The Weekend Away: the bestselling thriller behind the major Netflix movie starring Leighton Meester out now

I really enjoyed this storyEasy to readLots of twistsWill definitely be reading more books by this author

Seen the movie. Book just as good as the film.Good read for a holiday or for staying at home.

Orla and Kate have been friends for years through good times and bad times. As they get older and life gets more complicated they still managento have their annual weekend away together.Kate has booked the perfect weekend away in Lisbon, a beautiful air b’n’b, upgraded flights and a perfectly planned first nightout.After their first nightout Orla wakes up with no memory and no trace of Kate. After a desperate search and the police not interested she takes matters into her own hands to find out what happened to her best friend. But what really happened that night and is Kate really a true friend?This a great page turning thriller that has a number of twists as the story unfolds. It’s very easy book to read and isn’t overcomplicated. There are so many different directions the story could’ve gone which I didn’t see the ending coming. A definite five star thriller which will make you rethink your next weekend away.

I chose this book because it's set in Lisbon. Somewhere, I would like to go on a girls' weekend.... it could be set anywhere, though. The location is not integral to the plot. And what a plot, I couldn't put this down. Just as I thought I knew who did it, wham something else is revealed. Brilliant. I highly recommend this and will be checking out other books by this author

The Weekend Away is standard psychological thriller fare that focuses on the tried and tested question of how well you can ever know those closest to you and although a mediocre read with the usual proviso of being rather far-fetched it is briskly paced with an eclectic cast of secondary characters and makes for easy entertainment.Orla and Kate have been best-friends for nearly twenty years and regularly made time for their annual weekend abroad but life has got in the way for both of them with forty-year-old Orla and her husband, Rob, parents to a nine-month-old baby, and Kate in the midst of a divorce from her wealthy husband, Toby. When Kate proposes a city break in Lisbon to celebrate her imminent divorce Orla agrees despite the worry of being parted from her baby for the first time but it doesn’t take long to realise the two women have very different agendas. Narrated in the first person by trusting Orla who is hoping for early nights and shopping it becomes clear that Kate is a bit of a goer with a healthy stash of narcotics on hand to ‘enhance’ the much wilder weekend she has planned. On their first night in Lisbon Kate is behaving erratically and drags Orla off to a bar with the obvious intention of getting drunk and hooking up with the two men they soon meet...Next morning Orla wakes up with a very fuzzy head and no idea where Kate is. Her memory of the previous night is patchy, the police seem disinterested when she reports her friend missing and and the creepy landlord of the apartment keeps hanging about complaining about the noise the pair made returning home the night before. Loyal Orla knows she is Kate’s only hope and with the rather random assistance of Kosovan Uber driver, Konstandin, she throws herself into unpicking the web surrounding her friends mysterious disappearance.There are a few continuity errors and plot holes along the way and this is definitely a novel that benefits from not being thought about too deeply! Not everything adds up and the likelihood of mismatched pair, Orla and Kate, being best-friends for decades doesn’t ring true at all. Orla lacks common sense and is gullible, Kate is a loose cannon and all the men they meet in Lisbon are rather shadily characterised, not making for the most convincing of storylines but things move quickly with a decent twist into the close that surprised me. With a considered back-story and intimidating outward persona it was Konstandin rather than dreary Orla who kept me invested in this story.

This is the first book I've read by Alderson, and I'm impressed! I must say though, I think I did unintentionally self-sabotage myself by watching the film before reading the book. However, the book is really good and I'd highly reccomend reading it. The twists and turns are amazing, but would be even more amazing if I'd read this before watching the film - lesson learnt! The ending is quite abrupt, but very clever, as is the whole storyline. I'd give this book 4/5 stars purely because I think I did self-sabotage as I knew most of the storyline already, although the book differs slightly. However, this probably would've been a 5 star read if I'd read this before watching the film. If you like thrilling books that keep you hooked, this one's for you.

What a chase around for the truth, could not wait to finish this book. I was enthralled by the story

An amazing read...Full of tension and twists. Couldn't put it down ! Impossible to see where it was going with so many suspicions ....so good hubby is reading it now and completely hooked. The cover doesn't portray the depth of the story......innocent looking portrayal. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I enjoyed this book. It was a fast paced read , good characters I will try to stream the movie now

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Twists and turns galore - some I picked up on and others I was shocked by. An excellent psychological thriller .

Sehr spannend und ein echt überraschendes Ende! Auf jeden Fall empfehlenswert! Gut zu lesen, auch wenn man nicht perfekt Englisch spricht :-)

I did enjoy this book and it kept me interested but did not “blow me away” as some thrillers (ie- anything by Harlen Coban) can do. I will read another book by this author though and hope it is absorbing enough to keep me up all night!! I love reading and often read 3-4 books a week.