Name: Disclaimer
Rating: 3.326086956521739 (23 reviews)
ISBN: 9780062362254

Renee Knight

Reading a mysterious novel that recounts in haunting detail the day she became the victim of a dark secret, documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft is forced to confront the past to prevent her world from falling apart.

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Renée Knight

'DISCLAIMER stealthily steals your attention and by the end holds you prisoner - a searing story that resonates long after the final page. The best thriller Iâe(tm)ve read this year' - Rosamund Lupton What if you realized the book you were reading was all about you? When an intriguing novel appears on Catherineâe(tm)s bedside table, she curls up in bed and begins to read. But as she turns the pages she is sickened to realize the story will reveal her darkest secret. A secret she thought no one else knewâe¦

Bárbara Costa Borba

The disclosure of the mystery didn't live up to all the suspense surrounding it for most of the book. I wasn't convinced at first, but then I was okay with the explanation. Then I liked the conclusion, except that was not it. The ending felt a bit too much. <br /><br />But that was one of those books that's really hard to put down, which is exactly what I needed.

It was a good book but felt rushed at the end and dragged here and there. It got super dark at the end however but over all it was decent

Lauren Dale

A brilliantly conceived, deeply unsettling psychological thriller— already an international sensation—about a woman haunted by secrets, the consuming desire for revenge, and the terrible price we pay when we try to hide the truth. Finding a mysterious novel at her bedside plunges documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft into a living nightmare. Though ostensibly fiction, The Perfect Stranger recreates in vivid, unmistakable detail the terrible day she became hostage to a dark secret, a secret that only one other person knew—and that person is dead. Now that the past is catching up with her, Catherine’s world is falling apart. Her only hope is to confront what really happened on that awful day . . . even if the shocking truth might destroy her.

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Clodagh Nolan-Smith

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I waited a long time to read this book and I'm glad I did. It took a while for me to understand the different narrators and time frames but once I did, the story flowed well and was gripping and exciting.
A major plot twist that I didn't see coming made me go from disliking the main character to feeling her greatest sadness. This book makes you question your basic human emotions, sometimes things can seem black and white, but you never know the full story.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON'S OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016 Imagine if the next thriller you opened was all about you. 'An addictive novel with shades of Gone Girl' Sunday Times When an intriguing novel appears on Catherine's bedside table, she curls up and begins to read. But as she turns the pages she is horrified to realize she is a key character, a main player. This story will reveal her darkest secret. A secret she thought no one else knew...

Sian Wadey

What originally drew me to Disclaimer by Renée Knight was the original concept. Catherine opens a book to discover that she is the main character and the author knows secrets that only she and one other person has knowledge of. Secrets that she has kept her whole life. 
This was a real page turner. I couldn't wait to find out what happened to Catherine and her family and how the story would unfold. However my main criticism with this novel is the characters. They are well thought out and thoroughly developed but maybe that's the problem. I didn't like any of them and when there isn't one sympathetic character I tend to lose interest a bit. I cannot invest my emotions in people I don't like! Despite this, the twist at the end was well worth waiting for and after passing it on to a friend, they really liked it and didn't have the same issues that I did.

What if you realized the terrifying book you were reading was all about you? A brilliantly conceived, deeply disturbing psychological thriller about a woman haunted by secrets--and the price she will pay for concealing the truth When a mysterious novel appears at Catherine Ravenscroft’s bedside, she is curious. She has no idea who might have sent her The Perfect Stranger--or how it ended up on her nightstand. At first, she is intrigued by the suspenseful story that unfolds. And then she realizes. This isn’t fiction. The Perfect Stranger recreates in vivid, unmistakable detail the day Catherine became hostage to a dark secret, a secret that only one other person knew--and that person is dead. Now that the past Catherine so desperately wants to forget is catching up with her, her world is falling apart. Plunged into a living nightmare, she knows that her only hope is to confront what really happened on that terrible day . . . even if the shocking truth might destroy her.

Krista Kirby

This book was extremely underwhelming. I tried really hard to get into it and enjoy it, but try as I might I couldn’t.

** spoiler alert **
           I was not expecting this book to be like it was and I’m glad it wasn’t to my expectations. Multiple times when I thought I knew what was going to happen, something different happened and shocked me. I swear I said “what??” Out loud at least 5 times.

Momo

Disclaimer is what I needed after my Gone Girl//Girl on A Train Withdrawal symptoms. 

Disclaimer tells the story of hard-working and career driven Catherine Bridgestock who finds a book which is uncanny to a buried experience of her past. Interpretations and perspectives are important and all may not be what it seems. Disclaimer emphasises that all secrets and truths come out in the end, good or bad. 

Disclaimer is a page turner and now one of my favourite books. I want to read it again. On the other hand, I fully acknowledge that this books was not particularly well written.

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