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Loved it. Could relate to parts of all of the leading ladies. A tragic story with a ring of truth about it and both endings (the epilogue was the second ending) 'rocked'. The book was a lot about family values, love, friendship, how the past can catch up with you (if it ever let you go) and what we would do for our children.
I just reread this book. A friend gave it to me, and I forgot that I had read it, but started have a sense of dejavu when reading it. I checked Goodreads, and lo and behold I ...more
I just reread this book. A friend gave it to me, and I forgot that I had read it, but started have a sense of dejavu when reading it. I checked Goodreads, and lo and behold I ...more
I'm surprised at how much I enjoy Liane Moriarty's books. This is my second one and I enjoyed it as much as I did Big Little Lies. I like the three characters with overlapping stories, how each time one chapter ends you have to quickly keep reading to find out what happens next.
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I enjoyed this book, but there were some things about it that also annoyed me. The positives: humour,believable characters (the author has relationships down pat) and an engrossing story. The negatives: The protagtonist, Cecilia, takes far too long to open the letter - who would have waited that long in real life? Not me, that's for sure. I wanted to scream, 'Open the goddamn letter already!'
To my mind, the opening of the letter was being dragged out deliberately to maintain an unrealistic sense ...more
To my mind, the opening of the letter was being dragged out deliberately to maintain an unrealistic sense ...more
review to come. definately a fan now.
review to come
Jan 16, 2015
Paula
marked it as to-read
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May 14, 2022
Aimie
marked it as sat-on-shelf-waiting
