Finally, Emily is getting suspicious and realizing that Kristen might not be the kind of friend she thought she was. Or, at least, Kristen likes to bring up Amanda Knox to get Emily to bow to her wishes. This is a story of co-dependent bad judgement, manipulation, and gaslighting, with strong Amanda Knox vibes. Not long after Emily gets home, Kristen shows up on her doorstep, back in Milwaukee for good. Emily just wants to escape to her home, job, and new boyfriend. Now Kristen wants Emily to commit to taking off work to spend six months backpacking together. The most common denominator of this year's disaster and last year's disaster is the role that Kristen plays in both horrors. This year's trip to Chile ends with a very similar disaster. But Kristen supported her, often for hours each day by phone, since Kristen has been living in Australia. Last year's trip, in Cambodia, didn't turn out so well, leaving Emily an anxious mess once she got home. The most common denominator of this year's disaster and last year's disaster is the role We Were Never Here by Andrea BartzĮvery year Emily and Kristen, best friends since college, go on a backpacking trip in a foreign country. We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz Every year Emily and Kristen, best friends since college, go on a backpacking trip in a foreign country. Emily is all, You mean my friend who killed two guys and ditched their bodies and shows no remorse or worry over getting caught might not be who I thought she was?! *shocked Pikachu face* The final pages are just ridiculous. It’s painfully obvious what is really going on and waiting for Emily to catch up is laborious and repetitive. What follows is a sloppy patchwork of cliches (including a toxic female best friend with a sketchy past involving mysterious deaths, a Gone Girl style scavenger hunt of coded messages to taunt/blackmail the MC, etc) and exposition heavy scenes that test the reader’s patience.
I pushed past some truly atrocious prose (“my insides tumbled like concrete,” “his clothes formed a casserole by his body”) because the setup and first few chapters were actually pretty promising. What follows is a sloppy patchwork of cliches (including a toxic female best friend with a sketchy past involving mysterious deaths, a Gone Girl style scavenger hunt of coded messages to taunt/blackmail the MC, etc) and exposition heavy scenes that test the re I feel stupider for having read this book. I feel stupider for having read this book. Can she outrun the secrets she shares with Kristen, or will they destroy her relationship, her freedom-even her life?. As Emily feels the walls closing in on their coverups, she must reckon with the truth about her closest friend. The more Kristen tries to keep Emily close, the more Emily questions her friend's motives. But when Kristen shows up for a surprise visit, Emily is forced to to confront their violent past. Emily can't believe it's happened again-can lightning really strike twice?īack home in Wisconsin, Emily struggles to bury her trauma, diving head-first into a new relationship and throwing herself into work. Even more shocking: The scene is horrifyingly similar to last year's trip, when another backpacker wound up dead. Kristen says the cute backpacker she'd been flirting with attacked her, and she had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. But on the last night of their trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor.
But on the last night of their trip, Emily enters their hotel sui An annual backpacking trip has deadly consequences in a chilling new novel from the bestselling author of The Lost Night and The Herd.Įmily is having the time of her life-she's in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. Emily is having the time of her life-she's in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. An annual backpacking trip has deadly consequences in a chilling new novel from the bestselling author of The Lost Night and The Herd.
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