We Were Never Here - Andrea Bartz

We Were Never Here

By Andrea Bartz

  • Release Date: 2021-08-03
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
4
From 1,687 Ratings

Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “This book is every suspense lover’s dream and it kept me up way too late turning pages. . . . A novel with crazy twists and turns that will have you ditching your Friday night plans for more chapters.”—Reese Witherspoon

A backpacking trip has deadly consequences in this
“eerie psychological thriller . . . with alluring locales, Hitchcockian tension, and possibly the best pair of female leads since Thelma and Louise” (BookPage), from the bestselling author of The Lost Night and The Herd.


A Marie Claire Book Club Pick • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR and Marie Claire

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. But on the last night of the trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker she brought back to their room attacked her, and she had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. Even more shocking: The scene is horrifyingly similar to last year’s trip, when another backpacker wound up dead. Emily can’t believe it’s happened again—can lightning really strike twice?

Back home in Wisconsin, Emily struggles to bury her trauma, diving headfirst into a new relationship and throwing herself into work. But when Kristen shows up for a surprise visit, Emily is forced to confront their violent past. The more Kristen tries to keep Emily close, the more Emily questions her motives. As Emily feels the walls closing in on their cover-ups, she must reckon with the truth about her closest friend. Can Emily outrun the secrets she shares with Kristen, or will they destroy her relationship, her freedom—even her life?

Reviews

  • Where’s the Twist?

    4
    By Ozcrome
    This was a really fun novel, but I love a good twist and this book didn’t satisfy that need. Nevertheless, it was a fun book in my opinion.
  • Boring

    1
    By marsh money
    Couldn’t finish
  • Just ok

    2
    By dominolouis
    OK.
  • Not worth it

    1
    By Cris0828
    This book was a waste of time & money. Could tell from the very beginning what was going to happen. the majority of the book is spent focused on the same woman’s paranoids thoughts.
  • Wowza

    4
    By Alexacsanko13
    At first I wasn’t sure how this book was going to be but just a few chapters in I was hooked. Kristen is definitely a psycho and always was since childhood. Watch out for gaslighters people!!! Glad Emily got her happy ending…. Or so it seems 😉
  • Highly recommend

    4
    By kairnalbe
    Captivating and full of good twists!
  • Interesting

    5
    By YayaNetski
    This story has an interesting premise and two excellent characters.
  • Couldn’t stop reading!

    5
    By Guria007
    Absolutely riveting, exciting, mysterious!
  • Gripping

    5
    By 74tt1
    Couldn’t put it down. Fantastic!
  • Unputdownable

    5
    By Bodhiboy65
    Great characters. An amazing hypberbolic take on co-dependent friends. I loved every page! Kristen is a character for the ages. Emily is great as the staid one. Sometimes it took her a little longer than logical to catch up with the reader in terms of insight, but then, that is the point of trust.