When this book was picked for book club, I dreaded it because I thought the movie was TERRIBLE!
But I went into it with an open mind thinking that maybe the book would be better.
I was wrong 🤣🤣 the book also is not good!
I do feel like it helped fill in some blanks with info that i either missed in the movie, or that was excluded from the movie.
I did feel like I got a some more info that I probably missed from the movie so that was good, but man, this book is just so long and slow and kind of dull in my opinion.
The chapters are waaay too long, and I hated that there were so many past and presents in the same chapter. I kept loosing track of where we were.
I also do not see why this is a mysetery/thriller book? There was nothing mysterious or thrilling about it.
I listened to it, and it was still painful. Worst book Ive read so far this year😅
What are your thoughts on this book? And I missing something? Lol
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I didn’t think the book was too bad, but it definitely wasn’t my favorite read. I also thought the movie was so bad it cut out so much stuff !!