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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you so much to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for this ARC.
So this is marketed as a mystery/dark comedy. The dark comedy was there but the mystery felt very very half baked. Renata doesn’t even go missing until around 60% in and then the “mystery” is solved so quickly it doesn’t even really feel like she went missing at all. This is a literary fiction novel through and through and nothing can convince me otherwise. There is absolutely nothing “gothic” or “psychological” about this book.
That being said I did enjoy my time reading it and I liked a lot of the commentary and dialogue. Dani was an interesting main character to follow and most of the book was just her day to day life. If you enjoy books that are more commentary than plot then I think you will like this. I’m still not sure whether I liked the ending or not and whether the ending negated the “message” this book was trying to convey but overall it was a good time. It was released on 4th January so it’s already available.
So this is marketed as a mystery/dark comedy. The dark comedy was there but the mystery felt very very half baked. Renata doesn’t even go missing until around 60% in and then the “mystery” is solved so quickly it doesn’t even really feel like she went missing at all. This is a literary fiction novel through and through and nothing can convince me otherwise. There is absolutely nothing “gothic” or “psychological” about this book.
That being said I did enjoy my time reading it and I liked a lot of the commentary and dialogue. Dani was an interesting main character to follow and most of the book was just her day to day life. If you enjoy books that are more commentary than plot then I think you will like this. I’m still not sure whether I liked the ending or not and whether the ending negated the “message” this book was trying to convey but overall it was a good time. It was released on 4th January so it’s already available.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really really really enjoyed this. I think it was so fun and silly but still so insightful on women’s labor and independence after motherhood.
Flewwww through the end because I needed to know what happened but still have no idea if i’m being gaslit or not. Lurving it
Flewwww through the end because I needed to know what happened but still have no idea if i’m being gaslit or not. Lurving it
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Mid plot- Mid characters- Mid cult.
The standout writing really bumps this review up! I could not help but read her inner rage monologues like a hrh collection rant (I mean this in the best possible way)
The tiktok girlies making those devastating carousels about daughters and their moms should really get their paws on a copy of this book for some new soul crushing quotes!
The standout writing really bumps this review up! I could not help but read her inner rage monologues like a hrh collection rant (I mean this in the best possible way)
The tiktok girlies making those devastating carousels about daughters and their moms should really get their paws on a copy of this book for some new soul crushing quotes!
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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
I enjoyed this audio, but like with Ainslie's debut motherthing, the ending wasn't great. I'll just leave it at that. It wasn't for me, which is fine.
I wanted to enjoy this book a lot more given that Hogarth’s first book was my first 5 star read of the year, but it fell flat for me. It starts off strong, starts to slow in the middle, then the last 1/3 of the book is such an up and down roller coaster that pulls you right in with all the twists and turns. There were 30 pages left and I was really wondering how it was all going to wrap up, but overall, I wasn’t as impressed as I wanted to be and I felt that there were times the plot just wasn’t progressing despite the pages passing. However, it’s a short enough read at just over 300 pages that has it’s witty/great moments that makes it worth the read if the book sounds even slightly enticing to you