gwenswoons 's review for:

Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum

5.0

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Loved this SO much, haha — I was literally driving all over and just laughing out loud at the divine alchemy of Emma Rosenblum’s rich-people-behaving-badly perfection and January LaVoy’s spectacular and snarky narration. I’ve enjoyed Bad Summer People and Very Bad Company, but this was on a different level — just such a sharp and clever observational eye, so many details and specifics that felt perfectly tailored to both the world of elite NYC private school parents and to the very specific characters ER created in this book. I LOVED it! Cannot wait for her next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism