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_thelitlibrarian's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
3.25 stars
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TW; Cancer, Mental Illness, Addiction, Terminal Illness, Child Abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Abortion.
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What would you do if you've found you have six weeks to live? This is the case for Jennifer Barnes who receives some shocking news at a routine doctor's appointment - she has a terminal brain tumor. She decides to throw whatever time she has left with her triplet daughters and her grandsons by her side. During this time, she starts to realize that she might have been poisoned - she turns her attention to her ex who has the motive to want her dead.
I had some high hopes going into this one - I tried so hard to like it but in the ned, it fell a little flat. I was really interested in the 'whodunnit' aspect, trying to piece together all the clues to see if Jennifer was really poisoned or if it was just paranoia in her head. I felt bad for Jennifer during multiple moments in the book, it wasn't as if everyone was on her side when she would claim to have been poisoned, I also couldn't grasp that someone would potentially poison a loved one. I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters, but could see how some would like them!
Overall, this proved to be a good mystery that you can binge read. It just didn't do what I was hoping it would do for me, I also had an issue with the whole countdown to death - because realistically no one dies on the day the doctor tells them!
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TW; Cancer, Mental Illness, Addiction, Terminal Illness, Child Abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Abortion.
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What would you do if you've found you have six weeks to live? This is the case for Jennifer Barnes who receives some shocking news at a routine doctor's appointment - she has a terminal brain tumor. She decides to throw whatever time she has left with her triplet daughters and her grandsons by her side. During this time, she starts to realize that she might have been poisoned - she turns her attention to her ex who has the motive to want her dead.
I had some high hopes going into this one - I tried so hard to like it but in the ned, it fell a little flat. I was really interested in the 'whodunnit' aspect, trying to piece together all the clues to see if Jennifer was really poisoned or if it was just paranoia in her head. I felt bad for Jennifer during multiple moments in the book, it wasn't as if everyone was on her side when she would claim to have been poisoned, I also couldn't grasp that someone would potentially poison a loved one. I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters, but could see how some would like them!
Overall, this proved to be a good mystery that you can binge read. It just didn't do what I was hoping it would do for me, I also had an issue with the whole countdown to death - because realistically no one dies on the day the doctor tells them!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Addiction, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, and Abortion
ashley_books_cats_judo's review
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness
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