Name: Call Me Evie
ISBN: 9780733640230

J. P. Pomare

DON'T TRUST HIM. IT WASN'T ME. IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ME. Meet Evie, a young woman held captive by a man named Jim in the isolated New Zealand beach town of Maketu. Jim says he's hiding Evie to protect her, that she did something terrible back home in Melbourne. In a house that creaks against the wind, Evie begins to piece together her fractured memories of the events that led her here. Jim says he's keeping her safe. Evie's not sure she can trust Jim, but can she trust her own memories? An incredible literary thriller for readers of bestsellers such as Gone Girl, Before I Go to Sleep and Girl on the Train from an exciting new Australian voice.

Call Me Evie

A seventeen-year-old struggles to remember the tragic night that changed her life forever in this twist-filled debut novel of psychological suspense for fans of Sharp Objects and The Last Time I Lied. Evie and her uncle Jim have just moved to an isolated cabin in a remote beach town--a far cry from their hometown of Melbourne. But Evie isn't her real name. And Jim isn't really her uncle. Jim tells Evie she did something terrible back home, that he's hiding her to protect her. But Evie can't remember anything about that night--for all she knows, he's lying. As fragments of her memory return, she starts to wonder if Jim is really her savior...or her captor. In a riveting novel that fearlessly plumbs the darkest recesses of the mind, J.P. Pomare explores the fragility of memory and the potential in everyone to hide the truth--even from themselves.

sophia n

* 3.5 stars

hmm, i'm on the fence with this one. it started really strong, and kept me engaged as the narration went between then/now moments, but after some time i started to feel frustrated because nothing felt like it was really happening. it wasn't all bad, but i think it just dragged a little too much, and i'm still wondering what the purpose was of some of the scenes we got especially in maketu because they seem to have no real purpose other than to highlight how unstable the original situation is, which we already know from the beginning.

i was curious enough about how the truth of the situation would unravel that i kept going. and in a way i'm glad i did, because the ending surprised me and was also there all along, and i liked that. there were some things at the end that i really hadn't guessed, and some of my early on theories are so laughable now looking back. BUT i had guessed one thing at the VERY beginning that was revealed at the end that i was annoyed turned out to be true. soooo idkkkkk

i think this would actually be more towards a 4 star read for me (it was a slow unfolding and built/balanced tension well, and was extremely good at describing settings and moments so sharply i felt like i was there) BUT i really disliked the main character over time. i understand why she was so dislikable, but she just grated on me and felt really stupid. i would've liked to have seen her make some other choices ... or at least would have liked to have seen a little more highlighted with her memory issues. (i still have a few questions tbh?)

overall i definitely see the quality of pomare's writing and feel like this was well pulled off but lulled a bit for me and the mc was a little flat. still, a solid twisty psychological thriller.

I understand what the author was trying to do here but OH MY GOD I was so bored. Not even the flashbacks could save this book. 

Alyssa deRaad

Amy Bremner 

Call me Evie by J.P. Pomare.

Don't trust him. It wasn't me. It couldn't have been me.
Meet Evie, a young woman who has fled with her uncle to the isolated New Zealand beach town of Maketu. Jim says he's hiding her to protect her, that she did something terrible back home in Melbourne. Something Evie can't remember.
But Evie isn't her real name. And Jim isn't really her uncle.
 
What a fantastic debut novel. I read this in two sittings and when I wasn’t reading it I was thinking about it. This is sure to be one of the bestselling psychological thrillers of 2019! I had no idea what direction this story was going to in and I wasn’t disappointed. 
 
Release date March 2019.

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Is he her protector...or her captor? Seventeen-year-old Evie and her uncle Jim have just moved to an isolated cabin in a remote beach town--a far cry from their hometown of Melbourne. But Evie isn't her real name. And Jim isn't really her uncle. Jim tells Evie she did something terrible back home, that he's hiding her for her own good. But Evie can't remember anything about that night--for all she knows, he's lying. As fragments of her memory return, she starts to wonder if Jim is really her savior...or her jailer. In a riveting novel that fearlessly plumbs the darkest recesses of the mind, J.P. Pomare explores the fragility of memory and the potential in everyone to hide the truth--even from themselves.

Call Me Evie

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