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The End of Getting Lost
A psychologically suspenseful, cunning love story following a young dancer unable to recall the last year of her life after suffering a head injury on her honeymoon, revealing an intimate portrait of love’s powers—as well as its dangers.
The year is 1996—a time before cell phones, status updates, and location tags—when you could still travel to a remote corner of the world and disappear, if you chose to do so. This is where we meet Gina Reinhold and Duncan Lowy, a young artistic couple madly in love, traveling around Europe on a romantic adventure. It’s a time both thrilling and dizzying for Gina, whose memories are hazy following a head injury—and the growing sense that the man at her side, her one companion on this strange continent, is keeping secrets from her.
Just what is Duncan hiding and how far will he go to keep their pasts at bay? As the pair hop borders across Europe, their former lives threatening to catch up with them while the truth grows more elusive, we witness how love can lead us astray, and what it means to lose oneself in love... The End of Getting Lost is “atmospheric, lyrical, and filled with layered insights into the complexities of marriage” (Susie Yang, New York Times bestselling author of White Ivy). “Kirman is wonderfully deft with suspense and plot” (Katie Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Girls in Trucks) in this “electric page-turner” (Courtney Maum, author of Costalegre and Touch), a novel that is both a tightrope act of deception as much as it is an elegant exploration of love and marriage, and our cherished illusions of both. With notes of Patricia Highsmith, Caroline Kepnes, and Lauren Groff, Robin Kirman has spun a delicious tale of deceit, redemption, and the fight to keep love alive—no matter the costs.
The year is 1996—a time before cell phones, status updates, and location tags—when you could still travel to a remote corner of the world and disappear, if you chose to do so. This is where we meet Gina Reinhold and Duncan Lowy, a young artistic couple madly in love, traveling around Europe on a romantic adventure. It’s a time both thrilling and dizzying for Gina, whose memories are hazy following a head injury—and the growing sense that the man at her side, her one companion on this strange continent, is keeping secrets from her.
Just what is Duncan hiding and how far will he go to keep their pasts at bay? As the pair hop borders across Europe, their former lives threatening to catch up with them while the truth grows more elusive, we witness how love can lead us astray, and what it means to lose oneself in love... The End of Getting Lost is “atmospheric, lyrical, and filled with layered insights into the complexities of marriage” (Susie Yang, New York Times bestselling author of White Ivy). “Kirman is wonderfully deft with suspense and plot” (Katie Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Girls in Trucks) in this “electric page-turner” (Courtney Maum, author of Costalegre and Touch), a novel that is both a tightrope act of deception as much as it is an elegant exploration of love and marriage, and our cherished illusions of both. With notes of Patricia Highsmith, Caroline Kepnes, and Lauren Groff, Robin Kirman has spun a delicious tale of deceit, redemption, and the fight to keep love alive—no matter the costs.
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First published February 15, 2022
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Robin Kirman
5 books69 followersROBIN KIRMAN studied philosophy at Yale before receiving her MFA in writing from Columbia, where she also taught for several years. Her curiosity about human psychology has led her to combine work in psychoanalysis with writing fiction. Her first novel, Bradstreet Gate, was published by Crown in 2015, and her television series The Love Wave is currently in development.
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February 15, 2022
The End of Getting Lost by Robin Kirman
It's 1996 and Duncan and his wife, Gina, are traveling Europe on a delayed honeymoon. Gina had a head injury not too long ago and needed rehab at a European facility. She's out now but still suffers from dizziness and huge gaps in her memories. Things are starting to come back to her in bits and pieces and she realizes her husband is being less than honest with her. As the evidence piles up, more memories become clearer.
It's obvious to us, too, that Duncan is being deceitful and hiding things, not only from Gina, but from friends and family. But Gina isn't on the up and up, either, revealing little about her returning memory, to Duncan. They both seem eager to stay on the move, landing in one place, with plans to sightsee, but then rushing off to another location.
Neither Duncan or Gina are likeable and seem mostly selfish and immature to me. But I really didn't find any of the characters likeable. Part of what keeps the mystery going in this story, besides the fact that both Duncan and Gina can't be trusted, is that there are no cell phones in 1996, which makes it easier to evade anyone who might be trying to communicate with either spouse. At first I was worried for Gina but then realized she can take care of herself just fine. By halfway into the story, I thought I had things mostly figured out and I was correct. I think this story might be of most interest to folks who enjoy watching the psychological manipulations by one or more of the characters in this book. This was in interesting buddy read with Jayme and DeAnn.
Publication: February 15th 2022
Thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for this ARC.
It's 1996 and Duncan and his wife, Gina, are traveling Europe on a delayed honeymoon. Gina had a head injury not too long ago and needed rehab at a European facility. She's out now but still suffers from dizziness and huge gaps in her memories. Things are starting to come back to her in bits and pieces and she realizes her husband is being less than honest with her. As the evidence piles up, more memories become clearer.
It's obvious to us, too, that Duncan is being deceitful and hiding things, not only from Gina, but from friends and family. But Gina isn't on the up and up, either, revealing little about her returning memory, to Duncan. They both seem eager to stay on the move, landing in one place, with plans to sightsee, but then rushing off to another location.
Neither Duncan or Gina are likeable and seem mostly selfish and immature to me. But I really didn't find any of the characters likeable. Part of what keeps the mystery going in this story, besides the fact that both Duncan and Gina can't be trusted, is that there are no cell phones in 1996, which makes it easier to evade anyone who might be trying to communicate with either spouse. At first I was worried for Gina but then realized she can take care of herself just fine. By halfway into the story, I thought I had things mostly figured out and I was correct. I think this story might be of most interest to folks who enjoy watching the psychological manipulations by one or more of the characters in this book. This was in interesting buddy read with Jayme and DeAnn.
Publication: February 15th 2022
Thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for this ARC.
February 16, 2022
Passionate, crazy, limitless love may force you to do anything for taking back your other half leave you behind!
This is incredible, shocking, scandalous, impressively delicious journey! My hands were glued to my reader. I just clicked to the pages as my heartbeat skyrocketed, being hooked more at each chapter, dying to know what would happen next, how this obsessive, manipulative, angsty, intense love story would conclude!
This book was MAGNIFICENT! I loved the fast pacing, gripping storytelling. I enjoyed to gather the missing pieces of puzzle by moving around different timelines to clearly understand the couple’s story! It seems like anyone in their vicinity has ulterior motives to separate them for their own selfish reasons.
