Review : When the Lights Go Out

When The Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction,

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Pages: 384

Published: September 4th 2018 by Park Row

A woman is forced to question her own identity in this riveting and emotionally charged thriller by the blockbuster bestselling author of The Good Girl, Mary Kubica 

Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes her to doubt everything she’s ever known.

Finding herself suddenly at the center of a bizarre mystery, Jessie tumbles down a rabbit hole, which is only exacerbated by grief and a relentless lack of sleep. As days pass and the insomnia worsens, it plays with Jessie’s mind. Her judgment is blurred, her thoughts are hampered by fatigue. Jessie begins to see things until she can no longer tell the difference between what’s real and what she’s only imagined.

Meanwhile, twenty years earlier and two hundred and fifty miles away, another woman’s split-second decision may hold the key to Jessie’s secret past. Has Jessie’s whole life been a lie or have her delusions gotten the best of her?

After the death of her mother Jessie goes on to try to better herself when she realizes she has no information on proof that she even exist. As insomnia takes hold of her for multiple days while trying to find information about herself or her father. Things start to escalate when her insomnia making her judgment impaired questioning whats real or not.

When I was going into this book all I knew was that the cover was so lovely and eye catching and that the author's name sounded familiar so I decided to pick this book up. It was surprisingly good. I loved with each page got me questioning the sanity of Jessie wondering if what she was seeing is real or not and it was just a mess with her character and I loved it. Then there was Edens side of the story seeing where she was playing at in this book with her journal entry's and seeing her life progress and seeing how she and Jessie connected. It was heart breaking seeing her progress from happy and hopeful to depressed and seeing her question the lengths she would go to have a child. This was such a great mystery thriller type of book and I loved every moment of it.