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A review by sandrareilly513
The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan
2.0
Emily, Jayne, and Ruth have almost nothing in common -- their only thread to one another is that their husbands are all part of a tight-knit friend group dating back from when they were younger. Each year, the entire group enjoys a getaway weekend, but this year Emily, Jayne and Ruth find themselves on their own in a remote farmhouse with no cell reception and no neighbors for miles. With their husbands all claiming they have last-minute emergencies to tend to, the trio are promised the men will join them soon. But when the three wives settle in at the farmhouse, an eerie and threatening message is there to welcome them: by the time they read it, one of their husbands will be dead. What happens next is a complicated web of lies, secrets, fear, and misunderstandings. And of course, death. Just because we've been friends with someone almost our whole lives, does that mean we truly know them?
Thoughts: Okay, I feel like the last few books I've reviewed I've been saying how I like the author's past works but their latest work has let me down, and here I am saying it again. I really wanted to like this book, and there were definitely some redeeming parts to it. Macmillan is all about the dark twisty stories and The Long Weekend fits the bill. However, there are some big lulls in the story and plotlines that lead to nowhere, and one in particular that is cut short and seems like a waste of a good storyline. I very much appreciated the soap opera-ish type drama Macmillan brings to the table here, though. Once the storyline picks up and the "good stuff" starts happening, Macmillan hits you with punch after punch. There are some interesting deceptions going on, including some deceptive writing to trick the reader, but I do feel like there was almost too much going on at one point. Everything just kind of avalanches towards the end and then the epilogue feels so tame in comparison, more like an afterthought than anything. I hate saying I was disappointed in this book but I really was -- there was some good potential here but so much of the plot fell by the wayside.
Thoughts: Okay, I feel like the last few books I've reviewed I've been saying how I like the author's past works but their latest work has let me down, and here I am saying it again. I really wanted to like this book, and there were definitely some redeeming parts to it. Macmillan is all about the dark twisty stories and The Long Weekend fits the bill. However, there are some big lulls in the story and plotlines that lead to nowhere, and one in particular that is cut short and seems like a waste of a good storyline. I very much appreciated the soap opera-ish type drama Macmillan brings to the table here, though. Once the storyline picks up and the "good stuff" starts happening, Macmillan hits you with punch after punch. There are some interesting deceptions going on, including some deceptive writing to trick the reader, but I do feel like there was almost too much going on at one point. Everything just kind of avalanches towards the end and then the epilogue feels so tame in comparison, more like an afterthought than anything. I hate saying I was disappointed in this book but I really was -- there was some good potential here but so much of the plot fell by the wayside.