Reviews

Playing Nice by JP Delaney

joyleigh81's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

4.5

rmontuori's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

missmac_'s review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cici44's review against another edition

5.0

Fully suspenseful; I held my breath literally and figuratively the whole time. The characters were complex and well-developed, and there were many meaningful observations about life throughout the events and legal-proceedings of this story.

hans_siya's review

tense 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

2.25

Meh, would not recommend.
The ending especially. Is that what we're doing to people to make it seem like the righteous have won? Are we really going to have faith in the justice system like this? Whatever. 

cristelle_snyman's review

mysterious tense 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

3.0

tenjusahari's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked this book a lot. It was full of difficult conflicts that were super exciting to read. It was hard to really like any of the characters but most of them had an interesting development. 
The end was kind of surprising for me (spoiler warning): I'm not happy that Maddie killed Miles. I really hate people like Miles because he's way too dominant, egoistic, dangerous and without any emotions but what Maddie did is just an act of self-justice and I can't morally agree with that. But I'm still kind of happy with the end because it feels like the kids are alright. At least I hope so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Ableism, Misogyny, and Murder

xand3r_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Unpredictable plot twists among the predictable ones, made you think you know what’s coming when you really don’t. Amazing would give it 6 stars if I could.

namitakhanna's review against another edition

5.0

Pete Riley didn't know when he answered the front door that he would receive news which would change his life forever . Standing there is Miles Lamberts who informs Pete that their sons were switched at birth accidentally.The two families meet and decide that rather than swap the boys back, they'll try to find an amicable way to share their children's lives . All seems to be going well till they decide to sue the hospital - and then the real nightmare begins

Playing Nice by J.P. Delaney is a compulsive read, so hard to put down, full of suspense and tension. An emotional addictive roller-coaster that’s a parents worst nightmare. Highly recommend !

I would like to thank Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.

bambookzled's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 ⭐️ Page turner