Published: 2021
Rating: 1 / 5 stars
I'll start by saying that I read the book in audio format and don't own it, hence the photo isn't mine.
Now onto the serious stuff.
Rock Paper Scissors is a psychological thriller which indeed fits in the genre it's included into, but I have to say that it wasn't for me.
The book follows Adam and Amelia Wright, a couple whose marriage is slowly sinking to the bottom of the ocean. There is no happiness anymore, only secrets, lies and problems. When Amelia wins a trip to Scotland for a weekend, they see it as a chance to either make or break their marriage for good.
Synopsis sounds interesting so far, but that's not all. Adam has lived his entire life with face blindness, and so he can't recognize anyone around him.
Alright, here is where my interest was peaked because my first thought was that maybe he somehow married the wrong woman or that she pretended to be someone else to fool him and that perhaps we will discover some sort of murder that way.
Nope, the story was even more confusing than this, but we'll get there soon enough.
So as with every psychological thriller in existence, it started vague, in the middle of the story and the suspense was kept for the entirety of the book. That is a plus in my book because the suspense makes it all in this genre.
My problem however starts with the actual execution of the story itself and its characters, which was poor to say the least.
The book is told in multiple POVs, which yes, helps a lot because we get insights from all the characters, but in this case we also had some letters retelling us the past every other chapter, which made it harder to focus on the present time story, especially in audio format.
Ironically though, as much as I felt like they disturbed the story line, they were the best part of this book in my opinion. They're letters to Adam written by his wife for their every anniversary, yet hidden away and never opened. Their story is quite a sweet one, with some exceptions, but sweet. And very, very sad.
I wanted to like this book, but it felt like every thread the author picked could have gone right, instead they chose to go sideways and get lost in the story. Hearing the dynamic between husband and wife made me decide that I am taking no sides and I am not rooting for them either, hence neither is a saint and neither deserves it.
And while the letters were a good part of the book, they didn't make me want to side with the wife that much, because all they show is a severe lack of communication that led their marriage to the ruins that is now.
I like the genre, I like mysteries with very unexpected endings, but this book I can only describe as twisted and toxic, having an unnecessary fortune cookie like writing style that kept getting on my nerves. Overall, didn't like it and for sure do not recommend it.
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