teacher and doing a lot of really bad things you have a woman that's thinking about kind of shooting our husband you have a boy that's really trying to figure out who he is it's just a lot of different things I thought it was done well I'd say it's not like really full-on mystery thriller I'd say it's like kind of all those women's fiction with a dash of mr. Euler did this one like a 3.75 out of 5 I enjoyed it it was addictive I read it very quickly because I just was invested in the storyline I want to read more of her books so if you know any of her other books please let me know so there you have my thoughts and opinions on these four books right here if you have read any of them I would love to hear your thoughts if you enjoyed them if you didn't if you enjoyed this video be sure to give it a thumbs up hit subscribe and I will see you guys in my next one bye you\n"