Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
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Web ID: 4672184One of the most tedious books
Some books just use verbose filling of no interest, just to expand a thin plot that goes nowhere. This book is a great example of this. Rotating on a non-event of a barbecue mishap of no consequence , tediously examines life and character of dull superficial suburban people .one has to plough through hundreds of pages, to actually get to the promised thrill event, which turns out to be a damp squib. Save your money and time.
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Hooked!
This book had me hooked from start to finish. I kept trying to guess what the big incident at the center of the novel was and it was completely different than everything I gue
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What could go wrong at a barbecue? Plenty.
This is the second Moriarty book I’ve read, the first being Big Little Lies. As much as I liked Big Little Lies, I think I enjoyed Truly Madly Guilty a bit more. Both books open with the knowledge that something bad has happened. In this book, this “incident” takes place at a neighborhood barbecue. Just your everyday, neighborhood barbecue with a few neighbors and a couple of mutual friends. As the story unfolds, the chapters count the reader down to the event itself. This method of storytelling creates a lot of tension in the best way possible. I could not turn those pages fast enough and the book stands at 560 pages so that’s telling you something. The story mostly focuses on three couples, Erika and Oliver, Clementine and Sam, and Tiffany and Vid. These couples are vastly different from one another. Their views on marriage, children and social gatherings are flaunted for all to see as the tension builds between them. All presented in the most delicious, dishy way. Erika and Clementine were tossed together as kids but do they even like one another? Vid and Tiffany are over-the-top with their lifestyle and a bit flashy but what harm could a little barbecue cause? It’s just a meal among friends. Clementine and Sam have their own issues to deal with so why are they always roped into other people’s problems? The storytelling feels so personal. Almost voyeuristic. When the details of the incident are finally revealed to the reader, you immediately wonder how they will survive it. How will each couple deal with the information they have in front of them? The not-knowing makes it even more of a page-turner. Friends, this was a good one. Plenty of tension, good story, suspenseful without being unrealistic and characters who come full circle. This is one of those complete package reads. For me, a perfect read.
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