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Apples Never Fall
by Liane Moriarty
Read this if you like domestic drama. For the most part, I don't. I don't like stressing about my own family let alone someone else's. It begins with us learning about two aging parents who recently retired from running a tennis academy and their 4 grown-up children. We get a very detailed picture of each person and their problems and relationships, and then the mom texts her kids that she's going "off-grid." The longer she's gone, the more the family and police start to suspect that her husband killed her. I think this is much more of a family story rather than a thriller, but it’s a mystery that unravels as we get to know each character. If you want a good family drama that's an actual thriller, I recommend "Not a Happy Family" by Shari Lapena.
This is one of those books that didn't get interesting for me until I was two-thirds into it, which is far too long to wait. And then it finally gets interesting, and resolves... and then there are 4 or 5 more chapters that just felt unnecessary. The story is long for no reason. It does a good job of creating a realistic family dynamic and multi-faceted characters.
This is one of those books that didn't get interesting for me until I was two-thirds into it, which is far too long to wait. And then it finally gets interesting, and resolves... and then there are 4 or 5 more chapters that just felt unnecessary. The story is long for no reason. It does a good job of creating a realistic family dynamic and multi-faceted characters.