The story starts introducing Duncan and Gina, young married couple, taking an European tour in honeymoon with the setback of Gina’s accident. Her head injury results with erasing her recent memories. Duncan is so supportive and lovely but he is also anxious, keeping things to himself, doing everything to prevent his wife contact with her father and her best friend Violet . What is he hiding from her? Will Gina’s memories come back to her?
We move backwards for getting more perspective how their love story turned into malicious web of lies with action packed runaway story.
Duncan meets Gina, an aspiring dancer in Yale. The attraction he feels for her makes him compose a song to this alluring woman. They become inseparable which illuminates Duncan’s perspective more than he thinks and he chances his finance major to pursue his dream to be a musician whether his controlling mother who imposes the importance financial stability neither supports his decision nor his relationship with her.
They pursue their artsy dreams to start a new life by moving to NYC. They eventually get married.
But… the people around them have every intention to prevent their HEA!
Destiny’s Child’s Crazy in love was playing in my head when I was reading Duncan’s efforts to fight against the universe to do everything in his power to be with the woman he loved. He lies, he runs, he uses so many tricks to manipulate everyone. When things get escalated, he throws himself off of balcony! Yes, guy is reckless and relentless! He does it for love! Is he maniac or is he the most romantic guy a girl may dream of?
Is he the villain of the story holding a woman without her consent, gaslighting her reality for being with her forever! Or is Gina the villanelle who is manipulating her naive husband my wrapping him up around her small finger? You have to read to find out!
I actually loved the book so much! It’s blasting, smart, powerful, heart throbbing !
Special thanks to NetGalley and Simon&Schuster for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.
This is incredible, shocking, scandalous, impressively delicious journey! My hands were glued to my reader. I just clicked to the pages as my heartbeat skyrocketed, being hooked more at each chapter, dying to know what would happen next, how this obsessive, manipulative, angsty, intense love story would conclude!
This book was MAGNIFICENT! I loved the fast pacing, gripping storytelling. I enjoyed to gather the missing pieces of puzzle by moving around different timelines to clearly understand the couple’s story! It seems like anyone in their vicinity has ulterior motives to separate them for their own selfish reasons.
The story starts introducing Duncan and Gina, young married couple, taking an European tour in honeymoon with the setback of Gina’s accident. Her head injury results with erasing her recent memories. Duncan is so supportive and lovely but he is also anxious, keeping things to himself, doing everything to prevent his wife contact with her father and her best friend Violet . What is he hiding from her? Will Gina’s memories come back to her?
We move backwards for getting more perspective how their love story turned into malicious web of lies with action packed runaway story.
Duncan meets Gina, an aspiring dancer in Yale. The attraction he feels for her makes him compose a song to this alluring woman. They become inseparable which illuminates Duncan’s perspective more than he thinks and he chances his finance major to pursue his dream to be a musician whether his controlling mother who imposes the importance financial stability neither supports his decision nor his relationship with her.
They pursue their artsy dreams to start a new life by moving to NYC. They eventually get married.
But… the people around them have every intention to prevent their HEA!
Destiny’s Child’s Crazy in love was playing in my head when I was reading Duncan’s efforts to fight against the universe to do everything in his power to be with the woman he loved. He lies, he runs, he uses so many tricks to manipulate everyone. When things get escalated, he throws himself off of balcony! Yes, guy is reckless and relentless! He does it for love! Is he maniac or is he the most romantic guy a girl may dream of?
Is he the villain of the story holding a woman without her consent, gaslighting her reality for being with her forever! Or is Gina the villanelle who is manipulating her naive husband my wrapping him up around her small finger? You have to read to find out!
I actually loved the book so much! It’s blasting, smart, powerful, heart throbbing !
Special thanks to NetGalley and Simon&Schuster for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.
February 16, 2022
3.5
OBSESSION DESPERATION DECEPTION
Words that could describe “getting lost in love”…and do so in this story, where the truth is as ELUSIVE as our main characters as they travel through Europe on a belated honeymoon.
It’s 1996- a time before cell phones, and, Gina Reinhold has fallen and sustained a head injury while in Berlin.
Her memories are hazy, but she starts to realize that a few things that her husband, Duncan Lowy has told her, don’t “feel right”.
Has she really had a row with both her Dad and her best friend, Violet and that is why she doesn’t want to communicate with them while they are traveling? Does the man in a cafe staring at her so intently have a reason to be doing so? And, why does she almost call her own husband, Graham instead of Duncan?
Because of the omniscient third person narration, it took awhile to feel apprehension for Gina, and just when I did, what is happening in the PRESENT is interrupted by too much backstory, of how the couple and their friends met at Yale, years ago, slowing down the pace.
I also found it hard to believe that all of their AMERICAN friends from Yale, were now living in Europe-Vienna, Prague and London- to be specific.
It was difficult to like either one of the characters as each leaves friends and family members back in America, worried about their whereabouts and their well-being, amongst other things.
Still, the story is ORIGINAL and when the TRUTH catches up with our couple, I was once again reminded of how the lines of the truth can often be blurred.
I liked the story-but I didn’t love it.
See if DeAnn and Marilyn agreed by checking out their amazing reviews!
Thank You to Simon & Schuster for a gifted copy. It was my pleasure to offer a candid review!
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OBSESSION DESPERATION DECEPTION
Words that could describe “getting lost in love”…and do so in this story, where the truth is as ELUSIVE as our main characters as they travel through Europe on a belated honeymoon.
It’s 1996- a time before cell phones, and, Gina Reinhold has fallen and sustained a head injury while in Berlin.
Her memories are hazy, but she starts to realize that a few things that her husband, Duncan Lowy has told her, don’t “feel right”.
Has she really had a row with both her Dad and her best friend, Violet and that is why she doesn’t want to communicate with them while they are traveling? Does the man in a cafe staring at her so intently have a reason to be doing so? And, why does she almost call her own husband, Graham instead of Duncan?
Because of the omniscient third person narration, it took awhile to feel apprehension for Gina, and just when I did, what is happening in the PRESENT is interrupted by too much backstory, of how the couple and their friends met at Yale, years ago, slowing down the pace.
I also found it hard to believe that all of their AMERICAN friends from Yale, were now living in Europe-Vienna, Prague and London- to be specific.
It was difficult to like either one of the characters as each leaves friends and family members back in America, worried about their whereabouts and their well-being, amongst other things.
Still, the story is ORIGINAL and when the TRUTH catches up with our couple, I was once again reminded of how the lines of the truth can often be blurred.
I liked the story-but I didn’t love it.
See if DeAnn and Marilyn agreed by checking out their amazing reviews!
Thank You to Simon & Schuster for a gifted copy. It was my pleasure to offer a candid review!
