Name: His & Hers
Rating: 4.130952380952381 (168 reviews)
ISBN: 9781250622198

Alice Feeney

Armitage, Richard

Stephanie Racine

A Novel

His & Hers

Jess Gibson

We rarely deserve the lives we lead. We pay for them however we can, be it with money, guilt, or regret.

There is a difference between being and feeling alone, and it is possible to miss someone and be with them at the same time.

Silence is my favourite symphony; I cant think clearly when life gets too loud 

There are some things we only hold on to because of who gave them to us: names, beliefs, scarves.

Anxiety often screams louder than logic, and when you spend too long imagining the worst you can make it come true.

Sometimes I find the only way to ease the worst forms of pain is to dam- age myself in a different way. Distract my attention from the things that can and will break me. A little hurt to help me heal.

I think when we finally get what we think we want, it loses its value. It's the secret nobody ever shares, because if they did, we would all stop trying.

Sometimes we hold on too tight to the wrong people, until it hurts so much we have to let go. 

There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying. Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She’s worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC’s lunchtime news, putting work before friends, family, and her now ex-husband. So, when someone threatens to take her dream job away, she’ll do almost anything to keep it. When asked to cover a murder in Blackdown—the sleepy countryside village where she grew up—Anna is reluctant to go. But when the victim turns out to be one of her childhood friends, she can’t leave. It soon becomes clear that Anna isn’t just covering the story, she’s at the heart of it. DCI Jack Harper left London for a reason, but never thought he’d end up working in a place like Blackdown. When the body of a young woman is discovered, Jack decides not to tell anyone that he knew the victim, until he begins to realise he is a suspect in his own murder investigation. One of them knows more than they are letting on. Someone isn’t telling the truth. Alternating between Anna's and Jack's points of view, His & Hers is a fast-paced, complex, and dark puzzle that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

LeeSa Geelhood

I was sure I had it figured out, but nope! Can't wait to see what Netflix does with it!

When a woman is murdered in Blackdown, a quintessentially British village, newsreader Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case. Detective Jack Harper is suspicious of her involvement, until he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation. Someone isn't telling the truth, and some secrets are worth killing to keep.

His and Hers

erin

in order for this story to have worked, all characters had to be absolute morons. and they were. i usually enjoy unlikable characters, but these are just stupid.

i just feel bad for <spoiler>catherine—i mean, what the fuck. she was raped by a bunch of pedophiles and then some old hag had the nerve to blame her for it and blackmail her just to kill her so that her stupid ass idiot daughter would get her job and be a newscaster?</spoiler> jesus fucking christ. all those extremely dark topics were there just for shock value, nothing more. absolutely disgusting. not to mention the cartoonishly evil, predatory queer girls. <spoiler>what was it even for if adult anna doesn't even allude to something so traumatic as sexual assault? it was pointless and the more i think about it the madder it makes me. it feels like it was just there to stock trauma onto these characters that does nothing for their actual personality and to villanize queer girls as predators who can't have same-sex friendships without being freaks and selling their friends and themselves to creepy old men. fuck you.</spoiler>

the writing was extremely repetitive, especially with jack constantly, and i mean in every chapter, repeating how he didn't understand women. aside from that, we had information given to us and then in the next chapter in that person's pov we had it repeated like it was news. does the author not trust her readers to remember anything?

Wasn’t super interested until about half way through the book. I predicted some twists ahead of time. Ending didn’t “wow” me 

Abigail Stutz

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Taylor Silveira 

First things first, this book was slow paced as hell. I was already getting bored and I'm not even halfway of the book. I like the plot, however, in my opinion, this was poorly executed. Another book of Alice Feeney's that has a lot of disturbing elements yet failed to put trigger warnings. I felt nauseous while trying to read the flashbacks from Anne's POV. Also, the plot twist does not make sense 🫩 ? I would've accepted it if Cat was the killer. But instead, she became a victim again?????????? Jesus Christ, the girl cant catch a break.

& audiobook-Richard Armitage & Stephanie Racine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Maria

This is a truly mind-blowing psychological thriller that keeps reads on their toes for the entire book trying to work out who the “killer” is, and you don’t get the reveal until the very end! I was trying to guess as I was going but I didn’t even come close.

Her – Anna Andrews, A News journalist that has been working in her dream job fronting the BBC new at 1. She has given up a lot to get the job and just when she through the job was secure and her until the woman who had this job previously, comes back. After a maternity leave for two children, Cat Jones has come back to claim what she feels is her rightful place. She is then demoted back to be a correspondent. She gets assigned to cover a murder in a place that she never wanted to return to; Blackdown Woods

His – DCI Jack Harper, The Inspector who is assigned to the murder in Blackdown Woods. He is shocked when he sees the victim, he knows her, intimately. He has his own problems. He is generally bored with his job until the first girl is found murdered in Blackdown Woods! He will have lots of action to keep him busy for the next weeks and he will never be the same again.

There is a third POV, that of the killer. I paid attention to every word, and I was still unable to get the outcome!! Everyone is a suspect, everyone has motives.

