2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

This is where we will discuss the book after we start reading it in January.

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Still new to the hobby of reading, had fun!

Just started listening to this today.

Through chapter 3: (view spoiler)[ Wow it’s starting off fast! I feel like we were thrown into the story with no warning/explanation and I kind of love it. I imagine it’s how our current narrator feels with his memory loss and what he witnessed. I wonder if this Anna character is supposed to be Evelyn and he just doesn’t remember her name? (hide spoiler)]

Excited to hear from others as they get into it!

Have finished Day One. Totally hooked even though I have about as much idea of what’s going on as the narrator with memory loss! (view spoiler)[ I do feel it must have something to do with the previous murder though. I don’t trust Evelyn - or anyone else for that matter (hide spoiler)] All quite intriguing so far.

Read about 1/4 of the novel so far, I am very intrigued and hooked!

Also about 1/4 into it. Very much enjoying it! (view spoiler)[Wow, that plague doctor is creepy, isn’t he? (hide spoiler)]

3/4 complete. I’m not enjoying this as much as I thought I would. Some twists occurring now so I’ll refrain from final judgement until I finish!

Ok finished, and glad I didn't give up! It picked up for me in the last 1/4 of the book!

Agree with Kelly 100%. I even considered not finishing at one point. Definitely picked up at the end but not sure it was worth the trip to get there. A 2-star book for me.

I’m around halfway through at the end of chapter 31. It’s very complex but I’ve managed to get my head around the basic structure of the hosts and the different days. There are still several things I don’t understand (view spoiler)[ Evelyn - why does she still go through with killing herself? Anna - friend or foe? The footman - does he only kill Jonathan now that his mother is dead? Who is the new character by the lake? Is Aidan a good or evil character? (hide spoiler)]
I imagine there are going to be more twists in the second half.

Finished! I couldn't stop reading!

Just started, and the first 52 pages are a drag. I don't know if it's the writing style or the story itself but so for it's not doing anything for me. And this comming from someone that loves a good mystery. I will give it one more chance tomorrow, but if it doesn't pick up, it will be a DNF for me. I am not one to wait until the last pages for a book to get good. Have got no time for that lol

Took a few chapters to get into this book. Now I'm liking it. Up to chapter 20. I agree with Beth about the PD being creepy!

I finished this yesterday and was completely shocked to discover that I'd read it 5 years ago with my local book club. I didn't recall anything at all. Sad to admit that it was so easily forgotten. I think there were simply too many characters and jumps for me to keep it all straight.

On the first reading, I rounded up from 2.5 to 3 in admiration of the multi-layered puzzle. This time, I gave it a 3 again.

TerryJane wrote: "I finished this yesterday and was completely shocked to discover that I'd read it 5 years ago with my local book club. I didn't recall anything at all. Sad to admit that it was so easily forgotten...."

What do you mean by rounded up from 2.5 to 3?

Finally came off hold from the library. I’m pretty sure I read this and maybe dnf a couple of years ago. It was hard to get into but I’m giving it another chance since I can see what other readers have to say about it.

Okay- I was late getting started on this, but I jumped into full blast today….about 1/3 of the way through, and after first few chapters, it’s pretty intriguing and I want to just keep on with it to see what’s going to happen. We’ll see how late it keeps me up tonight. It’s a good thing it’s so very cold outside that all I want to do is stay in and read.

I just finished chapter six, and my first impression is that the plot needs to improve a lot because right now I'm not enjoying it a little bit...at first I thought it was a translation problem, I'm reading the Spanish edition, but now that I've seen some of your comments I don't think so.

I've been wanting to read this book forever. I'm halfway through, hoping to get through it by the end of the month.

I thought it was a hard to understand book. Too many transitions from people to people. Now I’m curious as to how they lived their life after they got out.

I downloaded this book from audible but then after a few comments was going to see if my library had it. I never got there so on 1/29 decided to give listening a shot.

Well I have to say I loved it! It was such a well narrated book that I could imagine it as a play. It was very easy to follow along and I loved seeing the day through all the hosts. The end did surprise me and do wish I knew how there lives moved forward.