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Holy. Crap. Ya'll. I started this book yesterday afternoon at work because my hard drive died and I didn't have a book with me. Luckily a coworker loaned me this to keep me busy for the next 8 hours. At first it was slow. Not bad slow, just a lot of characters slow. But by the last 200 pages I couldn't read it fast enough! And toward the end there were several moments where I just had to shut the book to say OMG! and digest what I had just read. But then I had to quickly get back to it. I read i
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When my local library's book discussion group selected this mystery, I knew nothing of the television series. Therefore, I knew little about the book. Shortly after beginning to read it, I knew a few plot elements: (1) someone had been murdered, (2) the murder occurred during the school's fundraiser, trivia night, and, (3)an investigation was underway.
The novel was rich in complex characters, all well fleshed out. Most were the students' parents who fell into one of two cliques: Team Madeline or ...more
The novel was rich in complex characters, all well fleshed out. Most were the students' parents who fell into one of two cliques: Team Madeline or ...more
Compulsively readable, despite my having seen the TV show prior. This is one of the instances though, when the film version is better.
better than i thought it was going to be
A quick read. I really liked it. I kept changing my mind who I thought was going to die and who was going to be the murderer. I like how I was manipulated by the author... (: Also, I liked seeing how the education system works in Australia. Some pieces that are so similar to here, and yet I thought were very unique to the US.
This book is great chick lit! Fun to read and a page turner. It's a murder mystery. You find out on page one someone died but you don't know who died or who is responsible until the very end. Not great literature and sometimes her constantly switching narrations were confusing but a solid read!!
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