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s_lorenz's review
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Murder, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, and Death
lajoy's review
mysterious
slow-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
0.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
cc_shelflove's review
fast-paced
3.5
I honestly feel like my liver needs to be cleansed after reading this book. These women drink A LOT!
After Sophie moves to Texas with her picture perfect husband, she is sooooooooo BORED! In search of a hobby, she quickly becomes obsessed with tracking socialite Margot Banks’s every move on Facebook. After they are personally introduced, Sophie is invited to join Margot’s secret group known as the Hunting Wives. The group gets together to blow off steam through skeet shooting… but that’s not all they “hunt!”
After Sophie moves to Texas with her picture perfect husband, she is sooooooooo BORED! In search of a hobby, she quickly becomes obsessed with tracking socialite Margot Banks’s every move on Facebook. After they are personally introduced, Sophie is invited to join Margot’s secret group known as the Hunting Wives. The group gets together to blow off steam through skeet shooting… but that’s not all they “hunt!”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
symabee's review
dark
mysterious
tense
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
I should start by saying that thriller is not my preferred genre, but I do enjoy them every now and then. However this book had no redeeming qualities for me.
The main character Sophie is a mid thirties woman with a loving, handsome husband and a son. After she suggests they move their family from Chicago to rural Texas, her husband happily finds a new job there so she can live out her dream of being a crunchy stay at home mom blogger. Despite being given everything she wants, she grows bored with her life for some reason. Then she randomly becomes obsessed with local socialite Margot after seeing one tagged photo of her on Facebook. Sophie manages to find a way into Margot's inner circle of rich, late 30s "friends" whom have a secret shooting club. In addition to shooting skeet, they also drink excessively, and cheat on their husbands just because. Margot is also known to sleep with high school boys, including her best friend's son 🤮 I think the worst part about this gross storyline is that all the women just turn a blind eye and don't seem to have an issue with it. Even after Sophie learns about Margot sleeping with teenagers, she just brushes it aside and continues to follow her stupid infatuation. They make a point to say several times that the boys are 18 and the age of consent is 17 in Texas, as if that excuses it?? The whole thing gave me the ick. Sophie is such a vapid character who is so desperate for attention and validation from these terrible women that she's willing to risk destroying her perfect family for it, for literally no reason other than boredom. Don't get me wrong, I love a morally grey/unreliable main characters, but Sophie was just plain stupid (she was drugged by them multiple times but continued to hang out with them anyway🤔) and never really wises up or redeems herself. The murder mystery of it all wasn't even exciting or shocking. The writing was also bland and repetitive (be prepared to read about Sophie drinking lattes, working in the garden, and cooking food A LOT). I'm genuinely mad I spent money on this book 😑
The main character Sophie is a mid thirties woman with a loving, handsome husband and a son. After she suggests they move their family from Chicago to rural Texas, her husband happily finds a new job there so she can live out her dream of being a crunchy stay at home mom blogger. Despite being given everything she wants, she grows bored with her life for some reason. Then she randomly becomes obsessed with local socialite Margot after seeing one tagged photo of her on Facebook. Sophie manages to find a way into Margot's inner circle of rich, late 30s "friends" whom have a secret shooting club. In addition to shooting skeet, they also drink excessively, and cheat on their husbands just because. Margot is also known to sleep with high school boys, including her best friend's son 🤮 I think the worst part about this gross storyline is that all the women just turn a blind eye and don't seem to have an issue with it. Even after Sophie learns about Margot sleeping with teenagers, she just brushes it aside and continues to follow her stupid infatuation. They make a point to say several times that the boys are 18 and the age of consent is 17 in Texas, as if that excuses it?? The whole thing gave me the ick. Sophie is such a vapid character who is so desperate for attention and validation from these terrible women that she's willing to risk destroying her perfect family for it, for literally no reason other than boredom. Don't get me wrong, I love a morally grey/unreliable main characters, but Sophie was just plain stupid (she was drugged by them multiple times but continued to hang out with them anyway🤔) and never really wises up or redeems herself. The murder mystery of it all wasn't even exciting or shocking. The writing was also bland and repetitive (be prepared to read about Sophie drinking lattes, working in the garden, and cooking food A LOT). I'm genuinely mad I spent money on this book 😑
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content and Rape
Minor: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion
amandalorianxo's review
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
