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Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I am not a person who likes biographies. I don’t like things set in the past. But I’m so glad I entered this book completely blind due to it being picked by a book club I joined late.

Once I picked it up I was not able to put it down! Love all the representation, especially with a major character as a mixed Black woman. I loved the way each husband was broken down and reading the timeline of Evelyn’s life was truly like reading a juicy Hollywood tell-all.

4/5 - due to the last arc falling flat. The biggest secret is told in the last 15 or so pages and while I didn’t see it coming, it just didn’t hit as hard as it could have. It seemed like more of a last minute throw in to build the connection between the two characters.

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