Georgia Maguire

B.A. Paris

A Novel

The Breakdown

"Named One of the Most Anticipated Thriller Novels Of 2017 by Bustle! THE NEW CHILLING, PROPULSIVE NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. If you can't trust yourself, who can you trust? Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside--the woman who was killed. She's been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It's a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she'd broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if she'd stopped. But since then, she's been forgetting every little thing: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesn't have a baby. The only thing she can't forget is that woman, the woman she might have saved, and the terrible nagging guilt. Or the silent calls she's receiving, or the feeling that someone's watching her ... You won't be able to put down B.A. Paris's The Breakdown, the next chilling, propulsive novel from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors"--

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Arianna

This book was… meh. It was super easy to see what was going to happen, and the characters weren’t anything special. I’d say just read Behind Closed Doors and skip this one.

Toni Scola

This book had me on the edge of my seat until the very end. The ending of the book could have been better, I expected a more enticing ending.

Ksenija 

Kristen Claiborn

This book was twisty and turn-y and I couldn't put it down. I try really hard to not add any spoilers in any reviews I write, so I can't really say a whole lot more than that! After reading this novel I sat and questioned every relationship in my life...

Gisela Ayala 

Not as thrilling and fast-paced as her first novel, but The Breakdown had me HOOKED. For people who need constant action, this might not be for you. The tension was subtle, Cass's memory deteriorating little by little making her an unreliable narrator. That is what mostly kept me in though - I had to know what was going to happen. I kept switching back and forth between feeling sorry for her and being so annoyed with the entire situation but it still did not deter me. I did sort of figure it out a bit before the big reveal, but it didn't take away from me still gasping out loud when the conclusion finally happened! 

I would recommend this as an audiobook!

Sven Test

3.5 latte's to The Breakdown. I really enjoyed this one, but most of it was slow, in my opinion. The plot didn't really hook me, despite having everything to lure me in. It wasn't until things started to get pieced together that I found interest in it. And the ending was really good with all the revelations that came to light. 

This being a mystery, I couldn't quite believe Cass being mentally unstable. I do admit the author set it up very nicely with her mom's background. Still, it wasn't enough to let me believe it. Also, a few things happened in the beginning that had me questioning the motives of a few characters and in the end, I was right. 

The suspense wasn't really there for this book as I had hoped. It was still a bit entertaining. 

Full review to come!

alyssa b

** spoiler alert **
           One of the best mystery/thrillers i’ve read recently. kept me entertained and hooked the entire time and maybe i’m just oblivious but i really didn’t see Rachel involved until the reveal. I did think Matthew was suspicious the whole time. john deserved better.

Saima A

If the characters knew what communication was this book would have been finished in a chapter.

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Shirley Jones 

omg what an amazing book The breakdown was!! I was so excited to read this after reading The Couple Next Door and once again I was utterly hooked from beginning to end!!

Madhuri Sridhara

3.5: It's hard to say too much about this book without giving something, or even everything away. What I can say is that it was nowhere near as good as "Behind Closed Doors" which I loved. I didn't understand the protagonist's actions most of the time. The book was largely repetitive and I almost even didn't finish reading it but I'm glad I made it through to the end. It all added up is all I can say.

Skye Sherman

Ends pretty abruptly for how long the book is, but I have to say I didn't see that plot twist coming! I'd recommend this for anyone who enjoys a good, calm thriller. You never know what lurks under all that domestic bliss...

Cindy

Cass is having a bad night and things get worse for her. A woman that she saw stopped at the side of the road, a rainy , creepy dark road, winds up dead.

This is exactly the type of book I dive into and do not want to stop until I know what really happened. Cass's life just seemed to fall apart page after page, I kept thinking how can things get worse for this character? The author really took me on a twisted journey with this one. Cass is now paranoid and is having trouble remembering things. I found this book to be a bit spooky , not one that I would want to read alone in the house at night. All throughout the book I did have some theories that I was right about, I kind of saw where this one was going but I was not one hundred percent sure and that is one of the things that I loved about the book. The fact that it made me question almost every characters real intentions toward Cass was another good thing this book had going for it. I had no idea who Cass could trust, maybe she was the guilty one , I just had no clue.

