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genevieve_hayes 's review for:
A Simple Favour
by Darcey Bell
There were constant twists and turns and as soon as you thought you’d worked out what was going to happen, a new twist came into play. The multiple unreliable narrators kept your mind working and I found it to be so clever the way you learned about different stories and how they’d been twisted to suit the motives of whoever what telling it. It was a really cool insight into the characters, even more so with Stephanie’s blog as you initially saw what she wanted to present to the world, and then what she wanted to present to the reader (occasionally withholding information even then). Typically, with a book full of unlikable characters, it’s difficult to make it through, but this was so compelling I couldn’t stop and they were all incredibly intriguing. Stephanie wasn’t too bad (though so so gullible at times, I thought she had to be faking it!) and my heart went out to her at the end. I hope everything turned out well for her. I had seen the film prior but continually felt on edge and was surprised by what happened because although it followed the same beats, significant differences made it still enjoyable and not a reiteration of an equally good (if not better) counterpart. There were multiple moments I was thoroughly creeped out (when Emily heard the whistling, when she was watching Stephanie, when they found Mr Prager in the car, when Stephanie was talking to Mrs Nelson) and I thought they were really effective. All in all, a great book in my opinion (I would also recommend listening to the soundtrack of the film along with it - particularly the French songs).