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amysbooknook8 's review for:
Playing Nice
by JP Delaney
4.5 stars! This was my third JP Delaney novel and I really enjoyed it! The premise of the story was so intriguing to begin with. Imagine, one day someone comes into your home to inform you that you child is not actually yours, biologically. That your child was switched at birth at the hospital with another couples. The proof is all in the DNA test performed.
The question is, what do they do with this information? Was the hospital at fault for an accidental slip up, or was this done intentionally for another sinister reason? We dive into the perspective of Pete and Maddie and the actions and steps they take in order to be with their son, but which son will they choose? Theo, the son they have known to be theirs for the last two years or their biological son who is now with another family?
Overall, the book was very interesting to me and although there was a small twist at the end, it wasn't exactly a thriller in my opinion. It is a nice break from reading thrillers all day and night though as it offers a different kind of story. Would recommend!
**SPOILERS AHEAD**
Okay, a few things I don't necessarily understand, first off, at the ending we learn that Maddie kills Miles in order to save her children (both Theo and David) from Miles. Does she imply at the end that she, like Miles, is a psychopath and carries many of those same qualities that he does, but just in a more mild way?
Also, was it just me or were you also annoyed at the fact that whenever Theo is mentioned, it sounds like they are either referring to a 4 year-old (at most) or someone much older? They always say that they want to speak upstairs to ensure that Theo doesn't hear about what happened and when Pete lets David run around a grocery store to pick out items, how would a 2 year-old know how to do that and in what mind, would a parent allow a 2 year-old to do that? When I think 2 year-old's, I'm thinking about toddlers who barely speak or understand much. That's the only thing that really kind of annoyed me about the book. It seemed very unrealistic in that sense.
The question is, what do they do with this information? Was the hospital at fault for an accidental slip up, or was this done intentionally for another sinister reason? We dive into the perspective of Pete and Maddie and the actions and steps they take in order to be with their son, but which son will they choose? Theo, the son they have known to be theirs for the last two years or their biological son who is now with another family?
Overall, the book was very interesting to me and although there was a small twist at the end, it wasn't exactly a thriller in my opinion. It is a nice break from reading thrillers all day and night though as it offers a different kind of story. Would recommend!
**SPOILERS AHEAD**
Okay, a few things I don't necessarily understand, first off, at the ending we learn that Maddie kills Miles in order to save her children (both Theo and David) from Miles. Does she imply at the end that she, like Miles, is a psychopath and carries many of those same qualities that he does, but just in a more mild way?
Also, was it just me or were you also annoyed at the fact that whenever Theo is mentioned, it sounds like they are either referring to a 4 year-old (at most) or someone much older? They always say that they want to speak upstairs to ensure that Theo doesn't hear about what happened and when Pete lets David run around a grocery store to pick out items, how would a 2 year-old know how to do that and in what mind, would a parent allow a 2 year-old to do that? When I think 2 year-old's, I'm thinking about toddlers who barely speak or understand much. That's the only thing that really kind of annoyed me about the book. It seemed very unrealistic in that sense.