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Cul-De-Sac
by Joy Fielding
Cul-de-sac by Joy Fielding 369 pages
Genre: Domestic Fiction, Suspense, Drama, Mystery -Whodunit, falsely marketed as a Psychological Thriller
Triggers: False Thriller marketing, Abuse - several kinds including physical and sexual, Guns, PTSD, Drug Use
Rating as a movie: R for strong adult content, scenes of violence and rape.
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
My thoughts: What is in this weed? Weed doesn't make you act like this. This book could have gotten 5 stars except for a few issues. First, false advertising, "in this riveting psychological thriller." This is not a psychological thriller. It's not a psychological drama or even a regular thriller. Marketing it as such just leads you to being disappointed when you discover it's a suspenseful soap opera with low action. I have read 2.5 other books like this one this year including, Little Deadly Secrets, which opens with a murder, The Fiancée, which has the murder 25% in and The Guest List, don't get me started. The idea is you know someone is going to die but you don't know who. The trick is the murder can only be dragged out for so long do you need to spring it on the audience before the suspense runs out and it becomes so obvious who, who, and why. I realized early on this was not a thriller so my disappointment was they took too long to get to the murder and the end was rushed. It could have gotten 5 stars but it was an easy puzzle to solve and she took so long it wasn't even a question anymore. Great characters and stories, so-so execution.
Recommend to others?: YES! If you like messy dramatic evening soap operas you'll like this story. If you need a break from thrillers it's a nice recuperation read.
Genre: Domestic Fiction, Suspense, Drama, Mystery -Whodunit, falsely marketed as a Psychological Thriller
Triggers: False Thriller marketing, Abuse - several kinds including physical and sexual, Guns, PTSD, Drug Use
Rating as a movie: R for strong adult content, scenes of violence and rape.
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
My thoughts: What is in this weed? Weed doesn't make you act like this. This book could have gotten 5 stars except for a few issues. First, false advertising, "in this riveting psychological thriller." This is not a psychological thriller. It's not a psychological drama or even a regular thriller. Marketing it as such just leads you to being disappointed when you discover it's a suspenseful soap opera with low action. I have read 2.5 other books like this one this year including, Little Deadly Secrets, which opens with a murder, The Fiancée, which has the murder 25% in and The Guest List, don't get me started. The idea is you know someone is going to die but you don't know who. The trick is the murder can only be dragged out for so long do you need to spring it on the audience before the suspense runs out and it becomes so obvious who, who, and why. I realized early on this was not a thriller so my disappointment was they took too long to get to the murder and the end was rushed. It could have gotten 5 stars but it was an easy puzzle to solve and she took so long it wasn't even a question anymore. Great characters and stories, so-so execution.
Recommend to others?: YES! If you like messy dramatic evening soap operas you'll like this story. If you need a break from thrillers it's a nice recuperation read.