Towards the end of the book there is a lot of suspense and when I finally find out what really happened,  I am not surprised but then  something else happens and I am surprised. It's just that type of book.This review was originally posted on Cindy's Book Binge

From the international, million-copy bestselling author comes another addictive psychological thriller! ‘B A Paris has done it again! The Breakdown is a page turning thriller that will leave you questioning the family you love, the friends you trust, and even your own mind’ Wendy Walker

Fellowes Cynthia

Awesome suspenseful book! Loved her first one and loved this!
Read in 2 days because I just couldn't put it down!
Thanks for another amazing read!

Lauren Attaway

This weekend, in between finishing this book and another thriller- You by Caroline Kepnes which was insane- I watched a person living in the walls horror film. I won't tell you what it's called because the twist of this movie and others like it depends on surprise.  What I can say is that I was immediately scared when I realized this, because until then the film was just another scary movie about ghosts. My fiance asked me why I was suddenly so much more frightened and I tried to explain that a person was a fear I could get behind.  

I think that's why I'm so drawn to the current domestic/suburban thrillers trend. The idea that real danger is so close to home in these seemingly perfect settings really keeps my attention.  I won't say too much about The Breakdown, because I did struggle with getting through the middle, but I'm glad I stuck around for the ending. This novel is nowhere on the level of crazy as B.A. Paris' Behind Closed Doors, but there's a lot enjoy here.  The mystery is simple but an unreliable narrator is always a good draw. I don't want to say too much, because I think this is a book that is improved the less you know about it prior to reading.

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC-I apologize for my delay, I've been going through a lot personally which is why I'm just getting back to writing.

Rucha Phatak

Spellbinding!! Never, for even a second, imagined the way it ended. Awesome!!

Thea

A fun ignoring the world for 24 hours to binge read until I'm finished-thriller. Time to rejoin the real world again, I guess.

Brittany

Emily C Peterson

The twistiness of this book was fabulous. My one complaint is how long the middle dragged out. This book could probably have been about 50 pages shorter to ramp up the tension and keep us from dragging.

Megan Leprich

I COULD NOT put this book down. It was so good I don't even know how to convey how good it was. I'm not ashamed to say I lost a lot of sleep finishing this book because I literally could not pull myself away from it. This is by far one of my favorite mystery books. It's fast paced, witty, and literally you have no idea what the ending is going to be. SO so damn good.

Simona Andrijauskiene

*I've got this book from NetGalley in exchange of an honest review*

I enjoyed reading a book where the main character suffers from mental illness (or does she not?), all the events in this book messed with my head so much, that I couldn't trust everything I read, everyone looked suspicious. So I can say, that I flew through this book in a few days. 
However the main character was so annoying and whiny, that at some points I even thought of dnf'ing it, even though I liked the plot (if you know what I mean). 
Also I wasn't satisfied with the ending, somehow it felt too rushed and not very convincing. After all that built up of the plot, I hoped for some shocking and amazing ending, but for me it was a little but anticlimactic. 
I do recommend this book, if you want something fast and easy to spend your boring evening faster.

Jan Talkington

Don’t waste your time on this one. Boring, repetitive and predictable. I did read it all but just because i was in hopes of a big twist at the end. Sorry to say it didn’t happen.

Jolie

The Breakdown is a nail-biting, psychological thriller that will take you through the wringer as you read it. There is a fine line when writing books like these. The author can give too much away in the buildup and it ruins the rest of the book. It didn’t happen with The Breakdown.


I read this book within a day. I had my Kindle on me at all times, I was that engrossed in it. Everything about it had me not wanting to anything but read. See, I am the type of reader that will read a few chapters, put my Kindle down, get involved with other things and then remember…hey I was reading and repeat the cycle. So for me to actually not put down my Kindle, the book had to be good and The Breakdown was.

The two main storylines (the murder and Cass having a breakdown) were wonderfully intertwined. There was a point in the book where I couldn’t help but wonder if Cass had anything to do with the murder. But I was vindicated later in the book and then had to wonder who the murderer was. Let’s just say that I was very surprised by that and by the reason that woman was killed.

I did figure out certain elements of the book before they were revealed. But kudos to the author because she did do a wonderful job keeping who was stalking Cass under wraps until the end of the book. The details and the length that this person went through to actually drive Cass to a nervous breakdown was insane.

The end of the book was very anti-climatic but good.

How many stars will I give The Breakdown: 4

Why: A great storyline and memorable characters.

Will I reread: Yes

Will I recommend to family and friends: Yes

Age range: Adult

Why: Violence and language

**I chose to leave this review after reading an advance reader copy**

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