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”the trouble was knowing who deserved to be family at the end of it all.�� 🫢

~*~ 3 stars ~*~

i was hooked the first 60% of this book and then things slowly started to fizzle out. still a good book and i highly enjoy holly jackson’s writing, but it started to feel like it was dragging at the end??

i felt myself losing interest after most of the reveals, which is not something you want to happen when reading a thriller��. but this is not me trying to deter you.

i enjoyed the pacing (although i saw many other disliked it, i thought it worked well. be warned: it’s slow,) and i really enjoyed the documentary aspect. this reads almost like a true crime novel in parts and i loved that.

i’m going to sound so old for saying this, but overuse of the f-bomb was really annoying. i get the main character wasn’t supposed to be a kind, sweet girl and i can appreciate that�� but it got to the point where the swearing was just over the top.

someone please fetch Bel a dictionary so she can learn some words other than “fuck.�� (i heard that word is used 121+ times in this book?!?)

new reading pet peeve unlocked. 🔓

holly jackson is still an auto-buy author for me. i fly through her books and this was no exception. despite the 3 star rating, you all should read this one if you’re a holly jackson fan!

not every book is going to compare to AGGGTM and that’s okay. 🫶🏻