The Last Thing He Told Me book review
Updated: Oct 6
People talk all day long, but what happens when the last thing they ever said becomes the most important thing they've ever said?
Today, we're discussing The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. The genre of the book is fiction, and the theme is suspense thriller.
The book follows a young couple, Michael and Hannah, and Michael has a daughter named Bailey. You're reading the book, following along with their lives, and you're thinking, “Okay, I get it.”
Then you find out that Hannah is not much older than Bailey, her stepdaughter. Is there any connection there? It turns out there isn't. But stepparents and stepchildren usually have a contentious relationship, or at least there's some time for them to work out the relationship.
And then, Austin, Texas.
Austin is so important because you get little hints and trickles here and there. A business card, a little something, and then Austin, Texas, ends up unraveling so much stuff for the family.
That was the major plot twist when we found out about Austin, Texas. You're thinking, “Okay, capital of Texas. What's the big deal?”
Slowly, the book starts to unravel all these different clues, and it turns out that Hannah is a badass.
Seriously, she should have been working with the police department. She should be an official investigator. Hannah will take the most minute detail, take a little bit of this and a little bit of that, and put it all together.
Boom. I got a story.
Part of Hannah's incredible ability as a stepmom is how she defends Bailey. We get a couple of glimpses of Hannah's relationship with her grandfather, and that's why Hannah can stand up for Bailey in such a big way, because of everything she learned from her grandfather.
Hannah was a supporting character but ended up being the primary character in the entire book. That was something I was not expecting, but it was outstanding in the book.
“Hannah was a supporting character but ended up being the primary character in the entire book.”
I maintain the fact that I think most suspense books are written chronologically. Then the editor is like, “Can you take this chapter and move it to a whole other section of the book? Then people will be left wanting.”
Because I'm sitting there thinking, “The book is good. I'm missing something. This character's a little shallow.”
Boom.
It's like y'all removed that entire chapter we could have had! I don't think the book would have been any worse if it was in order.
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Austin, Texas, becomes an essential part of the book, and Hannah shows herself.
So, would I reread the book?
I would not reread this book. It's a great and entertaining book, but I wouldn't reread it. I don't want to know what Bailey's doing later on, what happens to Hannah, or what happens to Michael.
This wouldn't be a book I would reread because I won't spend much time thinking about the characters and their actions once I finish the book.
Until the next book review,
Kyla
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