Available Now!
February 20, 2022
**Many thanks to NetGalley, Simon & Schuster, and Robin Kirman for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 2.15!!**
"There was something freeing in forgetting, she'd discovered, as if all these tiny accretions were like layers of clothing that kept you from feeling the air, the night, the life that was cloaked around you."
Remember a time when you could easily go off the grid...without a second thought? No out of office on a work email, no remembering to turn off notifications, mute a cell phone, or disable a smart watch? A time when you could take an impromptu trip to Europe, where you could explore a romance that seemed to be the perfect fairy-tale, WITHOUT the interruptions of the outside world?
Gina and Duncan have found this tiny piece of bliss, locked in 1996. But is this the tale of a power couple...or simply a power play?
Gina's the dancer. Graceful, elegant, enchanting. Duncan's a composer, who has Gina as his muse, and is taking Gina on such a trip---but she may be a bit too woozy to fully remember it. After suffering a brain injury after a fall, bits of Gina's memory have evaporated. Still, everything FEELS right...doesn't it? After all, the man of her dreams wouldn't dare to hold anything back...or keep the past purposely obscured...or would he? As they trek across Europe, Gina pieces little bits of the past together, and Duncan's sly game of cat and mouse becomes more and more apparent, as players from both their pasts enter the fray. Will Gina recover enough to figure out where her happily ever after lies...and WHY on earth did she almost call Duncan by the wrong name?
This book starts with a whisper, as Kirman grabs the reader and thrusts them into 1996 Europe, with all of the charm and lovely atmosphere you'd expect to find. Even though I've never been to Europe myself as of yet (*heavy, dramatic sigh*) I feel I have a pretty good sense of what it feels like through TV and film, and ALL of that was easy to grasp. Although the 'missing memory' trope seems done to death at this point in time, I quickly got caught up in the mystery surrounding Gina's past, present, and future, and the beginning of the book in particular grabbed my attention completely.
Towards the middle, however, things stalled a bit, and I feel a rather big reveal happened too early in the timeline. Once this information was revealed to the reader, it left the book in a sort of limbo, where events sort of plodded along until the conclusion. This book also has VERY uneven chapters, with some that are drastically short and others that dragged on for far too long. I don't mind long chapters in literary fiction, especially if they fuel the fire of the narrative, but in this case, every one was unnecessary. This is a dramatic suspense moreso than literary fiction, so I think a bit of pacing could have helped drive the second half.
My favorite aspect of this book and one I kept coming back to was how much it reminded me of The Talented Mr. Ripley--and that was before I knew the book had actually been compared to the work of Patricia Highsmith! I haven't read the source material yet, but the film gave me a strong sense of what I'd find there, and I'm not sure if it was some of the similar locations or just the general vibes, but I could hear some of those music cues from the film in my mind...and I absolutely loved it!
Although the ending felt a little ambiguous and not as fresh as I'd hoped, the push-and-pull between Gina and Duncan is certainly enough to keep you turning pages, and I am always game for the following:
*an excuse to go back to the 90's (mentally)
*incentive to gawk at Italy on screen in The Talented Mr. Ripley
...and of course, vicariously live the lives of a composer AND a ballet dancer, all in the same day. Not bad for a day's work! 😉
3.5 stars
"There was something freeing in forgetting, she'd discovered, as if all these tiny accretions were like layers of clothing that kept you from feeling the air, the night, the life that was cloaked around you."
Remember a time when you could easily go off the grid...without a second thought? No out of office on a work email, no remembering to turn off notifications, mute a cell phone, or disable a smart watch? A time when you could take an impromptu trip to Europe, where you could explore a romance that seemed to be the perfect fairy-tale, WITHOUT the interruptions of the outside world?
Gina and Duncan have found this tiny piece of bliss, locked in 1996. But is this the tale of a power couple...or simply a power play?
Gina's the dancer. Graceful, elegant, enchanting. Duncan's a composer, who has Gina as his muse, and is taking Gina on such a trip---but she may be a bit too woozy to fully remember it. After suffering a brain injury after a fall, bits of Gina's memory have evaporated. Still, everything FEELS right...doesn't it? After all, the man of her dreams wouldn't dare to hold anything back...or keep the past purposely obscured...or would he? As they trek across Europe, Gina pieces little bits of the past together, and Duncan's sly game of cat and mouse becomes more and more apparent, as players from both their pasts enter the fray. Will Gina recover enough to figure out where her happily ever after lies...and WHY on earth did she almost call Duncan by the wrong name?
This book starts with a whisper, as Kirman grabs the reader and thrusts them into 1996 Europe, with all of the charm and lovely atmosphere you'd expect to find. Even though I've never been to Europe myself as of yet (*heavy, dramatic sigh*) I feel I have a pretty good sense of what it feels like through TV and film, and ALL of that was easy to grasp. Although the 'missing memory' trope seems done to death at this point in time, I quickly got caught up in the mystery surrounding Gina's past, present, and future, and the beginning of the book in particular grabbed my attention completely.
Towards the middle, however, things stalled a bit, and I feel a rather big reveal happened too early in the timeline. Once this information was revealed to the reader, it left the book in a sort of limbo, where events sort of plodded along until the conclusion. This book also has VERY uneven chapters, with some that are drastically short and others that dragged on for far too long. I don't mind long chapters in literary fiction, especially if they fuel the fire of the narrative, but in this case, every one was unnecessary. This is a dramatic suspense moreso than literary fiction, so I think a bit of pacing could have helped drive the second half.
My favorite aspect of this book and one I kept coming back to was how much it reminded me of The Talented Mr. Ripley--and that was before I knew the book had actually been compared to the work of Patricia Highsmith! I haven't read the source material yet, but the film gave me a strong sense of what I'd find there, and I'm not sure if it was some of the similar locations or just the general vibes, but I could hear some of those music cues from the film in my mind...and I absolutely loved it!
Although the ending felt a little ambiguous and not as fresh as I'd hoped, the push-and-pull between Gina and Duncan is certainly enough to keep you turning pages, and I am always game for the following:
*an excuse to go back to the 90's (mentally)
*incentive to gawk at Italy on screen in The Talented Mr. Ripley
...and of course, vicariously live the lives of a composer AND a ballet dancer, all in the same day. Not bad for a day's work! 😉
3.5 stars
February 15, 2022
Happy Publication Day!
3.5 stars, quick read, excellent ending.
