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taurusbooklover's review
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
The Trivia Night was read as the April pick for the @rachaeljohnsbookclub and I adored it.
It is the debut novel for @ali_lowe_author and it packed a punch!
This book has it all. An engaging cast of characters, drama, partner swapping, sex, murder and scandal; which are all intertwined in a multiple pov narrative with a totally unputdownable pace.
Ali did a wonderful job of integrating both past and present timelines alongside delivering characters perspectives in different forms. One is told straight to the reader, one retrospectively in a therapy session and another being written in emails to the characters sister. This was a refreshing and unique writing style I haven't read before and has me so excited for what she writes next ✒️.
If you are a fan of Sally Hepworth or Liane Moriarty then this is definitely a book for you.
It is the debut novel for @ali_lowe_author and it packed a punch!
This book has it all. An engaging cast of characters, drama, partner swapping, sex, murder and scandal; which are all intertwined in a multiple pov narrative with a totally unputdownable pace.
Ali did a wonderful job of integrating both past and present timelines alongside delivering characters perspectives in different forms. One is told straight to the reader, one retrospectively in a therapy session and another being written in emails to the characters sister. This was a refreshing and unique writing style I haven't read before and has me so excited for what she writes next ✒️.
If you are a fan of Sally Hepworth or Liane Moriarty then this is definitely a book for you.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Suicide
helenfarch's review
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Life is perfect for the families of students at Darley Heights primary school, in the wealthy Northern Beaches of Sydney - or so it seems.
But this is a community full of secrets, and full of people wanting to make those secrets public.
The big social event of the year for the school community is the annual Trivia night. This year, the Trivia night is the catalyst for a night of scandalous behaviour that will have a long lasting impact on this close-knit community if all is revealed.
Ali Lowe has written an entralling domestic drama.
The story is told by three women, all of them impacted by their actions, and the actions of their husbands, at the Trivia night. The reader gets a unique perspective into the private lives of these three families, and just how far they will go to protect themselves and the ones they love.
At times outrageous, at times funny, at times tragic, at times all too relatable, The Trivia Night is a page turner that exposes the sometimes seedy side of parental schoolyard politics and hierachy.
This is a book that just might have you looking at sideways at the other parents at the school gate next time you are dropping off or picking up the kids.
Thanks to Hachette Australia and the author for the review copy of this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Bullying
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual content
Minor: Murder