Why is her husband, Rob (Christopher Eccleston), slimmer, fitter and wearing contacts rather than the glasses he wore a year ago? When Jo Harding falls down the stairs at home, she wakes up in hospital with partial amnesia - she's lost a whole year of memories. A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people. Reynolds presents the reader not only with an unreliable narrator, but a cast of unreliable secondary characters as well. In that moment, the series treats the context of the violent outburst with the seriousness it deserves.

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There were a few times where I felt that the story dragged out just a little bit, but overall it was a well-paced and riveting read. Close To Me keeps you guessing, and then just when you think you know, you find another twist in the road.With Jo being of the age she was, she had to deal with “empty nest syndrome” as well which cruelly often coincides with the menopause which can make women more emotional and sensitive as well as having a dramatic effect on their sex life. Jo is also a self-proclaimed expert on Outlander and Brassic, and completely agrees that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. The conclusion Jo has come to is was she having an affair with a man before her fall and if so who is he? I have never understood why this has not long been a go-to comedy staple on a par with “Take my wife – please! S. Geological Survey, leading to “immediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System,” and there’s always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows.

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What spoilt this for me was the childish and spoilt behaviour of Sasha especially (Jo's 'adult' daughter) and Jo herself. At the end of the novel Reynolds creates a masterful ending where each loose end is neatly tied and the reader is left feeling fulfilled. Is lying about the dog being with the neighbour rather than having died a few months ago, or not telling his wife that her father is in a nursing home with dementia, evidence of his devotion to her or a worrying willingness to dissemble?Due to the way the story was set out, sometimes we could see what had lead to events before Jo did but the twists and turns towards the end weren’t the ones that I had been expecting!