Told from the alternating points of view of married couple Duncan and Gina, this book takes place in 1996 and centers on an accident involving Gina which causes her to have amnesia about the past year of her life. They are traveling around Europe and while in Germany, Gina is hit on the head and loses her memory. As the story progresses forward, we see things at different times through both of their eyes and readers will discover that nothing is as it seems on the surface.
It's apparent from the beginning that both Duncan and Gina are hiding things from each other, but this is a supreme case of not believing everything that you think on the surface. As the storyline shifts from one perspective to the other, it creatively shows that neither Duncan nor Gina has the full story about different events. When I got to the ending I was pleasantly surprised with the way the author concluded the book and it was totally not what I was expecting. The more I think about it, the more I appreciate and liked the way the book slowly exposed the truth about things.
A very quick read, I totally enjoyed it.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book, all opinions are my own.
3.5 stars, quick read, excellent ending.
Told from the alternating points of view of married couple Duncan and Gina, this book takes place in 1996 and centers on an accident involving Gina which causes her to have amnesia about the past year of her life. They are traveling around Europe and while in Germany, Gina is hit on the head and loses her memory. As the story progresses forward, we see things at different times through both of their eyes and readers will discover that nothing is as it seems on the surface.
It's apparent from the beginning that both Duncan and Gina are hiding things from each other, but this is a supreme case of not believing everything that you think on the surface. As the storyline shifts from one perspective to the other, it creatively shows that neither Duncan nor Gina has the full story about different events. When I got to the ending I was pleasantly surprised with the way the author concluded the book and it was totally not what I was expecting. The more I think about it, the more I appreciate and liked the way the book slowly exposed the truth about things.
A very quick read, I totally enjoyed it.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book, all opinions are my own.
February 16, 2022
Duncan and Gina meet in college. She a dancer and he a music composer. An unlikely duo, she is outgoing and he's an introvert but they seem to make their relationship work much to the dismay of their friends and family around them.
While traveling around Europe, Gina takes a terrible fall and has a head injury in which she losses her memory of the last year. Thankfully Duncan is there by her side to guide her through the rest of their belated honeymoon.
As time goes by Gina begins to see snippets of memories that don't make any sense. Did she really have a falling out with her Dad? Did her and her best friend Violet really stop talking to one another? And why is the name Graham right on the tip of her tongue?
All these questions and more will be answered.
This story sure had all the ingredients I crave in a book but I think some of the ingredients were past their due date because this book was bland, bland, bland! It took me forever to finish this slim book under 300 pages. First of all the pacing was far too slow for me. This story moved at a snails pace. Also, I didn't care about either Gina or Duncan. I couldn't muster any interest into their plight. While I was mildly enjoying the current storyline (1996) I had no interest in the past storyline which was essential in filling the details but it was just so ... boring. Now I will give credit where credit is due and say the ending did surprise me. I was not expecting that revelation to be made but was it enough to redeem the book? It's enough for me to add a star but not enough for me to rave about this with friends. Ultimately this book was a big dollop of mediocrity. 3 stars!
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for my complimentary copy.
While traveling around Europe, Gina takes a terrible fall and has a head injury in which she losses her memory of the last year. Thankfully Duncan is there by her side to guide her through the rest of their belated honeymoon.
As time goes by Gina begins to see snippets of memories that don't make any sense. Did she really have a falling out with her Dad? Did her and her best friend Violet really stop talking to one another? And why is the name Graham right on the tip of her tongue?
All these questions and more will be answered.
This story sure had all the ingredients I crave in a book but I think some of the ingredients were past their due date because this book was bland, bland, bland! It took me forever to finish this slim book under 300 pages. First of all the pacing was far too slow for me. This story moved at a snails pace. Also, I didn't care about either Gina or Duncan. I couldn't muster any interest into their plight. While I was mildly enjoying the current storyline (1996) I had no interest in the past storyline which was essential in filling the details but it was just so ... boring. Now I will give credit where credit is due and say the ending did surprise me. I was not expecting that revelation to be made but was it enough to redeem the book? It's enough for me to add a star but not enough for me to rave about this with friends. Ultimately this book was a big dollop of mediocrity. 3 stars!
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for my complimentary copy.
February 13, 2022
In the description The End of Getting Lost by Robin Kirman is called psychologically suspenseful and that would be a good term for this read. The story takes place in 1996 and is told by alternating the point of view between the characters.
Gina Reinhold and Duncan Lowy are madly in love and on their honeymoon traveling through Europe. All is not totally well for the couple as their honeymoon was delayed due to Gina suffering a head injury where she now finds herself lacking her memories from the past year. During the trip Gina begins to regain some flashes here and there and begins to distrust Duncan as things don’t see to add up.
The End of Getting Lost is one of those stories that for me there were some things I liked and others I didn’t. This one is a twisty read which I do enjoy a lot and I found myself liking that part of the ride. The characters however were not very likable for me and I had a hard time getting totally connected to them. On the whole though I thought this was an ok read for me but didn’t fall in love.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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Gina Reinhold and Duncan Lowy are madly in love and on their honeymoon traveling through Europe. All is not totally well for the couple as their honeymoon was delayed due to Gina suffering a head injury where she now finds herself lacking her memories from the past year. During the trip Gina begins to regain some flashes here and there and begins to distrust Duncan as things don’t see to add up.
The End of Getting Lost is one of those stories that for me there were some things I liked and others I didn’t. This one is a twisty read which I do enjoy a lot and I found myself liking that part of the ride. The characters however were not very likable for me and I had a hard time getting totally connected to them. On the whole though I thought this was an ok read for me but didn’t fall in love.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
For more reviews please visit https://carriesbookreviews.com/
February 10, 2022
3.5 Robin was a dancer and Duncan wasn't sure where he was going. His parents were pushing him one way but his love was for music. When he saw Robin dance, he fell for her. He wrote the music, she danced. They married and then an unfortunate and misunderstood incident tore them apart. But now he has been given a second chance. Robin is dancing in Europe when she has a fall, head trauma, she doesn't remember much of her former life. Duncan has been given a second chance. He rushes to her, and so it begins. But, how far will he take this?
A slow burn of a novel and the comparisons to a Patricia Highsmith novel is spot on. Two talented people and the obsession of love, the travails of marriage and the secrets kept. A dizzying tour of Europe as they try to outrun the past. Will they succeed? As I was reading I kept wondering how this would end. Had an opinion which turned out wrong and the twist at the end was very surprising.
ARC from Edelweiss.
A slow burn of a novel and the comparisons to a Patricia Highsmith novel is spot on. Two talented people and the obsession of love, the travails of marriage and the secrets kept. A dizzying tour of Europe as they try to outrun the past. Will they succeed? As I was reading I kept wondering how this would end. Had an opinion which turned out wrong and the twist at the end was very surprising.
