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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:He thought he knew everything about her until she went missing. Before she disappeared, Alexandra Southwood lived an average, happy life: devoted to her wonderful husband, Marc, and caring for her two beautiful daughters. But now, held in a room against her will, Alexandra is forced to think about all she's lost, and imagine how Marc and her daughters are coping in the wake of her disappearance. She's shown news clips of Marc, desperately appealing to the public for information on her whereabouts. She tortures herself with visions of her family's devastated new reality. And as she envisions Marc's distress, she can't help but remember their courtship, their marriage�??all that he saved her from and all that they've built together. Marc's pain is visceral. He thinks of nothing but her. Even when the police discover Alexandra's bloody belongings by the river, turning their missing-persons case into a murder investigation, he cannot accept that she is lost to him. He shifts from total despair to frantic action, embarking on his own journey through the dark maze of secrets she kept and passions he never understood. Following a trail that leads him to find answers to questions he never meant to ask, he's forced to confront how frighteningly little he's grasped about the woman he loves. EXHIBIT ALEXANDRA is a shocking psychological portrait, an original and unrelenting thriller that ultimately proves how unknowable even those closest to us can… (more)
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Wow. This was a twisted story.
This is a hard book to review because I don’t want to spoil anything which is hard to do with a thriller, so if my review turns out a bit vague and abstract, that’s why.
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Like the cover of the book suggests, you don’t know what is real and what is an illusion or reflection. That is the brilliance of this psychological thriller. Even at the end when you discover the truth, you don’t even know the full truth. You’re left wondering what parts are real and what parts are performance. The truth and fiction are woven together to create a captivating story about identity.
I really liked the ethical questions that this book brought up. I majored in philosophy in college and I always loved learning about ethics. This book definitely posed interesting ethical questions related to art throughout the novel.
Overall, this is an enthralling psychological thriller that dives deep and offers a fascinating look into a woman’s quest for identity.
Ok, so benefit of the doubt two. The characters. Alexandra and Marc. Alexandra's disappearance already had taken place, and the flash backs to how Marc and Alexandra met were brief. There was not really any time spent on them as a couple. Therefore, I didn't feel anything for them as a couple. Marc kind of came off a the heart broken husband.
The story is told from Alexandra's point of view. She came off as vindictive. Therefore, I felt no connect towards her. The whole story moved at a slow pace with little intensity. I craved the psychological aspect from these types of stories. Overall, I was let down by this book.
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