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I needed more of a reason to care what happened to these people

The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

May 29, 2019 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

I finished this book on a plane four days ago, and I’m already forgetting it. It was fine – perfect plane fare, and it fit in my purse. But it was tremendously forgettable. Four girls become fast friends at boarding school, something terrible happens, they grow up with a horrible secret, and events come back to haunt them after they’re all grown and living miles away from each other. Not very original, sure, but there’s definitely potential there. Fifteen years after they left school under […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bothari43, Lying Game, Ruth Ware, unlikeable characters

Bothari43's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bothari43, Lying Game, Ruth Ware, unlikeable characters ·
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Bad things happening to whiny unlikeable brats

The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly

February 5, 2019 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

To make a story about unlikeable characters work, I think either the writing has to be astounding, or the mystery has to be super-engrossing. This book, told in two timelines, has whiny bratty characters, decent writing, and an aggravating, strung-out-too-long mystery. Sigh. Young Karen is a semi-uptight college student, rooming with the popular girls and having a vanilla life. Then she meets Biba, a hippie aspiring actress, and her brother Rex, who serves as sort of a safety net/babysitter for his wild child sister. Karen […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bothari43, Erin Kelly, messed up families, Poison Tree, unlikeable characters

Bothari43's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bothari43, Erin Kelly, messed up families, Poison Tree, unlikeable characters ·
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