ARC from Edelweiss.
June 4, 2022
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Gina Reinhold and Duncan Lowy are a young married couple traveling all around Europe and having a great time. The story takes place in 1996 and Gina due to a head injury is suffering from amnesia. She can hardly remember anything from the past. But soon she will become suspicious of her husband who she thinks is hiding things from her that she cannot remember. The story is told in two different timeframes, the present which is 1996, and the past.
The End of Getting Lost is narrated in first-person perspective from the two main characters’ POVs. And each character gets his share of past and present narrations as well. Fortunately, there won’t be confusion or complexity in mixing up the characters. However, the pace felt too slow for me for this kind of story. As for the characters they are not likable. They have their shares of actions and motives that one can easily question.
The synopsis sounded very interesting to me. But when reading the book itself, I didn’t feel the spark that I thought the story would have. At times the story felt flat despite the narration still holding my interest. The author’s writing style could be the reason that maintained my interest in the book until the end. I feel this is one of those books where you will either like it or just think it is a forgettable one. Still, it was a decent mystery book.
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Gina Reinhold and Duncan Lowy are a young married couple traveling all around Europe and having a great time. The story takes place in 1996 and Gina due to a head injury is suffering from amnesia. She can hardly remember anything from the past. But soon she will become suspicious of her husband who she thinks is hiding things from her that she cannot remember. The story is told in two different timeframes, the present which is 1996, and the past.
The End of Getting Lost is narrated in first-person perspective from the two main characters’ POVs. And each character gets his share of past and present narrations as well. Fortunately, there won’t be confusion or complexity in mixing up the characters. However, the pace felt too slow for me for this kind of story. As for the characters they are not likable. They have their shares of actions and motives that one can easily question.
The synopsis sounded very interesting to me. But when reading the book itself, I didn’t feel the spark that I thought the story would have. At times the story felt flat despite the narration still holding my interest. The author’s writing style could be the reason that maintained my interest in the book until the end. I feel this is one of those books where you will either like it or just think it is a forgettable one. Still, it was a decent mystery book.
June 6, 2022
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Really enjoying this read about super sketchy Duncan and how he’s temporarily conned Gina, and how her mind is literally being opened to his lies, but we learn she’s got things to hide too. Isn’t that real life also—who can you reveal everything to and ultimately trust? Neither are totally lovable characters, but that’s also what keeps the story going. Enjoyed my read.
Really enjoying this read about super sketchy Duncan and how he’s temporarily conned Gina, and how her mind is literally being opened to his lies, but we learn she’s got things to hide too. Isn’t that real life also—who can you reveal everything to and ultimately trust? Neither are totally lovable characters, but that’s also what keeps the story going. Enjoyed my read.
January 17, 2022
3.5 stars rounded up.
This mystery is set in 1996, shortly before cell phones and social media were ubiquitous. Gina Reinhold is a dancer who had an accident and can’t clearly remember the last year of her life. She has to trust her husband when he fills in the blanks and discourages her from calling her father or her best friend. He’s not being completely truthful, but what is Duncan hiding?
I thought this was original and the writing is good, but I didn’t love it.
Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this novel, which RELEASES February 15, 2022.
This mystery is set in 1996, shortly before cell phones and social media were ubiquitous. Gina Reinhold is a dancer who had an accident and can’t clearly remember the last year of her life. She has to trust her husband when he fills in the blanks and discourages her from calling her father or her best friend. He’s not being completely truthful, but what is Duncan hiding?
I thought this was original and the writing is good, but I didn’t love it.
Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this novel, which RELEASES February 15, 2022.
January 20, 2022
3 European amnesia stars
We meet Duncan and Gina in the late 1990s as they are in Europe for a belated honeymoon. They met at Yale and spent time in New York growing their careers in the arts.
It soon becomes clear that there are some problems with their relationship. Gina has suffered a head injury and has forgotten a big chunk of her recent past. She’s a dancer and has had a promising career while Duncan is a composer. It seems that Duncan is keeping quite a few secrets from Gina, and he sweeps her off to different cities when it seems she’s going to remember things or get answers from friends now in Europe.
The book alternates timelines as we see what’s going on in the present and then we get the backstory of the character’s lives. Will Gina remember her past, or can Duncan keep up the charade and keep her away from the truth? How far is he willing to go for the woman that he loves?
This one mostly kept my interest, but I never really developed strong affinity for either character. It did end on an interesting note, but it wasn’t enough to turn the tide on this book for me.
Be sure to read Jayme and Marilyn's review as we did a buddy read for this one.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster for the copy of this one to read and review. Scheduled to release on 2.15.22.
We meet Duncan and Gina in the late 1990s as they are in Europe for a belated honeymoon. They met at Yale and spent time in New York growing their careers in the arts.
It soon becomes clear that there are some problems with their relationship. Gina has suffered a head injury and has forgotten a big chunk of her recent past. She’s a dancer and has had a promising career while Duncan is a composer. It seems that Duncan is keeping quite a few secrets from Gina, and he sweeps her off to different cities when it seems she’s going to remember things or get answers from friends now in Europe.
The book alternates timelines as we see what’s going on in the present and then we get the backstory of the character’s lives. Will Gina remember her past, or can Duncan keep up the charade and keep her away from the truth? How far is he willing to go for the woman that he loves?
This one mostly kept my interest, but I never really developed strong affinity for either character. It did end on an interesting note, but it wasn’t enough to turn the tide on this book for me.
Be sure to read Jayme and Marilyn's review as we did a buddy read for this one.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster for the copy of this one to read and review. Scheduled to release on 2.15.22.
October 17, 2021
I have shelved this as a mystery because those elements certainly exist, it's not quite high stakes enough to be a thriller, but it's also got a lot of domestic thriller elements. Dives more deeply into character but ultimately this is a novel about marriage and keeping secrets, which many domestic thrillers are, it's just not one where the whole thing is about murder. The foreign travel piece and the twists reminded me of novels like TANGERINE and WHO IS MAUD DIXON? as well.
For me, not fitting neatly into one box isn't a mark against the novel at all. We start off with a married couple, Duncan and Gina, a composer and a dancer, relaxing in Switzerland after Gina had a head injury that has impacted her memory, causing her to forget much of the previous year. This, of course, makes us suspicious that Gina has forgotten Very Important Things. And Gina starts to wonder if Duncan is keeping things from her.
