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Love, Mom
by Iliana Xander
<b>Read Completed 4/16/25 |</b> 3 stars | Book #52 of 2025
I picked this book up because I can't stop seeing it on social media with pretty much only 5 star reviews. Whenever this happens for a thriller, I'm usually pretty cautious because I don't agree with a lot of rave reviews, but I was still curious enough to check it out. Naturally, it went just about as I expected!
LOVE, MOM was a decent read, but ultimately, not quite enough for me to rave about it at all. The plot was good and had some nice twists, but it felt really, really bare bones. There could have been way more depth throughout the story to add some red herrings, draw suspicion towards or away from certain characters, add more suspense, and even more character depth. The bones of this book were good, but it just didn't have ANY magic for me. I can see why people had fun with it, but this was kind of a "starter thriller" for me. I'm just looking for a lot more story-telling and layers to really keep me hooked.
The ending was also a little too "nice" for me. Things tied up neatly, which is fine, but it was a little too mushy. I hated the epilogue where a character who wasn't even involved in the book on the pages essentially does a tell-all. The author could have woven that into the story somehow, but it wasn't easy enough so it got thrown in at the end. Eh.
LOVE, MOM was just fine! But I'm not the audience who's going to run around giving it 5 stars. Don't let me discourage you from reading it, but this was just okay for me. This won't be very memorable.
I picked this book up because I can't stop seeing it on social media with pretty much only 5 star reviews. Whenever this happens for a thriller, I'm usually pretty cautious because I don't agree with a lot of rave reviews, but I was still curious enough to check it out. Naturally, it went just about as I expected!
LOVE, MOM was a decent read, but ultimately, not quite enough for me to rave about it at all. The plot was good and had some nice twists, but it felt really, really bare bones. There could have been way more depth throughout the story to add some red herrings, draw suspicion towards or away from certain characters, add more suspense, and even more character depth. The bones of this book were good, but it just didn't have ANY magic for me. I can see why people had fun with it, but this was kind of a "starter thriller" for me. I'm just looking for a lot more story-telling and layers to really keep me hooked.
The ending was also a little too "nice" for me. Things tied up neatly, which is fine, but it was a little too mushy. I hated the epilogue where a character who wasn't even involved in the book on the pages essentially does a tell-all. The author could have woven that into the story somehow, but it wasn't easy enough so it got thrown in at the end. Eh.
LOVE, MOM was just fine! But I'm not the audience who's going to run around giving it 5 stars. Don't let me discourage you from reading it, but this was just okay for me. This won't be very memorable.