So I think people are lowkey giving this book a bad rep but I completely understand why. The behaviors of these women who are supposed to be between their mid to late 30's is deplorable. Way too much alcohol consumption to be believable, grooming 18 year old boys to engage in underage sex, gross entitlement, backstabbing, and just disgusting behavior with a lack of respect for themselves and everyone else. How Sophie made the choices she did (stupid ones mind you) will never cease to amaze. The climax doesn't actually happen until about 55/60% of the book. I also didn't like how Sophie trying to get a grip of her sexuality wasn't a focus point. Although, I will say the plot twist that happens during the last 90% of the novel was the only plot point that made me give this three stars. Also the epilogue is realistic enough that I actually agreed with.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Death
Minor: Death of parent and Abortion
katiejohns's review
dark
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Infidelity
Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy
leahs_library16's review
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
This book perpetuates harmful stereotypes about bisexual people and romanticizes over-sexualization of a barely legal adult, borderline grooming, and predatory behavior. A super problematic book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
There is a 40-something woman involved with a 17-year-old boy. Super gross. There is also some dubious consent as the woman is drunk and doesn't have the capacity to say no to the teenage boy.one_to_fifty_two's review
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
3.0
I am continuing to work through my never ending BOTM TBR....
I had high hopes for this book, even though I read questionable reviews. I really wanted to enjoy it but it feel pretty flat for me.
All the characters in this book were awful people. It made them all so unlikable, which is turn had me disliking all of them. All of the women especially in this book are horrible humans. They cheated on their husbands, sexually assaulted children (including their own friend's son), had obsessive/stalker tendencies, and thought themselves above the law. It was gross. For me, I have a hard time enjoying a book when I have such strong dislike for all the characters in it.
The twist at the end was unexpected. I felt like I figured out "who did it" right before it was announced. That is my reason for giving this three stars and not lower. I wouldn't recommend this one. If you have been thinking about reading it, skip it. It is not worth the time, in my opinion.
I had high hopes for this book, even though I read questionable reviews. I really wanted to enjoy it but it feel pretty flat for me.
All the characters in this book were awful people. It made them all so unlikable, which is turn had me disliking all of them. All of the women especially in this book are horrible humans. They cheated on their husbands, sexually assaulted children (including their own friend's son), had obsessive/stalker tendencies, and thought themselves above the law. It was gross. For me, I have a hard time enjoying a book when I have such strong dislike for all the characters in it.
The twist at the end was unexpected. I felt like I figured out "who did it" right before it was announced. That is my reason for giving this three stars and not lower. I wouldn't recommend this one. If you have been thinking about reading it, skip it. It is not worth the time, in my opinion.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, and Murder
literarypenguin's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
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
1.0
I may be in the minority here but even though I tried to like this book and have a good time, There were just too many factors that kept me from liking this book.
When I read the synopsis I thought I was in for a heart-pounding scandalous thriller with drama and scandal thrown in the mix unfortunately I didn't get a lot of that. All I was treated to was a not-so-bright main character hanging out with a bunch of forty-some-year-old women who liked to sleep with teenage boys. And no discussion was made of why that was wrong! Yes, I understand the age of consent is different in some places but it still gave me an icky feeling when I read it and it just came off as manipulative to me. I really kept hoping that the main character Sophie would start to gain some type of self-awareness or reflect on her bad behavior and how it is affecting those around her but she never did. She still chose to be around that group and keep her almost creepy level of obsession with the group leader. Also, Sophie was more than willing to leave a great job in Chicago for a slower-paced life in a small town but instead of being happy and relieved with this new way of life she was not happy about it and thought it was boring constantly! Yet she kept doing things like gardening or cooking so wouldn't you think someone wouldn't enjoy stuff like that or even do them if they were so bored of a life like that? The near-alcoholic levels of drinking in this book bothered me a bit too. At one point I thought was there anything else to drink in this town besides alcohol or water.
This book was not what I was expecting it to be and I was very disappointed by it. You may enjoy a book like this and if you do that is great but personally, it just wasn't for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Alcohol and Abortion
alovelikethis's review
I am not ok with the older woman having sex with high school boys.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship