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The Plot

Jean Hanff Korelitz

3.68 AVERAGE

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jocreegan's review

4.5
mysterious medium-paced
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shannonlawrencee's review

3.5
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed this book for the most part. Nothing crazy but it went pretty quick. I was a bit bored towards the end but then things took a turn at the very end and hooked me again. 

egambino's review

3.0

The book was good but very slow to start. The real good content was slammed at the end of the book. I liked the ending and the unfolding of the story but there could have been more of that throughout the book
mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mrcornelius's review

1.0
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
mysterious slow-paced
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carolinemoore4's review

4.0

Yellowface meets gone girl

elli143's review

4.0

An interesting and suspenseful book. Unfortunately I figured out the twist about halfway through, so the ending was a bit lackluster for me.

There was one giant plot hole that still really bothers me. Jake wrote a book about this woman's story. But when he finds out that Evan's sister had a daughter, it should have been obvious from that point on that the daughter was dead and the sister was still alive, claiming her life just like she did in the book that HE WROTE. But he spent a good portion of his investigation thinking that Rose Parker was still alive. Why wouldn't he immediately understand that she was dead and Dianna was the one who was taking her place? Why didn't he think to look up a picture of Dianna in the high school archives in addition to Rose?

I figured out that Anna was the sister after the visit to the house where the barfly talked about what a bitch the sister was. Maybe the author just used a little too much foreshadowing, but it was pretty obvious. I saw a lot of other hints along the way once I started reading with the mindset that his wife was not who she said she was. I wish it had been less... obvious? But maybe half the fun is trying to figure it out for yourself. I just figured it out too early.

Didn't expect the very end plot twist where she kills Jake and then takes HIS life, that was definitely surprising.
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jocelynpolito's review

5.0

Such a clever book. It was full of suspense and was engaging light read.