This is the craziest most over the top ridiculous book I’ve read in a long while. I could not put it down because I was waiting to see what the author would throw at me next. I’m giving it 3 stars because it had everything I love to hate within the pages.
The characters were deplorable in every way. Not one in the bunch seemed to have a double digit IQ and behaved so badly. Without giving spoilers, I can’t go into more detail. So many cliches and tropes in the narrative — sometimes I had to laugh out loud saying to myself that surely we weren’t going to go there — and then we did!
Ostensibly about a lawyer, Sarah, defending her cheating husband, Adam, on a murder charge, this takes incredulity to a whole new level. If you’re looking for accurate attorney client relationships, this is not what you should read. Yes, spent most of the book trying to figure out why anyone would want to be in the same room with Adam much less try to help him. The ending was quite satisfying in a perverse sort of way. Suffice to say, hideous people doing hideous things. The end.
I listened to the audiobook while following along in the ebook and I enjoyed the production. I was quite irritated, however, because often the performer’s words did not match the text in the book. The voices did add a nice bit of dramatic flair to the whole farce. I gave this 3 stars because it did entertain me as I alternated between flipping pages and contemplating throwing the book across the room.
And yeah, I can’t help myself. I do plan to read the sequel.
This is the first of two books featuring same characters. Read in order!
Genre - crazy psychological thriller, lawyer, murder, adultery
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