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Finished! Surprisingly chilling, but not a very satisfying ending.

Oh, brilliant plan. Maybe in a few years half this family will be wiped out by a mysterious toxic swamp cancer.

Why is Grandma trying to get her underage grandchildren drunk?

Peanut butter, salami, and cheese sandwich. I've never heard of that combo before. It sounds horrifying.

I suppose it's kind of refreshing to see such an unapologetically unpleasant and scheming literary grandma. The writing's still heavy-handed and dated, though.

Wow, this is heavy-handed. Also, people do not think in entire diary entries, even when they're freaking out about their missing diaries. Random thoughts about ATM PINs was believable - this, not so much.

Annelise is so cartoonishly awful that surely even Jared will stop mooning over her. He's got Lindie as a backup now, so the author can still work some cousin romance in.

I couldn't help myself and started a new book today. I'll try to guilt trip myself into squeezing out some reviews.

This is part of a project I'm currently working on to focus on books at my library that seem interesting but don't have many (or any) circs. We're doing a mass purge of our print collection (ebooks and the pandemic have definitely had an impact), and I'm trying to figure out ways to market what's left.