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Mas não temos 22 anos para sempre. A gente cresce. As coisas mudam.
— O Casal Que Mora Ao Lado
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Recently acquired these from my library for fifty cents. So excited to read Interview with the Vampire. I've been hunting a copy for ages.
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Book Review: Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
4/5 ⭐️
This dark comedy murder mystery was such a fun read. It’s so camp. Very much Desperate Housewives Wisteria Lane vibes.
The plot is very simple. A ‘who did it’ for a hot young housewife murdered in their neighbourhood. As her murder is investigated, a torrent of scandal is revealed on their block all surrounding this woman (honestly what a queen). Every single character is so wretchedly unlikeable, you’ll spend at least one chapter sure each one of them is the murderer. When the truth is revealed, it’s not necessarily the plot twist of the century. I myself guessed it about half way through. But the journey getting to it is a riot. They honest to god should make a movie based on this book because if done right, I think it would be up there with Jawbreaker or Heathers.
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Book Review #26 of 2023--
Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena. Rating: 3 stars.
Read from March 2nd to 4th.
The best place to start this review is by admitting that I don’t read a ton of Mysteries and that the ones I read and really enjoy tend to be YA, not Adult. See the Truly Devious series, the Naturals series, the Inheritance Games series. So, maybe take this review with a pinch of salt. I will still try to explain this middle of the road rating from me.
I felt like the author intentionally put the reader at a distance from their characters. I never felt like I really got to know or get emotionally invested with any characters despite the fact that there are a lot of them and that we get everyone’s point of view at least once in this story. I am such a character based reader that this put the story at a disadvantage almost immediately. But I like murder mysteries and seeing how the information is uncovered. The problem extends to that aspect of the story as well. It felt like each new piece of evidence was delivered with a whimper instead of a bang. The characters have bounced back and forth about who they think did it so many times that nothing felt shocking anymore. Even when we found out who the murderer was it felt like no big deal.
I will say that something I didn’t expect, but absolutely loved, in this novel was how the different relationships in this family were tested. When you have such a strong bond but have to wonder if your spouse murdered their own parents. And how the relationships grew stronger or more estranged as the investigation went on. And how it changed as new evidence was brought to light. That was all really fun to explore in this one. Also, this was such a quick and easy read. It felt like I was flying through this novel. I think the writing style is just so straight forward that it helps propel the reader further into the story.
Overall, I’m not impressed, but I’m not so let down that I would never pick up another book by this author. I think it’ll just have to be a synopsis that I’m really excited about.
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Read of The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (2016) (308pgs)
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Welcome bookish friends! Bekah here! I’ve been an avid reader since I could put letters together and dive into an entirely different world. My passion for reading and mysteries began way back when Hank the Cowdog was set in front of me at age 6. Since then I’ve graduated to Agatha Christie, Frieda McFadden, James Patterson, Mary Kubica, and Stephen King (just to name a few of my favorites).
Join me as we dive into a world of suspense, intrigue, and heart-pounding twists as I check off my TBR list and review my favorite thrillers and mysteries (and least favs)! From psychological thrillers to action-packed adventures, I’ll be reviewing it all. Get ready to unravel mysteries, uncover secrets, and discover your next favorite thriller!
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Best 10 Books in.....Mystery
I’ve comprised a list of the 10 best books from the mystery genre. This list is in no particular order and this list is only my opinions based on what books I’ve read in the past. Enjoy!
This series follows Mordecai Tremaine who is a retired from running a tobacco shop and an amatuer sleuth. In each book, he works with the local police to find out who the murderer is. Perfect for fans of Agatha…
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The Couple Next Door: A Rambling Review
Hey, y'all! I'm back again with a book that I actually finished a couple weeks back, and in the interim, I even managed to finish up my book club book for this month. I'll make a post about that one too, but first...
This is my second read by Shari Lapena, and it seems to be the one that people really enjoy the most. While I did enjoy it, I much preferred her style of writing in Someone We Know, as that seemed to have a better flow. The writing in The Couple Next Door just felt a bit disjointed at times, and while the ride was fun enough to be on, I found myself just wanting it to be over.
Lapena likes her twists, and she manages to put three in this story. She always likes to end with something shocking at the end too, at least that's what I've gathered from the two novels I've read from her so far.
I'm willing to check out more of her work, but so far she still hasn't taken the top spot for my favorite mystery/thriller author.
(Trigger Warnings here for kidnapping, infant endangerment, talks of postpartum, murder, death, and infidelity. )
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After having the book for 4 months, I finally finished it. I’m really glad that I found it because I enjoyed it
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Favorite Reads of December '23
“Those of us who have been true readers all our life seldom fully realise the enormous extension of our being which we owe to authors. We realise it best when we talk with an unliterary friend. He may be full of goodness and good sense but he inhabits a tiny world. In it, we should be suffocated. The man who is contented to be only himself, and therefore less a self, is in prison. My own eyes are…
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#Blogtour Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena
It’s a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena.
About the Author
Shari Lapena is one of the best-known thriller writers working today. Every one of her thrillers has been a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. She has spent a total of 76 weeks in the top 10 and has sold over 7 million copies across all titles and formats worldwide. Her debut, The…
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The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
A thriller based around the disappearance of a baby from her home while her parents are partying next door - tense and twisty
The Couple Next Door is a well-crafted thriller which concerns Anne and Marco, a couple who leave their baby at home on her own when the babysitter cancels and continue to go to a party next door, with terrible consequences as they discover that their baby is gone when they go home. They have not been totally irresponsible: they check on her regularly and carry a monitor with them – but still,…
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Durante todo o tempo em que a conhece e a ama, jamais teve motivo para duvidar dela, de nada. Tudo se resume àquela noite. O que aconteceu de fato?
Uma Estranha em Casa | Shari Lapena
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Family Fortune Fears
#BOOKREVIEW - Family Fortune Fears - #NotAHappyFamily #blog
Families may have secrets that they keep from the outside world but not all families have a history of dysfunction to the degree of seeding deep suspicions of being capable of murder as the Mertons in Shari Lapena’s Not a Happy Family.
The Merton family has their fair share of secrets, but when Fred and Shelia, the patriarch and matriarch, are found brutally murdered after a rather tense family…
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