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Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall
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bookshelves: arcs, netgalley, mystery, read-2018

I received an advance copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher. As always, thank you to both.

I chose this book expecting some kind of demented love story with honestly, multiple points of view. Maybe a new way to get out from the Gone Girl craze of thrillers, and I mean, it gets some bonus points for that. Instead I was hoping for something more along the lines of You, which it kind of was, but ..... honestly so much tamer?

This book is done in three parts rather than chapters: Pre-Wedding, Post-Wedding, and a court case (not a spoiler, it's clear from the beginning that there is some kind of court case.) Every review I've read of this book talks about this MAJOR TWIST....I don't know where this twist was?

The acknowledgements of this book change the entire tone of it, which is kind of wonderful, but also should have been woven better throughout the book. Viewing it through a #metoo sort of lens makes it tolerable? I don't know. I really don't know how I feel about this book. If this is supposed to be the case, the woman should be more....tolerable? But also, that's not fair to V? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BOOK.

2.5-3 stars.
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Reading Progress

April 20, 2018 – Shelved
April 20, 2018 – Shelved as: arcs
April 20, 2018 – Shelved as: netgalley
April 20, 2018 – Shelved as: mystery
April 25, 2018 – Shelved as: next-up
October 25, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read
November 16, 2018 – Started Reading
November 16, 2018 –
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November 17, 2018 – Shelved as: read-2018
November 17, 2018 – Finished Reading

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