Confusion / Confusión - B.A Paris [ENG/ESP]
Hey Hive Book club readers!! Today I'll share with you this title, Confusion written by B.A. Paris.
This is the first time I heard about that author, while at the bookstore going through shelves the cover caught my attention, I couldn't read the synopsis on the back because it came together with another book from the same author, so all I could see were both covers and trust on the store's recommendation.
¡Hola lectores del Hive Book Club! Hoy compartiré con ustedes este título Confusión escrito por B.A. Paris.
Esta fue la primera vez que escuché de la autora, estando entre anaqueles de libros la portada me llamó la atención, no podía leer el resumen al reverso porque venía junto con otro libro de la misma autora, así que solo podía ver ambas portadas y confiar en la recomendación de la tienda.
In this book, we follow the story of Cass, his husband Matthew, her best friend Rachel and a mysterious woman who was found dead.
It all starts with a gathering among friends, and when it's time to call it a night, Cass drives through a stormy night, she takes a shortcut to her home driving through the woods where she sees another car stopped ahead; she waits wondering if the driver needs help but after some minutes of waiting Cass resumes her way... next day she finds out that someone was murdered in the woods last night, and according to the news it was the woman Cass saw in the middle of the road through the woods.
Matthew hates when Cass takes that shortcut because it's dangerous, when he expresses his relief that Cass never uses that road or else she could had been the dead woman, Cass decides not to tell him she was there and probably was the last person who saw her alive.
As days go by, Cass gets overwhelmed with guilt, specially after hearing that the mysterious woman was Jane, someone she knew from work and talked to her a few times, last time being not long ago and they both felt that a nice friendship would begin between them.
No one knows yet what happened to Jane, there's no clues as to what might happened to her, this makes Cass feel guiltier, but then she starts to get confused because she is forgetting things, first is all small details like leaving lights on when she was sure she turned them off, but soon it escalates to the point where she keeps getting packages that she bought but can't remember, she starts getting anonymous calls that creep her out... she's losing her mind and Matthew is getting tired of this.
Cass turns to Rachel, her best friend and tells her all about the mishaps, Rachel tries to be supportive but she notices how her friend is drifting away from sanity.
Cass gets help but the pills she takes to ease her mind make her feel sick, and to make things worse she's sure someone has been breaking into her home when Matthew is away. The couple decide to install an alarm system and when the technician is supposed to go he doesn't show up, she calls the company and they tell them she cancelled it but she doesn't remember either.
When they finally get the alarm set, Cass keeps forgetting the code, she presses the numbers she's sure is the right code but it never works.
In the meantime, investigations about Jane's murder is stuck, Cass now isn't so sure of what she saw and which day, she's doubtful of going to the police as a witness because she waited a long time and she doesn't trust her memory anymore.
Finally things get a twist when after having lunch at a restaurant with Rachel who suddenly left in a hurry, a group of guys approach Cass at her table in order to give her a cellphone Rachel dropped by accident, the guys tell her that they tried to reach her friend but she was fast but saw she was here with Cass before leaving.
Cass doesn't recognize the cellphone as Rachel's, this one is old and Rachel always carries a more modern one. She starts to read the messages to get a clue of who the owner might be and to her surprise she sees that there's only a conversation with one number, one she knows well... Matthew's.
Going through the whole conversation she finds out that it's all been a cruel set up to make her get rid of her, turns out Rachel and Matthew had an affair and Jane knew all about it, Rachel found out Jane was going to tell Cass the truth and asked her to hear her side of the story first, Rachel told Jane she would wait for her in the middle of the road to talk privately... Rachel saw Cass' car passing by and waiting for a while, she isn't sure if Cass saw her or only Jane but she wasn't going to take any chances... after killing Jane, Rachel along with Matthew elaborated a plan to make Cass seem like an unreliable witness and also giving Matthew the perfect excuse to leave his wife in order to be with Rachel.
The cheater husband and not so best friend where the ones changing the alarm code, calling anonymously, ordering merchandise on Cass' behalf, breaking into her home and moving things around... all of this just because of an affair...
En este libro, seguimos la historia de Cass, su esposo Matthew, su mejor amiga Rachel y una mujer misteriosa quien fue encontrada muerta.
Todo comienza con una reunión entre amigos y cuando es hora de dar por terminada la noche, Cass conduce a través de una tormenta de noche, toma un atajo a casa a través del bosque y se topa con otro coche detenido adelante; espera preguntándose si el conductor necesita ayuda pero tras unos minutos de espera Cass continúa su camino... al siguiente día se entera que alguien murió en el bosque anoche, y según las noticias fue la mujer que Cass vio a la mitad del camino.
