A naïve divorced mother of two faces the darkest parts of herself in this heart-stopping thriller from the author of USA Today bestseller, The Girl With All the Gifts. Liz Kendall wouldn’t hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she’s devoted to bringing up her two kids in a loving home. But there’s another side to Liz—one that’s dark and malicious. She will do anything to get her way, no … side to Liz—one that’s dark and malicious. She will do anything to get her way, no matter how extreme.
And when this other side of her takes control, the consequences are devastating.
Love her or hate her: there are two sides to every story…
For more from M. R. Carey, check out:
The Girl With All the Gifts
Fellside
The Boy on the Bridge
By the same author, writing as Mike Carey:
The Devil You Know
Vicious Circle
Dead Men’s Boots
Thicker Than Water
The Naming of the Beasts
more
An intense, haunting thriller with heart. You will not want to put this down.
I loved M.R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts, so looked forward to reading this one. Someone Like Me is a very different type of book from “The Girl”, yet it’s still fascinating. And disturbing. And a bit confusing. But it’s all of those things in a good way. It’s one of those books that makes you wonder “What am I reading? Is this a psychological thriller? Is this an alternate universe? How literally should I be taking this?” In the end, I know where I came out – but I’m not sure it’s where everyone else will come out. There were bits that were a bit jarring, British terms that wouldn’t be used in the US, times where observations became a little too repetitive. That annoys me when the writing overall is bad – but that’s not the case here. Overall I very much enjoyed this crazy, dark, disturbing book.
Thanks to Netgalley and Orbit Books for providing a copy for an unbiased review.
Wow what a twisted book.I just finished this audiobook. The narrator did amazing job. At first I didn’t know what was going on. So I recommend that when listening that you pay attention because you could get lost.I highly recommend this book. The is book deals with multiple personalities. And the author does amazing job.
About Book-
Liz is a single with a ex husband who is very emotional and physical abusive. They have two children together. When one day when her ex’s husband dropping off they kids. They get into it. And Liz doesn’t remember what happened during the fight blood everywhere. During this Zac Liz son meets a girl from school named Fran who once was kidnapped. And they discover things about his mother and Fran wants to see the man who kidnapped her. Amazing book again highly recommend this book.
Mike Carey knows how to write a story. If you haven’t read The Girl With All The Gifts, definitely start there, but this one is still a five star tale. Engaging characters, a unique supernatural concept, and likable characters who have serious and believable psychological problems but are easy to root for. Just when you think it can’t get any worse for them, it does, and then gets worse again, but Carey still pulls it out at the end into a satisfying conclusion.
“Sometimes you don’t know what can hurt you until it’s too late…”
Liz Kendall has an alter ego. In response to a violent relationship, her more assertive and protective self has been rearing its head more and more. The thing is, it’s absolutely involuntary. It’s as if Liz is watching her physical form do some defensive maneuvering and she’s no longer in the driver’s seat, and it’s getting less assertive and more aggressive. During a particularly violent incident, Liz feels this familiar but unwelcome force try to take the lead, and because she doesn’t want to die, she lets it. It is in full control and it doesn’t ever want to be locked up again. Liz goes from one violent relationship to another, only this time it’s with herself.
Someone Like Me was not what I was expecting. At first, I found it offensive that a man would develop a female character who has to rely on her seemingly superhero alter ego to deal with domestic abuse. But then when I saw the dark turn this book took, I understood that this was a way of defining the two very distinct characters occupying this one body. The synopsis reads, “there are two sides to every story”. Yes, indeed. Liz’s alter ego is not as protective as I first thought and this dark thriller/family drama/borderline horror story had me 100% invested all the way to the end. It’s like “the upside down” (from Stranger Things) for adults, and the combination of characters along with all of Carey’s imaginative elements works great in my opinion. Check it out for yourself… and keep an eye on your shadow!
Very original great book.
This is a story that I recommend really highly: My only experience previously with this author was The Girl With All The Gifts: well this, in my opinion, blew that one out of the water.
I loved both stories but this just had the wow factor for me.
I am not going to go into the whole plotline here as with the blurb being so vague in nature I really think its best to just experience this in its whole entirety without any preconceptions.
That is what I myself did and what a fantastical journey this took me on: one that totally exceeded my expectations and then some.
So If I had to pigeon-hole this to fit into a particular genre I would say paranormal suspense.
It’s really a hard one to define as it really does cross-genre boundaries and its actually in a class all of its own.
what I would say is Someone like me is an extremely unique experience that is an addictive page-turner and though relatively long in actual length it never for me dragged: in fact, I read this in one entire day as I couldn’t put it down: my poor family was left to fend for themselves.
This one for me was a no-brainer in terms of do I recommend reading: well hell yeh! of course.
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Heartfelt, remorseless and painfully human…as fresh as it is terrifying. A jewel.
Carey writes with compassion and fire – strange and surprising and humane.
Someone Like Me, written by M.R. Carey is a stand alone book that will have you shaking your head, thinking what just happen and still leave you wanting more. This is not the first book by Mr. Carey that I have absolutely loved and I am sure it will not be my last. I love when I find a book that becomes embed into your psyche, rattle around in there until you are consumed by the story. Someone Like Me is one of those books. I find that books like this are very difficult to review, I don’t feel that my review can do it the justice it deserves, it’s just that good.
There were so many aspects of this book that captivated me, the first being the strong female characters in this book. Liz, a survivor of domestic abuse, is trying her best to raise her two children, Zac who is sixteen and Molly who is six years old. The other female character is Fran, who survived an abduction when she was six and at sixteen she is still trying to cope with all the issues she is left with. I admired the relationship she shares with her father, who is trying his best to raise Fran on his own. There were times throughout this book that I actually cheered for Liz and Fran, but there were also times that my heart ached for them. Last but not least, Lady J, she is definitely my hero!
The storyline – where do I start, without giving too much away, that is the difficulty here. Two women who are trying to cope with what life has thrown at them… how these two women’s lives crash into one another, the same but different. There are so many things going on in this book, from selfless love to intense hate, from sanity to insanity, from reality to.….
This book explores not only the vastness of how our minds work and how our minds can protect us, but it puts an incredible twist right dab in the middle of it all. What you need to know about this book is that you will be totally obsessed with it, it will slowly wrap its tentacles around you until you will not be able to put it down. If you are looking for something different to read, look no further. I highly recommend this book. Happy Reading!
***I kindly received an ARC of this book by way of NetGalley/publisher/author. I was not contacted, asked or required to leave a review in order to read this book. I received no compensation, financial or otherwise. This is my honest review.***