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I tried to like this book but after reading close to halfway thru, I lost my patience. I ended up skimming the remainder of the book until the last few chapters where the story comes together and events are explained.
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I enjoyed this quite a bit more than The Husband's Secret, although the anticipation of finding out the incident at the barbecue went on too long (how many ways can people talk around a potentially life-changing event after the fact? Liane Moriarty finds them all), even to the point that the reveal felt like a bit of a let-down. Still, I think she's greatly improved how she pulls together the individual separate threads of perspective and bri ...more
I enjoyed this quite a bit more than The Husband's Secret, although the anticipation of finding out the incident at the barbecue went on too long (how many ways can people talk around a potentially life-changing event after the fact? Liane Moriarty finds them all), even to the point that the reveal felt like a bit of a let-down. Still, I think she's greatly improved how she pulls together the individual separate threads of perspective and bri ...more
This book did a great job of keeping me on the edge of my seat and wanting to push forward to see what happened on the fateful "day of the barbecue" alluded to from the beginning. I loved the interwoven plotlines and the very real characters.
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I really love Liane Moriarty and this book is right up there with Big Little Lies and What Alice Forgot for me. Moriarty just does her characters and plots so well. I listened to the audio version of this book, read by Caroline Lee, and she is definitely a five star narrator -- probably tied with Bahni Turpin for my personal favorite. Highly recommend the audiobook if you like audiobooks.
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I had a hard time with this one unfortunately. With the ambiguous and unreliable characters and waiting for the tragedy to be vocalized, it was a slower read for me leading this to be more of a 2.5 stars than 3 stars read for me.
This was my least favorite moriarty book. It was a typical beach read. But coming back to review it a month later I had to read the description to remember what it was about. The characters all were ok but not great. None of them grabbed me, except the ones that were barely in the book. This was the perfect book to read while I had the flu because I could sail through it with little attachment and nap when I wanted to. I had really looked forward to this book, and was ultimately disappointed.
3 minus...what happens to a group of self-centered, unlikable couples when they experience a trauma. The pacing and suspense are done well although in a definitely contrived and formulaic way, but the ending is a little too Hollywood screenplay perfect.
If you're willing to wait for the story to begin almost halfway in, it's a worth a read!
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loved the characters but craved more from the plot. Liane's writing is amazing as always! Keep me intrigued and wanting to read more!
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