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A review by yangelareads
The Bachelorette Party by Sandra Block
2.5
I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. ARC provided by HighBridge Audio.
Everything seems to be going well for Alex—she has her dream job as an intern on a popular investigative news program and is engaged to a man who is almost too perfect. Now her best friends are taking her on a surprise bachelorette weekend planned with Alex's unusual set of interests in mind: her obsession with the famous 666 Killer.
Alex and her friends get a thrill out of staying at the allegedly haunted hunting lodge in the Catskill mountains where a serial killer once stabbed his victim and wrote 666 on the walls in her blood. Though getting snowed in by a blizzard wasn't part of the plan, the three girls make the most of their celebration. Then Alex wakes up to find her friends have vanished, blood spattered all over their sleeping bags and on her hands. With no idea what happened, Alex worries the decade-old murder has come back to haunt them and she is the one to blame. Her recent prison interview with the 666 Killer seems to have stirred up past demons, throwing her friends into danger. The prisoner has always maintained his innocence, claiming the "real killer" was still out there. Has the true 666 Killer finally returned? Alex must rely on her years of following true crime stories to try to solve the case and save her friends. But even she does not see the final, staggering twist coming, and the shocking truth just might kill her.
The Bachelorette Party has dual timelines. One in present time New York and one in past months New York. In the current timeline we see Alex heading to her bachelorette party and in the previous timeline we see her researching about the 666 killer. This book I thought would of been really interesting, but it had too much going on and it felt flat. The characters were also all over the place for me. I always felt like I was missing something. The podcast episode chapters, was suppose to add depth, but instead disrupt the flow which just pulled me out of the suspense. The book did lack the emotional depth that I wanted in a thriller. This was not Block's debut novel, but it kind of felt like one. However, I will still give Block's other books a chance.
Everything seems to be going well for Alex—she has her dream job as an intern on a popular investigative news program and is engaged to a man who is almost too perfect. Now her best friends are taking her on a surprise bachelorette weekend planned with Alex's unusual set of interests in mind: her obsession with the famous 666 Killer.
Alex and her friends get a thrill out of staying at the allegedly haunted hunting lodge in the Catskill mountains where a serial killer once stabbed his victim and wrote 666 on the walls in her blood. Though getting snowed in by a blizzard wasn't part of the plan, the three girls make the most of their celebration. Then Alex wakes up to find her friends have vanished, blood spattered all over their sleeping bags and on her hands. With no idea what happened, Alex worries the decade-old murder has come back to haunt them and she is the one to blame. Her recent prison interview with the 666 Killer seems to have stirred up past demons, throwing her friends into danger. The prisoner has always maintained his innocence, claiming the "real killer" was still out there. Has the true 666 Killer finally returned? Alex must rely on her years of following true crime stories to try to solve the case and save her friends. But even she does not see the final, staggering twist coming, and the shocking truth just might kill her.
The Bachelorette Party has dual timelines. One in present time New York and one in past months New York. In the current timeline we see Alex heading to her bachelorette party and in the previous timeline we see her researching about the 666 killer. This book I thought would of been really interesting, but it had too much going on and it felt flat. The characters were also all over the place for me. I always felt like I was missing something. The podcast episode chapters, was suppose to add depth, but instead disrupt the flow which just pulled me out of the suspense. The book did lack the emotional depth that I wanted in a thriller. This was not Block's debut novel, but it kind of felt like one. However, I will still give Block's other books a chance.