5.79k reviews for:

The Plot

Jean Hanff Korelitz

3.68 AVERAGE

pigeonem's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

bookwormjimmy's review

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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When Jake once again makes it big with his best seller book that's about to become a movie, he realizes he's finally made it. Sure, his first few books did okay, but not nearly enough to get him attention in an ever growing market. Even his years spent as a writing teacher and giving lukewarm feedback to his students feels like just a blip. But when he receives an email accusing him of being a thief, his whole world begins to spiral.

This is about as much of a literary thriller that you can get. It's also a two-fer, meaning two plots for the price of one. And how the plot of Jake's novel unfurls and reveals itself also gives the reader the revelation that they need for the actual book. This can be a detriment in itself if the reveal is spoiled much too early in a story, but by that point I already had strong inklings as to what was actually happening here. Thus, it was less of a whodunnit but a why and can-you-really-get-away-with-it?

It's a book about books and writing, and it may be easy to criticize it for its simplifying of the writing industry, but I don't think you really need to take it too seriously. The characters quickly evolve into extreme versions of themselves that I think it loses some of its groundedness, but in this case I was okay with that.

A fun read with an interesting plot!

blueofcups's review

2.0

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I saw the twist of Anna being "Talented Tom" and her being Evan's sister MILES AWAY, but I added one star because of the ending (Jake's death).

maddy_11's review

2.5

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

caroline_evans92's review

4.25

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

terri_wood8's review

4.0

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This book was recommended to me by a patron at the library where I work:) It is the story of an author who steals the plot of a novel from another writer and the ramifications of that decision. I really enjoyed the narration and pace of this book, although I did figure out the "big twist" and I typically never do. Fun read nonetheless:)

sopranoreader's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

carolinetrex's review

5.0

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Couldn’t put this down! A lot of hiding from my kids to get another couple pages read this weekend. A fun psychological thriller that is a definite page turner

edenaxx's review against another edition

3.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mmwallin3's review

3.5

dark mysterious medium-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