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Got me crying over the execution of a criminal. Crazy but can’t deny good writing when I read it.

Percy is only 21?!!! I hate him so much. Easily makes the list of the worst literary characters

Yep. There’s the obligatory gay character. The author can check her “diverse” box off. 🙄

Would make a good book club choice. Lots of things to talk about. Sterilization of people who shouldn’t be having kids is a crazy concept but in some ways justified and in other ways horrific.

Why doesn’t this have the gay tag? 🙄

She wanted to escape reality and live in a fantasy world since childhood? That dream came true. She’s nucking futs in her la la land. Her grandmother was sent to a mental hospital? So crazy runs in the family

Well, that was very ‘Earl had to die’

The story has finally started. Isabelle is bad ass

I’m a little alarmed by how much I can relate to Margaret. That’s not a good sign :-|

Why can’t real life men be like fictional men

I love Six-Thirty 🥹😭

I instantly like Lucy for not leaving her dog behind.

Yay for woke writers using the “they” pronoun. Doesn’t make for confused writing at all:::eye roll:::

Sad that this character who is a well paid dr isn’t considering adoption. Like people forget there are tons of kids in the world needing homes.

For 2 drs and the chief of police these people sure are dumb. You would think they would make some common sense decisions. Kind of bugging me at this point how oblivious they all are. Not sure if I want to finish the book

If the dog lives I will give this a 5 star review for that alone.

I really appreciate that the author added in a bit about how trauma/loss can easily be triggered years later by something as innocent as a child making up a rhyme. Good lesson for readers- especially the MG audience this is intended for. It didn’t ruin the flow of the story and was handled tactfully. Well done

Poor father Callahan

Aibileen gets it. The way to move beyond racism is teach the young generations were all the same. Not teach that one race is oppressed because of another. That creates division

Well that was a twist I didn’t see coming

Killing a stray cat is not the same as killing a stray cat. I get she’s crazy but that cat murder was disgusting -makes me feel less bad for her and kind of glad she gets what she does.

This book better have a great twist because right now is terrible. The writing is choppy and repetitive- very amateurish. The characters are annoying especially the MC whose trying not to lose her job yet tries to seduce the gardener then touches the husband? Her actions are not aligning with her motives. Again bad writing from a newbie author

Ick. Of all the celebrities to mention she uses Chrissy Teigen?! The bully who encourages young girls to commit suicide? In a book where a character suffers from mental illness and is speculated to have committed suicid!? Bad form Hillier either the author is not up to date on celeb news or worse supports Teigen. Gag. Not impressed

Starting to get crimson peak vibes. If that’s his first wife then things are freaking gross

Saw that plot twist coming from page one lol

Really wish fiction stories would stop using suicide (especially how this book so sensitively put it “a jumper”) it’s not a good story plot. Find a new one

Her ability to still experience list and have desires while and immediately after what she’s going through is both ridiculous and improbable.

Hanging doctors who performed abortions? Hm not all their ideas are bad