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The first book by Liane Moriarty that I didn‘t enjoy. I really love the sensation of the twist reveal in her books but this one left me shrugging my shoulders. I guess I just never warmed to any of the characters. I was quite disappointed after really loving all of the other books I‘ve read by this author.

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Still hanging out in my audio library…

This is a page-turning drama/mystery about a “successful“ tennis family. I love this simple bold cover design! 🍎

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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!) Feel free to join in!

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Had me the whole time, lack luster ending a bit, I like this author so far

I legit binge read the second half of this today , for my neighborhood book club tonight. Whoa. Highly recommend this. I think I gasped aloud like ten times today!

#12booksof2022 This one was very easy to pick, as it was the only book that I read in April. I didn‘t like it. One reason was that the author used the Covid pandemic as a plot point and it just hit a little too close to home.

#currentread for my neighborhood book club.

Pretty classic Liane Moriarty, serving up just the right level of domestic drama and mystery for my end of the year brain. I love tennis, so the context of this one really worked for me. Minus a star because an edit that shaved 100 pages would have tightened this right up. You know what you‘re getting here and it mostly works.

This book was good but a slow read. I found would get caught up in a few chapters and then the pace would slow down and I‘d lose interest however, I enjoyed the ending and overall found it a decent read

I really enjoyed this! I loved Joy, the Mum of a family obsessed with tennis. It was overly long at times but I loved all the family drama and the writing was so easy to read. Thank you @squirrelbrain for gifting this to me. 👍

It was ok, kind of dragged for me. So much about the characters I didn‘t feel necessary, but I think her writing is just not my style.

This was a real page turner. Told through a series of flashback and current events it cleverly weaves together the pasts of each characters. The result being that you are swept along in their mystery of Joy Delaney‘s disappearance, never being quite sure who may be involved. Twists and turns along the way meaning I often found myself thinking about this book during the day. I‘ve enjoyed most of Moriarty‘s books but this one more than most.

4 stars. Lots of twists. A little too long/drawn out

I wanted to love this book so much but I really just didn‘t. It started out strong and I thought the mystery was interesting. It‘s really the only thing that kept me going. It was so heavy on the tennis background and so long that I just kept losing interest. Also, the family dynamic was too much for me. It just didn‘t work, in my opinion. The twist was good, but this one was just okay for me.

3.5/5 🌟

Not as good as her older books but much better than her last 2 books. 🍏

I thought that conclusion was a bit messy and the flip flopping between past and present for 60 or so chapters was not my style I will try another book by this author though

Just like her last couple of books, this was definitely a bit too long…. But you know what? I still always enjoy Liane‘s books with all their complicated relationship stuff, and secrets and lies. This one was no different… tons of red herrings, lots of dry humor, sibling rivalries and just family soap-opera stuff that was fun and fluffy. Not my favorite but I enjoyed it none the less. Excellent audio narration as always 💕🎧

REALLY good, but REALLY long. I feel like it was all necessary though. Love her writing.

Someone recommended this book to me since I loved Big Little Lies so much, and I‘m glad I read it! I loved the writing and characters, some parts even made me laugh out loud. The mystery was enough to keep me interested throughout the whole story. The only thing is I will say that when the mystery was revealed/solved, I was a little underwhelmed (at least for one of them - because there are several!) Overall this was a great read

This story is told through the eyes of several well developed characters and bystanders and evesdroppers. It delves into the psyche of a family who fiercely love one another but can not for the life of them figure out how to show it. When their mother goes missing after an introduction to a stranger the father is accused of murder. The family dysfunction kicks into high gear as they can not communicate & take sides on mom vs dad.

Good. Interesting take on marriage and family life. Such a intense book which keeps you guessing until the very end. Thank you #MichaelJoseph and #Penguin for inviting me to read this via #Netgalley.

#ApplesNeverFall

Entertaining read filled with some unexpected twists and turns

“Never spoil a good story with the facts.“ 🤔

Wagging school (as I do every year) and on my way to the Sydney Writer‘s Festival on the train. Hoping to get this book signed on Sunday. Catching up with a family friend and staying with my beautiful friend and godson who I haven‘t seen since last year when she told me she was pregnant and now she is about to pop. I‘m eating date loaf and drinking Red Rose tea courtesy of #LitsyTeaSwap and @Bookwormjillk It is waking me up too. Thankyou Jill xo

I liked this more than I thought I would! It was light and entertaining, and dramatic in a low stakes way. It could have used some editing - the end especially was massively dragged out, and it would have been really frustrating in print. Audio was a great medium, though.

Best book scores from my building‘s book exchange for yonks!

🌟🌟🌟🌟 Aside from being a bit longer than necessary and drawn out, I am happy to say Liane Moriarty is back! After that last disaster of a book, 9 Perfect Strangers, she still has my faith to spin a good story. Recommend

I felt the story was a bit drawn out but overall I enjoyed the mystery and family dynamics. Great distraction to kick off the weekend with.

“The bike lay on the side of the road beneath a great oak, the handle bars at an odd, jutted angle, as if it had been thrown with angry force.”

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2.75⭐️ I thought the premise for the book was interesting, but by the end of the book I really didn‘t care for the family. I thought that the chapters that focused on the individual siblings were too long and found myself not really caring about the siblings. I thought that the chapters should have been shorter and the story shorter as a result. #2022 #fiction #contemporary #bookreview #bookstagram

My plans for #weekendreading is to finish Apples Never Fall and to work on HP & the Deathly Hallows and Booth

This was a riveting book where I wanted to know what happened, but there were times where it moved slowly and felt repetitive. The ending remained a surprise and it was overall a good read even if it wasn‘t one of my favorites

I'm actually mad at the book and that's rare. Lol. Like Big Little Lies, I quite enjoyed the juicy, gossipy tone of the novel. It's Moriarty's style and it's fine if you want a light, relaxing read. However, it's not the ending itself which I disliked—I quite liked that bit—but the ending before the ending, so to speak. Will clarify in spoilers. I felt like I was invested in the book and its characters, only for a lazy whimper of a conclusion.

My first book from this author and it was just meh for me. It‘s very slow and had too many characters to keep track of plus for a mystery it wasn‘t very engrossing. Just a so so from me, almost gave up on this one a couple of times through lack of interest

My #weekendreading.

📚 Apples Never Fall - library book due on Wednesday but it‘s going by really fast.
📱An Impartial Witness - another library book that is due fairly soon and want the download off my phone
📚HP & the Deathly Hallows - My double bookspin book for March; slowly getting through it
📚The Language of Flowers - book club read for next weekend; will probably start it later today or tomorrow.

An enjoyable mixture of mystery, family dynamics, and humor. I listened to it on audio and loved it.