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A review by exorcismemily
The Widow of Wall Street by Randy Susan Meyers
4.0
"When was enough enough? He didn't only want to consume, he needed to swallow the world whole."
I wasn't sure how I was going to end up feeling about The Widow of Wall Street - for some reason I thought it was going to be a mystery (nobody led me to think this & it was not marketed as this; it's just what I thought). It is definitely not a mystery. It's mainly a family drama with betrayal & secrets. I'm not always into those stories, but I enjoyed this one.
This book is a slow burn. It took me a bit to get into it, but I was totally hooked once it happened. There isn't a ton of action in the first half of the book, but all the build-up ends up weaving together, and I found the pay-off to be worth it.
Parts of the book were hard to read because the relationship between Phoebe & Jake is so damn toxic. Nothing really bad happens, but it was just stressful because money can blind someone to who their partner really is. Jake's dialogue is also really cheesy sometimes, and I rolled my eyes quite a few times. I think that was the point, though.
Sometimes I was irritated by how much attention Jake got in the book - he's an awful person, and it was a struggle to read his chapters sometimes. If I have to spend that much time with a villain, I want it to be someone I love to hate. I just hate Jake with no love. Most of the characters in the book were unlikeable, and I felt way more sympathy for the kids than for Phoebe.
I was worried about the financial stuff being too far over my head, but Randy Susan Meyers writes in an understandable way that isn't talking down to the reader, and I was grateful for that.
This is a fairly sad story, especially once you get invested in the family by the end of the book. I feel like everything wrapped up well, and I enjoyed the book as a whole. Thank you so much to GetRedPR & the author for sending me a copy to review!
I wasn't sure how I was going to end up feeling about The Widow of Wall Street - for some reason I thought it was going to be a mystery (nobody led me to think this & it was not marketed as this; it's just what I thought). It is definitely not a mystery. It's mainly a family drama with betrayal & secrets. I'm not always into those stories, but I enjoyed this one.
This book is a slow burn. It took me a bit to get into it, but I was totally hooked once it happened. There isn't a ton of action in the first half of the book, but all the build-up ends up weaving together, and I found the pay-off to be worth it.
Parts of the book were hard to read because the relationship between Phoebe & Jake is so damn toxic. Nothing really bad happens, but it was just stressful because money can blind someone to who their partner really is. Jake's dialogue is also really cheesy sometimes, and I rolled my eyes quite a few times. I think that was the point, though.
Sometimes I was irritated by how much attention Jake got in the book - he's an awful person, and it was a struggle to read his chapters sometimes. If I have to spend that much time with a villain, I want it to be someone I love to hate. I just hate Jake with no love. Most of the characters in the book were unlikeable, and I felt way more sympathy for the kids than for Phoebe.
I was worried about the financial stuff being too far over my head, but Randy Susan Meyers writes in an understandable way that isn't talking down to the reader, and I was grateful for that.
This is a fairly sad story, especially once you get invested in the family by the end of the book. I feel like everything wrapped up well, and I enjoyed the book as a whole. Thank you so much to GetRedPR & the author for sending me a copy to review!