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Andrea Bartz

Autor/a de We Were Never Here

5 obres 1,398 Membres 55 Ressenyes

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Obres de Andrea Bartz

We Were Never Here (2021) 792 exemplars
The Herd (2020) 264 exemplars
The Lost Night (2019) 226 exemplars
The Spare Room (2023) 115 exemplars

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This book seemed like it took forever to get through! Katie, a writer, wants to write an expose on her sister's, Hana's, friend, Eleanor who owns the women co-working space called The HERD. But, Eleanor goes missing after attempts at blackmail, and disgusting graffiti is found. When she is later discovered dead, the women all become suspects. As they attempt to unravel what could have happened and why, many secrets come out.
I think this book could have been so much better, but it dragged on for me.… (més)
 
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rmarcin | Hi ha 13 ressenyes més | Jan 30, 2024 |
Pretty good, but the beginning definitely dragged
 
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hellokirsti | Hi ha 25 ressenyes més | Jan 3, 2024 |
Except for a few issues I will mention below, this could have easily been a four or five star book. Unfortunately, a number of items totally ruined the book.

The story follows Kelly, who has just broken up/separated from her boyfriend, and moves in with a friend she has known since childhood and her friend’s husband. Things go great at first, but then more and more troubling incidents occur and Kelly is rethinking her decision. Dead bodies appear. Deceptions and lies are commonplace. No one seems to know whom to trust, even to the end of the book.

None of the characters are believable and are all unreliable. That makes the book interesting as the reader does not know whom or what to believe.

The book started out very slow. The first 100 pages were difficult to get through. Then the book picked up for a while, but then slowed down just past the half-way mark. Overall, I would say the book is about 50 to 75 pages too long. There is too much focus on the pandemic and lockdown of 2020. That reference becomes tiresome quickly. Much of the book is repetitive and should have been edited out.

The ending is absolutely inane, insipid, and totally ridiculous. The final 30 pages of the book are awful. The “twist” at the end made no sense. It was stupid and illogical. Too many events happened due to coincidence and were not believable at all.

I don’t want to spoil the ending for anyone, but how does a murderer break into an extremely secure house, murder someone, clean up the murder scene, and exit, without three people not hearing or seeing anything? That make no sense at all and is expecting too much of the reader to simply accept it at face value.

As I was reading the book I felt it would probably be a four to five star read, but the ridiculous ending and the final 30 pages ruined the book for me. I cannot in good conscious recommend this book. It was a total waste of my time.
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dwcofer | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Dec 9, 2023 |
This book immediately pulled me in, but then it got VERY strange.
Kelly and Mike are engaged, but he calls it off after they move to Philadelphia. Kelly is devastated, but she moves out, and moves in with a school friend, Sabrina, and Sabrina's husband, Nathan. Then it gets very weird.
Sabrina is an author, writing steamy stories. Kelly starts imagining herself as the main character in the book. She enters into a relationship with both Sabrina and Nathan. Later, she discovers some information in their home about a former woman in their lives. She begins to suspect foul play.
You will be surprised by the ending, because, really, it comes from out of left field.
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rmarcin | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Dec 9, 2023 |

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Obres
5
Membres
1,398
Popularitat
#18,384
Valoració
½ 3.3
Ressenyes
55
ISBN
39
Llengües
1

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