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The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

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lavloveslit's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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amanda1793's review against another edition

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1.0

Listened to this as an audio in like 2 sittings... doing a lot of sudoku during this time of social distancing.

Why is this classed as a thriller? It comes off as more of a drama to me, with dark elements thrown in. It was okay, moved quick enough to keep me interested. The characters are either "snobbish" or come off as annoying.

There is a lot of issues within this novel. Fat/body shaming, slut shaming, infidelity, abuse of several varieties- to start the list off.

The two perspectives start off clarified well. One section dedicated to each character told in third and first person respectively. However, the final part doesn't change toward the last bit to distinguish the characters and the characters are overly similar to the point that determining who is telling the story is a little difficult.

I do understand why this book was popular (due to the label I find highly incorrect) but don't agree with the story. This is a "read at your own risk" for sure.

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2.0

I must be the only woman on the face of the planet who didn’t think this book lived up to its own hype.

The women I know who have read this book raved about it, and I was expecting the next Gone Girl. Lo and behold, this is not the next Gone Girl.

I can’t support the idea that a woman, no matter how pained and abused and beaten down she is, would willfully subject another woman (no matter how sneaky and untrustworthy) to the abuse and manipulation of her husband. Not only were Amber and Daphne contrived stereotypes of who these authors based their characters off of, they were so unbelievable in execution that I read it just to see if it would end in a (hopeful) death. I was disappointed from start to finish, and the twist wasn’t ‘twisty’ enough to really make much of an impact.