Gus S.

Confused by the good reviews

Revisado: 04-26-24

If you want to listen to 10 hours of a woman being abused, this is the book for you.

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Confusing for this author

Revisado: 11-25-23

I usually love her books but this one was pretty bad. There is not one likable quality about any of the main characters, so I really didn’t care what happened to any of them. I hate stories like this that paint female friendships as being so toxic.

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Great, spooky story

Revisado: 09-19-23

Really great story, well-paced. The author’s note at the end really hit home with me and I so appreciate her honesty. I wish her nothing but success!

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This is a YA novel

Revisado: 08-14-23

The story is fine, though very juvenile. I guess I should have known reading the description that this was all about a teenager but typically this author does adult novels, not YA.

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Meh with a side of an annoying child

Revisado: 08-05-23

*No spoilers* The ending of the book was enjoyable but it didn’t make up for the 90% that was not enjoyable. It’s a woman convinced she has bed bugs. Ok, fine. That doesn’t need to take up the entire story. Also, the child is insufferable. Not sure if the narrator added to that feeling but every time the kid started speaking I wanted to fast forward.

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Great book with a terrible ending

Revisado: 07-19-23

I really enjoyed the story and the author does a great job getting you to root for the main character. Then all progress the character has made goes right out the window and the story just…ends. Light spoilers- she gives away half her money and loses all her relationships with friends and family. And to make it even more depressing, this all ends basically at the start of the pandemic so there’s really no hope for a positive turnaround for the main character.

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Terrible ramblings

Revisado: 06-25-23

Think of the worst person you knew in college. They ranted on and on about change, but then never voted. They claimed their religion was the sunrise while rock climbing, or some equally dumb shit. They blamed their ex for everything wrong in their life, and they could totally get her back. That person is who rambles on for four hours in this book. You’ve been warned.

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Maybe I’m too dumb?

Revisado: 06-21-23

I have no clue what I just listened to. Was it pro-religion? Anti-religion? Nothing to do with religion? Who the f knows. I do know the beginning was promising and then it took a hard left into blah blah blah territory for about 10 hours.

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9 hours of gaslighting, 7 minutes of story

Revisado: 05-28-23

A semi-good ending does not excuse the other 99% of the story that was your typical cheating, lying, gaslighting tale of a husband. I’m really disappointed that the authors (who know how to write a good story) took the easy way out by using the tired and extremely overused domestic thriller template. This book is for people who run marathons then brag bc they get a free beer at the end with their registration fee. Yeahhhh, personally that’s just not worth it for me, but to each their own. I’ll be here happily drinking my full priced beer looking for books with more than a few good minutes.

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Too much and not enough

Revisado: 03-09-23

This story could really benefit from the advice of Coco Chanel, “before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off.” Maybe two or three things actually. There was just far too much going on at once (three totally distinct characters floating between current day and 25 years ago) for anything to really stick. Unless the book was significantly longer there was no way enough time could be given to any one storyline that would, at best, create some sort of emotional attachment and, at least, make it memorable.

The only saving grace (if you want to call it that) was that the actual plot was fairly juvenile and easy to follow. Anything more complicated would have been totally lost to the complete hodgepodge of characters and timelines. The whole story was nothing like anything this author has written before, and not in a good way.

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