From there we go backwards and forwards, getting piece by piece the story of this couple, moving closer to the crucial missing months. It also jumps between Duncan and Gina's perspective (though in the third person), which makes it much more of a tightrope walk to maintain the suspense, particularly in the final third of the novel. (Structurally I like the end very much, though it throws a little too much too quickly for me, particularly compared to the nice slow rollout of the rest, but you know how picky I am.)
Because the central focus is on the characters themselves, in helping us understand why and how their history is the way it is and why they're acting the way they are now, sometimes you can forget that it's a suspense novel because you're so wrapped up in them. It's also one of those good stories about how well you can know another person, which we get to see in real time as we move from the perspective of Gina guessing what Duncan feels to Duncan's actual point of view.
For me, not fitting neatly into one box isn't a mark against the novel at all. We start off with a married couple, Duncan and Gina, a composer and a dancer, relaxing in Switzerland after Gina had a head injury that has impacted her memory, causing her to forget much of the previous year. This, of course, makes us suspicious that Gina has forgotten Very Important Things. And Gina starts to wonder if Duncan is keeping things from her.
From there we go backwards and forwards, getting piece by piece the story of this couple, moving closer to the crucial missing months. It also jumps between Duncan and Gina's perspective (though in the third person), which makes it much more of a tightrope walk to maintain the suspense, particularly in the final third of the novel. (Structurally I like the end very much, though it throws a little too much too quickly for me, particularly compared to the nice slow rollout of the rest, but you know how picky I am.)
Because the central focus is on the characters themselves, in helping us understand why and how their history is the way it is and why they're acting the way they are now, sometimes you can forget that it's a suspense novel because you're so wrapped up in them. It's also one of those good stories about how well you can know another person, which we get to see in real time as we move from the perspective of Gina guessing what Duncan feels to Duncan's actual point of view.
January 10, 2022
While I found the underlying mystery and characters interesting, the plotting and structure of this story made me knock down a star and half from what would have been a 4.5 star read.
On a sentence level, I enjoyed the writing. The author did a good job describing the many European settings and the New York City chapters. And the main characters, Duncan and Gina, had a complex relationship. I never quite knew who to trust or believe, so I give the author credit for creating a compelling mystery and engaging relationship dynamics.
My main issue was with the long, drawn out flashback chapters that completely took me out of the immediate story. We weren’t connected to the characters yet, so it was hard to care about what had happened to them in the past. There was A LOT of info dumping. A ton of telling instead of showing. For example, I wish the book would have opened showing Gina falling down and hitting her head instead of telling us it happened. At least half of the story was written in the passive instead of active voice. Lots of reflecting on the past instead of on the present action.
It honestly felt like this was a first or second draft of a manuscript instead of a polished novel. There was a lot of potential for this to be a great book, which was a shame because this book felt much different than the typical domestic thrillers that are published.
I would still be open to reading something else from the author in the future.
*Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher Simon & Schuster for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.
On a sentence level, I enjoyed the writing. The author did a good job describing the many European settings and the New York City chapters. And the main characters, Duncan and Gina, had a complex relationship. I never quite knew who to trust or believe, so I give the author credit for creating a compelling mystery and engaging relationship dynamics.
My main issue was with the long, drawn out flashback chapters that completely took me out of the immediate story. We weren’t connected to the characters yet, so it was hard to care about what had happened to them in the past. There was A LOT of info dumping. A ton of telling instead of showing. For example, I wish the book would have opened showing Gina falling down and hitting her head instead of telling us it happened. At least half of the story was written in the passive instead of active voice. Lots of reflecting on the past instead of on the present action.
It honestly felt like this was a first or second draft of a manuscript instead of a polished novel. There was a lot of potential for this to be a great book, which was a shame because this book felt much different than the typical domestic thrillers that are published.
I would still be open to reading something else from the author in the future.
*Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher Simon & Schuster for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.
December 9, 2021
This wasn't a thriller and it bored me, but I kept ready because the writing was good.
If you like bildungsromans this is one for you, but if you want a strict plot with a beginning, middle, and end that make sense this isn't for you.
The story didn't feel cohesive and I felt like everyone was an unreliable narrator. If you want to read about a couple bouncing around Europe and occasionally having martial strife put this on your tbr.
If you like bildungsromans this is one for you, but if you want a strict plot with a beginning, middle, and end that make sense this isn't for you.
The story didn't feel cohesive and I felt like everyone was an unreliable narrator. If you want to read about a couple bouncing around Europe and occasionally having martial strife put this on your tbr.
February 28, 2022
This story brought back so many memories of the “time before”, the time before cell phones, texting, social media, and all of that! The title of the book refers to the ability to go places without everyone knowing where you’re going, much easier than it is nowadays. The setting is 1996 and features a young couple, Duncan and Gina. The story opens with them traveling in Europe, where Gina is recovering from a head injury. Gradually we get their backstories. Duncan appears to be gaslighting Gina and the secrets keep mounting. The chapters alternate between Duncan’s point of view and Gina’s, which was a very effective technique, because you really got into the thoughts of each character that way.
The descriptions of the cities they visit in Europe brought back wonderful memories (even though there were some places I haven’t been to). I was totally immersed in the story, even as I found neither of the main characters particularly likable.
Readers of psychological fiction will love this book.
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
The descriptions of the cities they visit in Europe brought back wonderful memories (even though there were some places I haven’t been to). I was totally immersed in the story, even as I found neither of the main characters particularly likable.
Readers of psychological fiction will love this book.
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
April 4, 2022
criminally boring
February 11, 2022
3 Who Is What Stars
* * * Spoiler Free-A Quick Review
Mystery/Thrillers can be addictive. They can give you a rush, a wonder of wanting to know more, causing you to stay with people until the very end due to the overwhelming desire for answers.
The End of Getting Lost presents two people who are together, who have one in the process of rehab for injuries that happened after the marriage, and also on a European trip to cement the relationship.
And if that isn't complicated enough...they aren't forthcoming with each other, with each hiding secrets and the knowledge of insights of the other. Hmmm
Lots of twists, major slow-building.
The End of Getting Lost
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* * * Spoiler Free-A Quick Review
Mystery/Thrillers can be addictive. They can give you a rush, a wonder of wanting to know more, causing you to stay with people until the very end due to the overwhelming desire for answers.
The End of Getting Lost presents two people who are together, who have one in the process of rehab for injuries that happened after the marriage, and also on a European trip to cement the relationship.
And if that isn't complicated enough...they aren't forthcoming with each other, with each hiding secrets and the knowledge of insights of the other. Hmmm
Lots of twists, major slow-building.
