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laelbasore's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
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? No
3.75
kkgman's review against another edition
3.0
Not going to lie, Sandie let me down with this one. I was really looking forward to this one, but it didn't hit. The book was easy to read and enjoyable, but once you're halfway through, you begin to wonder what the plot of the story really is. And I have to say, there really wasn't one.
2.5 / 3 stars - wouldn't recommend it.
shaym2024's review against another edition
4.0
A book filled with twists and turns I just couldn't put down.
A nice easy read and a perfect palate refresher
A nice easy read and a perfect palate refresher
itputsthebookupontheshelf's review against another edition
3.0
Ok, first let me start by saying went into the review section of Goodreads before writing this review. I just want to be transparent. I wanted to see what others were saying in comparison to how I was feeling. I still feel very much the same as before I had read them.
As one reviewer described, this book is very much like a soap opera/telenovella. No joke! It was all so dramatic and some of the characters so were over the top. It was entertaining for a bit, then started to get tiring. With everything going on and all the different characters, it was kind of all a jumble at times and hard to keep track of who was doing or saying what.
All of a sudden out of nowhere comes this big scene, nope, didn’t see it coming. Nor did I think it was necessarily the best way to start bringing that story together and to it’s conclusion. There’s all this madness and devastation going on, which I guess was the “big bang” of the story, but just seemed to add more confusion as to what was actually going on. I would have liked to see more twists earlier in the story and throughout instead of what we got in this “shocking” event.
I honestly don’t remember much about the surroundings and scenery that would have made us feel like we were at a destination wedding. There was much lacking there to pull you into the scenes. Honestly, it was mostly commentary and inner dialog which was not enough to make me enjoy any of the characters. Sigh.
I know this all sounds bad, I didn’t hate it… It had potential, it just didn’t quite hit the way it all could have. It was my first introduction to this author, but I’d still like to check out other works by Jones.
Thank you to Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
As one reviewer described, this book is very much like a soap opera/telenovella. No joke! It was all so dramatic and some of the characters so were over the top. It was entertaining for a bit, then started to get tiring. With everything going on and all the different characters, it was kind of all a jumble at times and hard to keep track of who was doing or saying what.
All of a sudden out of nowhere comes this big scene, nope, didn’t see it coming. Nor did I think it was necessarily the best way to start bringing that story together and to it’s conclusion. There’s all this madness and devastation going on, which I guess was the “big bang” of the story, but just seemed to add more confusion as to what was actually going on. I would have liked to see more twists earlier in the story and throughout instead of what we got in this “shocking” event.
I honestly don’t remember much about the surroundings and scenery that would have made us feel like we were at a destination wedding. There was much lacking there to pull you into the scenes. Honestly, it was mostly commentary and inner dialog which was not enough to make me enjoy any of the characters. Sigh.
I know this all sounds bad, I didn’t hate it… It had potential, it just didn’t quite hit the way it all could have. It was my first introduction to this author, but I’d still like to check out other works by Jones.
Thank you to Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for a copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
cara_ready's review against another edition
2.0
I’m gonna start off by saying I cannot believe a woman wrote this. It wasn’t that it was overly misogynistic but it just felt like a man wrote it.
This book was definitely a soap opera from start to finish. It wasn’t my thing and most of the characters were annoying. Why didn’t Rachel confront her husband as soon as she had evidence of him cheating? It was so drug out and the ending was so insane to me. It really went from an affair to straight murder in the very last moments of the story. It was like the author said “Hmmm spicy but it could be SPICIER” then lit it on fire. ALSO I hate stories where the ending is like nothing ever happened. This woman’s best friend was murdered by her husband after she found out they were having an affair and life just went on as normal? I get after some point you move on but it was what, a year? And she’s giggling about dating her dead friend’s ex-husband??
This is why I stick to YA fiction!!!
This book was definitely a soap opera from start to finish. It wasn’t my thing and most of the characters were annoying. Why didn’t Rachel confront her husband as soon as she had evidence of him cheating? It was so drug out and the ending was so insane to me. It really went from an affair to straight murder in the very last moments of the story. It was like the author said “Hmmm spicy but it could be SPICIER” then lit it on fire. ALSO I hate stories where the ending is like nothing ever happened. This woman’s best friend was murdered by her husband after she found out they were having an affair and life just went on as normal? I get after some point you move on but it was what, a year? And she’s giggling about dating her dead friend’s ex-husband??
This is why I stick to YA fiction!!!
bookwormunicorn's review against another edition
mysterious
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
dlperin's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.25
Very slow set-up, characters not clearly distinguishable until halfway into book. Too much mis directing which felt contrived.