
Adele continues to pursue their friendship, but Louise is increasingly suspicious and concludes that Adele and David killed Rob in Scotland. She learns the art of astral projection, following instructions in a notebook Adele lent to her.

When the two were released, Rob visited Adele and David at the Scottish estate.īack in the present, Louise, intrigued and worried by Adele and David’s behavior, investigates Rob’s fate, and the couple’s past. She spent time in a psychiatric hospital where she became close to Rob, a funny and irreverent heroin user. Her wealthy parents died in a fire at their Scottish estate, but David saved Adele. Meanwhile, Adele’s past is revealed in chapters containing flashbacks. He denies this but tells her to keep away from them both. Louise starts to suspect that David is controlling and even physically abusing Adele, and she confronts him. Adele and Louise are both sufferers of night terrors and Adele teaches Louise how to control these through lucid dreaming techniques. Meanwhile, David visits Louise in her flat and they become lovers. Adele seems sweet and kind to Louise and the two get closer. Louise and David’s wife, Adele, accidentally meet outside work and become friends. The next day she realizes he is her new boss and hides from him and his wife as they tour the new workplace. One night she meets a handsome man, David, in a bar and they kiss. The ending had a similar impact on fans who watched the Netflix show, as many were left shocked. For all of you who have seen the TV show and have watched the confusing ending to Behind Her Eyes, the twist is lifted directly from the novel.Louise is a single mother living in London and working as a receptionist in a psychiatry practice. The novel was marketed with the hashtag, “#WTFthatending.” This set up some big expectations for some twists and turns in the narrative of the book.

She said, “Even early on actually, they asked me if I wanted to read the first episode when the first script was written, and I said no.“ The writer concluded, “I just don't think it's the author’s place.”

However, she revealed that she was asked to be involved with the project. They can do whatever they want with it, so no, I wasn’t at all. Speaking to the Express, Pinborough stated, “I think if you sell your book to a TV company, you’ve sold it. Although the novel received a lot of attention and the Netflix adaptation received a lot of hype, Sarah Pinborough, chose not to be involved in the Netflix production.