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June 1, 2022
In The End of Getting Lost, a married couple, Gina and Duncan, travel around Europe on a romantic adventure. Unfortunately, Gina suffers from amnesia due to a head injury. Gina feels that Duncan is hiding something from her, but she’s not all that forthcoming either.
The End of Getting Lost is told from the alternating viewpoints of Gina and Duncan. It is a domestic mystery of lies and deceit. The story takes place during the 1990s, which I enjoyed. However, I found the characters unlikable, and the story never fully grasped my attention.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The End of Getting Lost is told from the alternating viewpoints of Gina and Duncan. It is a domestic mystery of lies and deceit. The story takes place during the 1990s, which I enjoyed. However, I found the characters unlikable, and the story never fully grasped my attention.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
February 22, 2022
We've all read books where someone has an accident and wakes up with amnesia. The person closest to them is usually hiding something and the mystery slowly unravels. While The End of Getting Lost can be summarized similarly, so much was different.
The time period was spot on - it felt so modern until you realized how isolating not having a cell phone really made people back in the 1990s. There were so many references to landlines, home answering machines, answering services, and snail mail that I was ashamed to say this really did read like a historical fiction in some ways!
You know right away something is amiss when Gina wakes from a terrible accident and has blacked out the last year of her life. I loved that this wasn't overplayed and secrets were revealed fairly quickly, allowing the plot to build on more than just mysteries and lies.
The dual narration was well done and I loved the travel aspects. There were some twists I started to suspect but really loved how they played out.
For a familiar storyline, this one was well done and unique. If you enjoy a book with a bit of suspense and mystery, some amazing travel, and is a pretty quick read, I definitely recommend.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for a copy of this novel.
The time period was spot on - it felt so modern until you realized how isolating not having a cell phone really made people back in the 1990s. There were so many references to landlines, home answering machines, answering services, and snail mail that I was ashamed to say this really did read like a historical fiction in some ways!
You know right away something is amiss when Gina wakes from a terrible accident and has blacked out the last year of her life. I loved that this wasn't overplayed and secrets were revealed fairly quickly, allowing the plot to build on more than just mysteries and lies.
The dual narration was well done and I loved the travel aspects. There were some twists I started to suspect but really loved how they played out.
For a familiar storyline, this one was well done and unique. If you enjoy a book with a bit of suspense and mystery, some amazing travel, and is a pretty quick read, I definitely recommend.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for a copy of this novel.
September 20, 2022
The book is set in Europe featuring a couple, Duncan and Gina, with the latter experiencing selective amnesia following a head injury. It's a mystery read with alternating points of view. Readers are taken through the chapters from one city to another, from one confusion to a recollection, from past to present.
I enjoyed reading this book, putting the puzzle pieces together, and guessing which character is at fault. It reminds me of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Catch Me If You Can.
Many thanks for the copy I received from a Goodreads giveaway. Publication date: February 2022.
I enjoyed reading this book, putting the puzzle pieces together, and guessing which character is at fault. It reminds me of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Catch Me If You Can.
Many thanks for the copy I received from a Goodreads giveaway. Publication date: February 2022.
September 2, 2021
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of
The End of Getting Lost.
From the premise, I thought the novel was more of a domestic thriller, but it was more thought provoking than I expected.
** Minor spoilers ahead **
Gina and Duncan are young and in love, but they're more than that. Their relationship is passionate and volatile and so are their personalities.
They're artsy, idealistic, and want to live a life they've imagined for themselves, as long as they're together.
When Gina suffers an accident that causes memory loss, Duncan sees it as a sign that they are meant to be together and an opportunity to right the wrongs of their relationship.
The author takes the reader into the past, providing exposition about these two likable (and unlikable) characters; Gina is the adored only child of affluent, artist parents; Duncan is the only child of hard working immigrant parents who believes financial success comes from having a safe, solid job in finance, law or medicine.
Gina and Duncan are from two different worlds, but are they more alike than we understand?
As the young couple traverses Europe and the secrets and foibles of their relationship unravel behind them, they come to terms with the mistakes and decisions they've made together because in the end, it has always been about them.
By the end of the novel, it's apparent Gina and Duncan need each other and are lucky to have found one another.
I love the setting took place in 1996; no social media, no WiFi, no email; communication and news is old school and told through newspapers, television, phone calls and letters.
The End of Getting Lost is about love, or how love makes us go mad (if we're lucky), the intricacies of relationships and what we will do for the person we love.
Do I think something is kinda off about Gina and Duncan? Sure.
But who am I judge? A relationship is unique to a specific couple or group of friends, just like family drama is specific to the nutty family you're born into.
The writing was good; thoughtful, emotional and sensitive; there are some beautiful lines evoking Gina and Duncan's confusion, inner turmoil and resolve in gaining control over their lives and finally making decisions on their own, regardless of what their friends and parents think.
I look forward to the author's next novel.
From the premise, I thought the novel was more of a domestic thriller, but it was more thought provoking than I expected.
** Minor spoilers ahead **
Gina and Duncan are young and in love, but they're more than that. Their relationship is passionate and volatile and so are their personalities.
They're artsy, idealistic, and want to live a life they've imagined for themselves, as long as they're together.
When Gina suffers an accident that causes memory loss, Duncan sees it as a sign that they are meant to be together and an opportunity to right the wrongs of their relationship.
The author takes the reader into the past, providing exposition about these two likable (and unlikable) characters; Gina is the adored only child of affluent, artist parents; Duncan is the only child of hard working immigrant parents who believes financial success comes from having a safe, solid job in finance, law or medicine.
Gina and Duncan are from two different worlds, but are they more alike than we understand?
As the young couple traverses Europe and the secrets and foibles of their relationship unravel behind them, they come to terms with the mistakes and decisions they've made together because in the end, it has always been about them.
By the end of the novel, it's apparent Gina and Duncan need each other and are lucky to have found one another.
I love the setting took place in 1996; no social media, no WiFi, no email; communication and news is old school and told through newspapers, television, phone calls and letters.
The End of Getting Lost is about love, or how love makes us go mad (if we're lucky), the intricacies of relationships and what we will do for the person we love.
Do I think something is kinda off about Gina and Duncan? Sure.
But who am I judge? A relationship is unique to a specific couple or group of friends, just like family drama is specific to the nutty family you're born into.
The writing was good; thoughtful, emotional and sensitive; there are some beautiful lines evoking Gina and Duncan's confusion, inner turmoil and resolve in gaining control over their lives and finally making decisions on their own, regardless of what their friends and parents think.
I look forward to the author's next novel.