Matthew odia cuando Cass toma ese atajo porque es peligroso, cuando expresa su alivio de que Cass nunca usa ese trayecto evitando que ella fuese la mujer asesinada, Cass decide no decirle que estuvo en el lugar y probablemente fue la última persona en verla viva.
Conforme pasan los días, Cass se abruma por la culpa, especialmente luego de escuchar que la mujer misteriosa era Jane, alguien que conocía del trabajo y con quien habló algunas ocasiones, la última no hace mucho y ambas sintieron que una linda amistad comenzaría entre ambas.
Aún nadie sabe qué le pasó a Jane, no hay pistas de lo ocurrido, esto hace sentir aún más culpable a Cass pero luego comienza a confundirse porque está olvidando cosas, al inicio son detalles simples como dejar luces encendidas cuando está segura de haberlas apagado, pero pronto va escalando al punto de olvidar haber comprado paquetes que llegan a su casa, comienza a recibir llamadas anónimas que la asustan... está perdiendo la cabeza y Matthew se está cansando de ello.
Cass acude a Rachel, su mejor amiga y le habla sobre sus descuidos, Rachel trata de apoyarla pero se da cuenta de cómo su amiga se aleja de la cordura.
Consigue ayuda pero las pastillas que toma para calmar su mente la hacen sentir enferma, y para empeorar las cosas está segura de que alguien ha estado entrando a su casa cuando Matthew no está.
La pareja decide instalar un sistema de alarma y cuando el técnico se supone va a ir no se presenta, Cass llama a la compañía y le dicen que ella canceló pero tampoco lo recuerda.
Cuando por fin tienen su alarma, Cass olvida seguido el código, presiona los números que está segura es la secuencia correcta pero nunca funciona.
Mientras tanto, las investigaciones del asesinato de Jane se estancan, Cass ahora no está segura de lo que vio ese día, duda sobre ir a la policía como testigo porque esperó mucho tiempo y ya no confía en su memoria.
Finalmente todo toma un giro cuando luego de un almuerzo en un restaurante con Rachel quien se fue muy apresurada, un grupo de chicos se acerca a la mesa de Cass para darle un celular que Rachel dejó caer por accidente, los chicos le dicen que trataron de alcanzarla pero fue rápida y solo vieron que estaba aquí con Cass antes de irse.
Cass no reconoce que el celular sea de Rachel, este es viejo y Rachel siempre carga uno más moderno. Comienza a leer los mensajes para darse una idea de quien pueda ser el dueño y para su sorpresa ve que solo hay una conversación con un solo número, uno que ella conoce bien... el de Matthew.
Revisando toda la conversación descubre que todo ha sido una cruel trampa para deshacerse de ella, resulta que Rachel y Matthew tenían un amorío y Jane sabía de eso, Rachel descubrió que Jane le iba a decir a Cass la verdad y le pidió escuchara su lado de la historia primero, Rachel le dijo a Jane que la esperaría a mitad del camino para tener privacidad... Rachel vio el coche de Cass pasar y esperar un rato, no estaba segura si Cass la vió o solo a Jane pero no se iba a arriesgar... luego de asesinar a Jane, Rachel junto con Matthew elaboraron un plan para hacer quedar a Cass como un testigo poco confiable además de darle a Matthew el pretexto perfecto de dejar a su esposa para estar con Rachel.
El esposo infiel y la no muy buena amiga fueron quienes cambiaban el código de la alarma, llamaban de forma anónima, ordenaron la mercancía a nombre de Cass, irrumpieron en su casa para mover cosas... todo esto solo por un amorío...
At some parts the book makes you feel like going in circles, taking a long time to uncover the truth which gets predictable by the middle of the story, but it leaves you satisfied when reading all of Cass' payback when she uses the cellphone in her advantage tricking both Matthew and Rachel and making them confess and pay for their crime.
The writer is great with details, she leaves clues all around that at first are hard to notice but in the end it all gets connected pretty well.
Hay partes donde el libro te hace sentir ir en círculos, se toma mucho tiempo en descubrir la verdad la cual es predecible a la mitad de la historia, pero te deja satisfecho al leer la venganza de Cass cuando utiliza el celular para su beneficio, engañando tanto a Matthew como a Rachel para hacerlos confesar y pagar por su crimen.
La escritora es genial con los detalles, deja pistas por todos lados que al inicio son difíciles de notar pero al final todo se conecta bastante bien.
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