I can’t say any more, but you won’t be able to stop reading this one, clear your day and your night! This author is a master of psychological fiction.

Ian Brakspear

This is a truly mind-blowing psychological thriller that keeps reads on their toes for the entire book trying to work out who the “killer” is, and you don’t get the reveal until the very end! I was trying to guess as I was going but I didn’t even come close.

 

Her – Anna Andrews, A News journalist that has been working in her dream job fronting the BBC new at 1. She has given up a lot to get the job and just when she through the job was secure and her until the woman who had this job previously, comes back. After a maternity leave for two children, Cat Jones has come back to claim what she feels is her rightful place. She is then demoted back to be a correspondent. She gets assigned to cover a murder in a place that she never wanted to return to; Blackdown Woods

 

His – DCI Jack Harper, The Inspector who is assigned to the murder in Blackdown Woods. He is shocked when he sees the victim, he knows her, intimately. He has his own problems. He is generally bored with his job until the first girl is found murdered in Blackdown Woods! He will have lots of action to keep him busy for the next weeks and he will never be the same again.

 

There is a third POV, that of the killer. I paid attention to every word, and I was still unable to get the outcome!! Everyone is a suspect, everyone has motives.

 

I can’t say any more, but you won’t be able to stop reading this one, clear your day and your night! This author is a master of psychological fiction.

Another flop of a twist in my opinion.  There were so many twists that it felt like the one she ended on was there purely for shock factor and didn’t really make sense. The only thing that surprised me was that she didn’t have dementia 

Nicole Mills

good pacing but it felt like it tried to be too twisty

Ralie Sutton

Alice Feeney can do no wrong! I haven’t read anything from her that I didn’t love. I never ever see the twist coming even when I think I have it all figured out! 

Gina Crane 

Shannon C

oh my god i thought i knew who the murderer was, but i was wrong until it was revealed at the very end.

armoni mayes

buny

holy shit im once again falling into the habit of reading trashy books as a way to cope w the depressing reality of life. great! i think you can only like or fall in love w this book if this is ur intro to alice feeney me personally ive read rock, paper and scissors and think the ending was a complete snooze. the multiple suspects aspect also kinda bored me cos i dont like going back and forth bw trusting-not trusting a character more than twice too it kinda just tired me out by the time the actual killer was revealed

Syahla Aurel

There are at least two sides to every story; yours and mine, ours and theirs, his and hers. I always prefer my own.

This was way more disturbing than I thought would be, but I liked the writing style because it kept me guessing who the liar is. The plot twist was unexpected, but somehow it didn’t make any sense? However, I still enjoyed the concept because it differentiates the plot from other mystery-thrillers that i’ve read so far.

lexie

This book had a twist that was not my favorite. I guessed it but assumed it wasn’t right bc it’s so far fetched

Kate W

starlingbright✨

I loved how this book had a plot twist in practically every chapter and the 3 different POVs-including the killer’s. The big reveal at the end was absolutely unexpected even when I thought I knew who it was. 

Olivia 

Denaiir

4.5 stars and not 5 just because I guessed the ending, but I really enjoyed the kourney!
Everyone in that book was a turd but not so unliekable that I didn't enjoy reading it, so it wasa good balance.

Honestly, unexpected. Totally unexpected 😭😭

Layla Yaneth

Charlsy Sekyere

⭐️2.5-3

My thoughts on this book are limited. I thought the his/hers narrative style that Alice Feeney used was very enjoyable. This is because we as readers are continually guessing and trying to piece together clues and pieces that could ultimately prove Jack or Anna responsible for the murders. In addition, I enjoyed the mysterious, creepy, unidentified third voice/individual that occasionally appeared every few chapters. This added another layer of distrust, uneasiness, and wariness to the main characters, Anna and Jack. While I liked these aspects of the book, I found myself zoning out and uninterested in continuing to read it. This is especially true since most of the characters were downright unlikable, disturbing, and just plain odd.

I wasn't that surprised by the 'twists' (except the actual reveal of the mastermind behind the murders, which was convenient and a little strange), especially when we are introduced to one of Anna's old classmates, Catherine. The storyline and relevance of her character were predictable. Despite all this, the book is perfectly fine. 

This book isn't better than Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney, as I love a domestic thriller/mystery, and, while the twists are ridiculously convenient, this is an adequate read if you're after a fast-paced, alternating dual POV adult thriller.

I lived the twists and turns this story took. It is double POV (3 really but you don’t know who the third POV is). I feel like a few things could’ve been different and there seems like there’s a few things that didn’t really get tied up nicely. Anyhow I thoroughly enjoyed this book. 

Lizeth Esmeralda

Caitlin Hooker

I was sure I knew who the murderer was about 3/4 of the way through the book, changed my mind 3 times and still didn't get it right. Alice Feeney is so good at misdirection. Loved this book!

celene

** spoiler alert **
           4.5 i dunno why but when they refer to each other as ‘ex-wife’. & ‘ex-husband’,,, it just gives me a buzz,,,,,,,,,

def in my list of my fave mystery thriller reads this year,,,

(tw: sexual assault, sexual abuse & animal cruelty)

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