Prakhar Alok

Verdict – 3.5 / 5

Creative thriller of a couple during their anniversary getaway with a reveal for ages.

A married couples anniversary getaway to revive their marriage in a isolated Scottish village is the perfect setup for a domestic thriller. Story is told through both of their perspectives and some flashbacks letters with a finale, a twist that is more than worth it. 

I have read now few thrillers to understand a pattern. Never trust the narrator, in fact do not trust any character. The reveal is worth when you keep trying to figure out what is happening and why. In Rock, paper, scissors, Alice Feeney not just tells the readers the setting but describes it in enough details, exactly to my liking. The motives and emotional state of characters are explained enough without revealing their ulterior motive. A touch of hint every chapter to indicate something sinister is going on. The misdirection of story telling is absolutely on point, that you do not feel it exhaustive when you read through it one or two sitting.

Thriller books seems to be my genre mainly for the satisfaction that one feels from final reveal is everything that we read thrillers for. Rock, paper scissors is another must read in Alice Feeney’s list of thrillers. I plan to read her other books.