If anyone has read this book and has any other recommendations of similar titles I’d appreciate it! I read it about 1.5 years ago and it got me out of my reading funk. I’m in a reading funk again and hoping a similar book will help me out of it again!
Things I liked about it:
– It wasn’t linear. You were piecing it together bit by bit the whole time.
– Family was manipulative and crafty. They were scummy. Not nice.
– It was a mystery (which brother is in the coffin???)
– It was not romantic or funny or lighthearted.
– The drama was fairly low stakes. In that I mean it’s just a family involved – it isn’t “bigger than it is”, you know? Like no war is going to be fought over this, no big scary government involvement or BBEG, etc. Just intense family drama.
– Realistic fiction.
– If you read “If We Were Villains” you might understand it had similar vibes to that. But I enjoyed it more.
– If you read “Never Ask Me”, which is also a family drama, by Jeff Abbot that is absolutely not what I’m looking for. That book was a drag. I think it was too preachy for me? Not complex enough. And almost too “light”. I want something a bit heavier if that makes sense.
Thanks for any suggestions you have!
by cinnamontoastshark