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The Mother-In-LawDeliciously entertaining People Magazine's People Pick Entertainment Weekly's MUST List O Magazine's 15 Best Beach Books of the Year So Far Bustle Best Book of April Refinery29 Best Book of April Cosmopolitan Best Book of April Woman's Day's 27 Fiction Books of 2019 to Add to Your Reading List ASAP BookBub's Biggest Books of April PopSugar's 30 Must Read Books of 2019 A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her
- Deliciously entertaining --People Magazine's People Pick
- Entertainment Weekly's MUST List
- O Magazine's 15 Best Beach Books of the Year So Far
- Bustle Best Book of April
- Refinery29 Best Book of April
- Cosmopolitan Best Book of April
- Woman's Day's 27 Fiction Books of 2019 to Add to Your Reading List ASAP
- BookBub's Biggest Books of April
- PopSugar's 30 Must-Read Books of 2019
A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death...
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 03/10/2020
ISBN: 9781250120939
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 1.30d
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★★★★★ 3
Why is it 400+ pages?
Format: Hardcover
I haven’t disliked a book this much in a very long time. The characters are unlikeable, the puppets are annoying, the child is annoying, and the reason for the family secret (though I understand grief can sometimes make us do weird things) was (for me) unremarkable.
For the first 75% of the book it seems like we’ve been lied to and the book isn’t about ghosts at all, that it's about a creepy little puppet possessed by a poltergeist. But then we learn the house and all the creepy dolls, puppets, and taxidermied animals are, in fact, haunted. I won’t tell you by what/who because that will spoil “the twist”.
What I will tell you is that it is an unremarkable twist is a story that is too long.
The only real enjoyment I got out of this book was when I read the last page.
So, why have I given it 3 stars? Because it isn’t a bad book. It just isn’t for me. I wanted a clear ghost story that didn’t involve creepy puppets and uncompelling characters. Instead, I got Pupkin and Louise and Mark. In fairness, though, Mark actually develops over the course of the story.
If you don’t mind annoying puppets seemingly possessed by a poltergeist (wink, wink), an MC who continues to deny what’s happening until denial is no longer an option (yes, I know that was the point of that section), family secrets that make no sense, and character conflict that could be easily resolved by just talking to one another, then you’ll probably enjoy this book.
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