November 30, 2022
ooh, this was a interesting mystery. I liked the unknown the feeling we were just as confused as Gina. But as things were slowly being revealed, I definitely had a more elaborate idea of what might be happening than what the actual conclusion was. I'm not saying it's bad, but it's always a bit of a let down when things turn out a little more simple than I'd hoped.
Good mystery and I liked we didn't have a huge cast of characters to get to know. Just a few we got to know well. It was a quick, short read.
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
Good mystery and I liked we didn't have a huge cast of characters to get to know. Just a few we got to know well. It was a quick, short read.
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
February 5, 2022
This book was not really for me. It has very unlikeable characters who do things to each other that I can’t begin to understand. That said, this book was well written with a pacing that kept you wanting to read to find out what happens next. I’m giving it four stars, not for how I enjoyed or didn’t enjoy it, but for the author’s ability to spin a wild story. I’m sure it will do well with its audience.
September 3, 2021
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
The End of Getting Lost by Robin Kirman is a spellbinding novel about obsession. There is such a fine line between love and obsession, and yet sometimes, the two blend effortlessly. Our lovers, Duncan and Gina, meet at college and are inseparable. Gwen is a dancer to Duncan’s musical talent on the piano. But in life, they are both playing each other. They collaborate in energy and spirit with their music choreographed by Gina. All is well until it isn’t, and even though married, the inequalities in their lives (job success) combined with people who want to tear them apart results in a fissure between two passionate people. Both Gina and Duncan have only known love by parents obsessed with them as only children and wish to control them for life. They also gravitate to friends who want to drive a wedge between their desire for one another. It is only after an accident that Gina and Duncan, each in their own somewhat crazy manipulations, begin anew and reimagine their bond. It is so interesting watching them separately conspire and obsess over how to create a new union, how to remain together, how to thwart the naysayers, including their parents, while being investigated by foreign police. This is a different kind of romance. If you read Fates and Furies, this is similar in the subtle machinations and co-dependant personalities; this is a passionate obsession that is so all-encompassing that no one can ever come between them, not even themselves. I LOVED it. It is a slow build, so stay with the book, and you will come out understanding all in the end Publication January 2022. #theendofgettinglost #robinkirman @simonandschuster @netgalley #love #loss #mystery #codependency #passion #obsession
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The End of Getting Lost by Robin Kirman is a spellbinding novel about obsession. There is such a fine line between love and obsession, and yet sometimes, the two blend effortlessly. Our lovers, Duncan and Gina, meet at college and are inseparable. Gwen is a dancer to Duncan’s musical talent on the piano. But in life, they are both playing each other. They collaborate in energy and spirit with their music choreographed by Gina. All is well until it isn’t, and even though married, the inequalities in their lives (job success) combined with people who want to tear them apart results in a fissure between two passionate people. Both Gina and Duncan have only known love by parents obsessed with them as only children and wish to control them for life. They also gravitate to friends who want to drive a wedge between their desire for one another. It is only after an accident that Gina and Duncan, each in their own somewhat crazy manipulations, begin anew and reimagine their bond. It is so interesting watching them separately conspire and obsess over how to create a new union, how to remain together, how to thwart the naysayers, including their parents, while being investigated by foreign police. This is a different kind of romance. If you read Fates and Furies, this is similar in the subtle machinations and co-dependant personalities; this is a passionate obsession that is so all-encompassing that no one can ever come between them, not even themselves. I LOVED it. It is a slow build, so stay with the book, and you will come out understanding all in the end Publication January 2022. #theendofgettinglost #robinkirman @simonandschuster @netgalley #love #loss #mystery #codependency #passion #obsession
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March 30, 2022
Long, rambling with characters that are both unlikeable. To be honest, I skimmed through much of it just wanting to see how it all ended up. Don't waste your time.
February 21, 2022
Gina and Duncan are very much in love and perfect for each other. At least they think so, but their friends and families, not so much. They are on their European honeymoon, in a time before cell phones and social media made everyone accessible all the time. Gina winds up with a head injury that leaves a gaping hole in her memory. Duncan is wonderful, explaining things to her so she doesn't feel quite so lost. Odd though, he doesn't want her to call or write to her friends and family. Does he have something to hide or did she do something unforgivable that she doesn't remember?
Told in the past and the present from both of their perspectives, we learn how their relationship began and the challenges they faced. As secrets are revealed, it became apparent that both of them had things to hide, but does that make one of them a calculating villain?
Trying to figure out what was going on had me switching my guess after almost every chapter. Just as I was getting close to the end, I made my final prediction, and I was wrong. This book kept me up late and it was worth the lost sleep. It was so hard to put down with so many twists and turns and I just had to know who was telling the truth.
How have I not heard of this author before? I plead some type of head injury when my TBR pile fell on top of me yet again. 4.5 stars.
Told in the past and the present from both of their perspectives, we learn how their relationship began and the challenges they faced. As secrets are revealed, it became apparent that both of them had things to hide, but does that make one of them a calculating villain?
Trying to figure out what was going on had me switching my guess after almost every chapter. Just as I was getting close to the end, I made my final prediction, and I was wrong. This book kept me up late and it was worth the lost sleep. It was so hard to put down with so many twists and turns and I just had to know who was telling the truth.
How have I not heard of this author before? I plead some type of head injury when my TBR pile fell on top of me yet again. 4.5 stars.
March 25, 2022
WHAT ?!?!
but like, this is a WHAT as in that's it??? not really a what the fuck?!?
i did enjoy the Fitzgeraldness of Duncan and Gina and their dynamic with one another, as well as the Patricia Highsmithness of the overall plot and setting. however, something was missing and although i actually enjoy ambiguous endings, this one left me kind of unsatisfied.
but like, this is a WHAT as in that's it??? not really a what the fuck?!?
i did enjoy the Fitzgeraldness of Duncan and Gina and their dynamic with one another, as well as the Patricia Highsmithness of the overall plot and setting. however, something was missing and although i actually enjoy ambiguous endings, this one left me kind of unsatisfied.
April 20, 2022
This was an interesting premise, but poorly executed. I liked that it was set in 1996 and that's about it. I'm just not a fan of over-the-top thrillers. I also didn't care about the characters.
March 8, 2022
More domestic mystery than thriller. Points for a different take on the old amnesia story. No one is really being truthful about anything and no one is particularly likable. Lots of flashbacks, lots of telling, telling, telling, which doesn't help me engage with a story and also makes for a slow read. It was hard for me to stay with this one and took too long to finish. I felt like this book had the idea of obsession, but didn't do enough to show it to me.
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