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beckyremillard's review against another edition
- 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
2.75
The main characters in this book are not likable at all. Sophie’s husband is a good guy, but everyone else is awful and annoying. I literally did not care what happened to anyone.
Also, the mystery part of this book didn’t start until like 2/3 through the book. The whole beginning is just Sophie obsessing over Margo and making stupid, horrible decisions.
I powered through because I heard people say good things and I hate not finishing. The end wasn’t a shock to me but it did raise my rating a bit. Otherwise I’d have rated it even lower.
Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Abortion
katherinek's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The amount of alcohol in this book is wildly concerning. The whole book, I was thinking, girl, you’re 40!! If you need to be home by midnight, put the shots down!
The social media aspect was really interesting; Sophie’s obsession with Margot through social media was very intriguing. The hashtags made me cringe, though.
I predicted several parts, but the ending was a surprise, although it didn’t shock me. Several loose ends were left untied;
Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, and Death
Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy
alisainwonderland's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Pregnancy, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Drug abuse, Abortion, and Violence
s_lorenz's review
- 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
Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Murder, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, and Death
lajoy's review
- 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
Graphic: Abortion, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
amandalawrance's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, and Infidelity
Minor: Abortion
cc_shelflove's review
3.5
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!”
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
symabee's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
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 😑
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content and Rape
Minor: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion
amandalorianxo's review
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Death
Minor: Death of parent and Abortion
jmboff's review
That's why I DNF this awful book at 50% through. I wanted to DNF at 30%, but kept holding out that okay, the "thriller" twist will be coming soon. Nope. Almost 50% through, all I've listened to is grown ass women abandoning their families to get drunk, drive around drunk, shoot guns at things for 5 minutes, cheat on their husbands, and flaunt off in front of and seduce teenagers who happen to also be their friends children.
There is ZERO plot or character development and I hate every single character in this book. Why did we have to deeply describe eye colors and lattes and alcohol and give so much detail to little stupid stuff and not give any to the characters? Can I also add, why would the author choose some of the language the characters use? I don't think an adult who's engaging in this type of behavior would actually use words like "Yummy!!". I typically don't DNF. But this one, I just can't waste any more time with. I can't even describe accurately how much I dislike this book. I don't even care what happened because I can probably imagine it wasn't anything to make it worth my while to finish.
Do yourselves a favor and just skip this one. 🥴
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Gaslighting