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Liane Moriarty has consistently been one of my favorite authors. Her first book that I read, What Alice Forgot, was phenomenal! And then, of course, Big Little Lies and The Husband’s Secret. I just recently finished Three Wishes as well. All of which were captivating and light reads. This one, however, I just couldn’t really get into.
I liked it, don’t get me wrong. It was fine. The overall concept – nine strangers at a health retreat, seemed intriguing. Lots of room for creativity and stories th ...more
I liked it, don’t get me wrong. It was fine. The overall concept – nine strangers at a health retreat, seemed intriguing. Lots of room for creativity and stories th ...more
This is the second Liane Moriarty book I've read this week and it would seem that her style is to tell a story from multiple viewpoints, which this one does (spoiler, there's more than 9 characters that get a story!) I enjoyed it right up until the last section where she tried to catch up with the various characters months and then years after the main events in the book. I'd have been happy without that as it didn't really seem to need it, but it felt like someone had pushed for everything to b
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79 Chapters... 12 Characters... Beginning of the book got the star. The rest of the book was just drawn out and terrible. Sorry 😐
This was my first book by Liane, and I enjoyed it. I think her other books will be more up my alley though. It was a quick read but towards the end it went a little off the rails. The characters were very interesting, and I could see it being a good movie.
This book has a couple of interesting turns, but overall was hard to get through. There was SO much time spent on the character’s backstories that it seemed to drag by at times.
Oct 31, 2018
Kate
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Sadie Longren
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Allison Hoak
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