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This is a truly surprising novel. I was expecting a psychological thriller but instead got non-stop action with a psychological component and an unexpected ending. Joanna is alone at home when a man breaks in. He says that he is her fiancé, but she doesn't remember him at all. How is it possible? Is he a con man? Is she losing her mind? Discussing the plot any further might spoil the twists, so I will instead highlight my favorite things. Firstly, the characters, Joanna and Erik (the alleged fiancé) and the way they both see the same event from two different viewpoints, while still somehow knowing how the other one will react. The way their relationship evolves is smartly portrayed, bringing up interesting questions about soulmates. The breakneck pace of the plot, that careens toward the conclusion like a runaway train. The bad guys are a little too cartoonish and the first chapters are a tad repetitive, but these are just small issues in a mostly excellent thriller.
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, NetGalley/St. Martin's Press!


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Strangers A Novel Ursula Archer Arno Strobel Books Reviews

Strangers begins as Joanna is home alone finishing up her shower when someone is at the door but she ignores it only to hear someone moving inside her home. When confronting the stranger in her home, Erik, he claims to actually be Joanna's fiance all the while she is sure that she does not know him and he must be some kind of stalker that is after her or her father's money.

Just these opening pages alone completely hooked me into this book to where I did not want to put it down at all. Who is lying and who is telling the truth? Strangers by Ursula Archer and Arno Strobel is a psychological thriller that became intense on the opening pages and never let up the action and excitement. The story is told by switching the point of view between the characters so you get to see what both are thinking and feeling at any given time.

Joanna and Erik both come across as believable as the story starts and in a way I couldn't help but feel for them both which made it hard to guess what the truth would end up being. Midway through the book the action picked up even more to toss the pace into high octane overdrive as the twists send the story into another gear. An addictive and hard to put down read but possibly crossing into the unrealistic but still entertaining side at that point. This is definitely one I'd recommend to those that like a fast pace and a lot of action in their thrillers.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
The Strangers poses the familiar-in-fiction question of what would you do if everything you thought you knew changed in a single instant? If suddenly you had no idea who to trust or what to believe, including yourself or your own memories? But this isn't your usual tale, and for Joanna Berrigan and Erik Thieben, it's their worst nightmare she wakes up to find a strange man in her house claiming to be her fiancé that lives there, too, and he comes home to a house devoid of all of his belongings and his soon-to-be wife having no idea who he is. As sinister external forces come into play, Joanna and Erik struggle to understand who the other really is, while at the same time being forced to trust one another with their lives.

The uniqueness of the premise reeled me in, but I was aware from the start that it could very well be the book's undoing. I wanted an explanation for Joanna's and Erik's experiences that would be equal parts believable and satisfying - which I knew would be very tricky to pull off, but the need for the explanation is what propelled me through the weak parts of the novel.

One of my biggest gripes was with the first person perspective shifts every chapter, bouncing back and forth from Joanna and Erik. I have a love/hate relationship with first person to begin with, and I found it difficult to reorient myself when suddenly all the I's and me's meant something new - and that reorientation had to happen every single chapter. I'm at least grateful the alternating perspectives didn't retell every scene from both sides - that was an honest worry after the first several chapters. Still, it could feel very repetitive, especially because the characters fell flat to me in their worries. Both Joanna and Erik were incredibly caught up in their doubts and suspicions of one another throughout the first half or so of the book. As the reader, this gets exhausting early on - we know from the start it's either a third party manipulating them both or there's at least one unreliable narrator, but very little new information is offered or acted upon because they're so focused on each other being the one lying.

The middle of the book is where it picked up for me, and it ended up being the best part - when world broadened in scope from their arguing inside their home. I was dragging my feet through the beginning of the novel, but the middle certainly held its own. The plot quickly picked up with new action and new clues, and the pacing carried well into the end of the novel and to the eventual reveal. I'll say that I wasn't blown away by the explanation, but I did appreciate how the different facets managed to be tied up more-or-less believably, and I wasn't as disappointed as I honestly thought I would end up being.

I walked into The Strangers with low expectations given the review landscape, but I was intrigued enough by the summary blurb to give it a shot regardless. While the POV-shifting was jarring and the characters weren't especially strong, I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy the rush of the action and the pull of the mystery. 3.5 stars.
This is a truly surprising novel. I was expecting a psychological thriller but instead got non-stop action with a psychological component and an unexpected ending. Joanna is alone at home when a man breaks in. He says that he is her fiancé, but she doesn't remember him at all. How is it possible? Is he a con man? Is she losing her mind? Discussing the plot any further might spoil the twists, so I will instead highlight my favorite things. Firstly, the characters, Joanna and Erik (the alleged fiancé) and the way they both see the same event from two different viewpoints, while still somehow knowing how the other one will react. The way their relationship evolves is smartly portrayed, bringing up interesting questions about soulmates. The breakneck pace of the plot, that careens toward the conclusion like a runaway train. The bad guys are a little too cartoonish and the first chapters are a tad repetitive, but these are just small issues in a mostly excellent thriller.
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, NetGalley/St. Martin's Press!