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A review by arieldeborah
The Best Friend by Shalini Boland
0.0
I openly admit that thrillers are not the first bookshelf I reach too on any given day, but that is no excuse for how utterly underwhelming this book was.
The story was frustratingly predictable, with unlikable characters that never felt that three dimensional to me. These two facts combined to make the story downright boring.
This books saving grace was Boland's set up with alternative timelines, but even that felt somewhat underutilized and in the end lacked the impact she likely intended it to. So many other elements of this story, such as the protagonists unclear past, felt like they had a lot of potential but were ignored in favor of the more obvious "plot twists."
Overall, this story gets a resounding "meh" from me.
The story was frustratingly predictable, with unlikable characters that never felt that three dimensional to me. These two facts combined to make the story downright boring.
This books saving grace was Boland's set up with alternative timelines, but even that felt somewhat underutilized and in the end lacked the impact she likely intended it to. So many other elements of this story, such as the protagonists unclear past, felt like they had a lot of potential but were ignored in favor of the more obvious "plot twists."
Overall, this story gets a resounding "meh" from me.