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A review by book_concierge
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
3.0
Digital audiobook read by Heather Wilds
3.5***
From the book jacket: Lyn, Cat and Gemma Kettle, beautiful thirty-three-year-old trplets, seem to attract attention everywhere they go. Together, laughter, drama, and mayhem seem to follow them. But apart, each is dealing with her own share of ups and downs.
My reactions
Moriarty excels at exploring relationships within an ensemble group of characters. Here she looks at the Kettle sisters, a set of adult triplets, their partners and their parents. As she did in [b:Big Little Lies|19486412|Big Little Lies|Liane Moriarty|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492239430l/19486412._SY75_.jpg|27570886] Moriarty begins at the end, and then backtracks to lead us up to that climactic event.
It's a story of sibling rivalry, and love found / lost / and found again. These girls will fight about just about anything in their quest to prove the point that “I am the most put upon.” There were scenes that appalled me with how badly the sisters treated one another or a significant other. I did get a little irritated by how immaturely they behaved at times. On the other hand, there were scenes that caused me to chuckle at the humor in the situation. And scenes where I clearly sympathized with one or the other’s point of view. Kind of like a real family…
On the whole, it’s a fast read and quite entertaining.
Heather Wilds does a fine job narrating the audiobook. She sets a good pace and did an admirable job of voicing the girls. Of course, there were times I had to “rewind” or refer to the text to be sure I had it straight which character was speaking
3.5***
From the book jacket: Lyn, Cat and Gemma Kettle, beautiful thirty-three-year-old trplets, seem to attract attention everywhere they go. Together, laughter, drama, and mayhem seem to follow them. But apart, each is dealing with her own share of ups and downs.
My reactions
Moriarty excels at exploring relationships within an ensemble group of characters. Here she looks at the Kettle sisters, a set of adult triplets, their partners and their parents. As she did in [b:Big Little Lies|19486412|Big Little Lies|Liane Moriarty|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492239430l/19486412._SY75_.jpg|27570886] Moriarty begins at the end, and then backtracks to lead us up to that climactic event.
It's a story of sibling rivalry, and love found / lost / and found again. These girls will fight about just about anything in their quest to prove the point that “I am the most put upon.” There were scenes that appalled me with how badly the sisters treated one another or a significant other. I did get a little irritated by how immaturely they behaved at times. On the other hand, there were scenes that caused me to chuckle at the humor in the situation. And scenes where I clearly sympathized with one or the other’s point of view. Kind of like a real family…
On the whole, it’s a fast read and quite entertaining.
Heather Wilds does a fine job narrating the audiobook. She sets a good pace and did an admirable job of voicing the girls. Of course, there were times I had to “rewind” or refer to the text to be sure I had it straight which character was speaking