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This is a book I feel very conflicted about. On one hand, I couldn’t put it down, wanting to know what happened next, and on the other, it was a particularly violent and gruesome addition to this series. I started this series in the middle — and I’m still hoping to read the first few … Read More “Time is Running Out by Michael Wood” »
This book starts out strong, but then gets a bit slow as it continues. It is still a good story, which I enjoyed reading, but keep in mind this isn’t going to be a quick thriller that keeps you turning the pages as fast as you can to find out the twist, but rather a … Read More “The Double by Ann Gosslin” »
Rachel is a social influencer, who finds herself becoming less and less influential after she becomes pregnant. She reaches out to her followers to find someone to help her with the baby, and hires Abbie, a super-fan who puts Rachel on a pedestal and believes that her online personality is identical to her actual one. … Read More “The New Mother by Julia Crouch” »
I’ve gone back and forth a bit on whether or not this is a 3.5 or a 4 star book, mostly because I thought that the big gotcha moment was predictable from very early on in the book (although I didn’t think the author would go quite as far with it as she did.) I … Read More “The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz” »
Stephen Aston is in the process of divorcing his first wife – after decades of marriage – in order to marry a much younger one. Not an uncommon plot, necessarily, but here, his current wife is living in a nursing home for people with dementia. Stephen’s two adult daughters—with their own deeply-repressed issues—not only can’t … Read More “The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth” »