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I was warned this book wasn‘t great but I gave it a chance anyways. I should have listened. ⭐️⭐️

This was a decent story but so many characters I kept getting them confused

A good flight read. Pitched as miss Marple meets Succession. I would say it‘s more Succession meets SoHo House with a Fyre Festival vibe. Like reading breathless vanity Fair article. But well done & full of knowing details that feel authentic & evoke the world of Annabel‘s, SoHo House & those exclusive hotels in the forests of England. I enjoyed the fly on the wall feel but the characters were hard to like.

Meh. Slow and boring in my opinion. Not really sure what all the hype was about. It read like a tabloid which I guess was the point, but I just couldn‘t get into it.

Still beach reading in this beautiful hot weather we‘re having. The synopsis intrigues me. First chapter hooked me from the start. Reese‘s Book Club pick, can‘t go wrong. #beachreads #reesesbookclub #bookclubpick #booktock

Just tore through this thriller- it‘s got all kinds of trashy characters who belong to a very exclusive club with “Home” sites in major cities. The Club is opening a new venue on it‘s own island - the elite are going to party and the desperate are going to react. I couldn‘t put it down - I had to know what happened 👍👍💚🐉

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Book 72🎧 2.5⭐️

Bad men being bad.

I wasn‘t shocked.

More a character study than mystery as the whodunnit aspect was relatively obvious on all accounts. Surprised by the low rating here. This was more of the stronger “Reese Picks” to me.

📬 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕄𝕒𝕚𝕝 📖

Savoring the work of talented authors for the first time is a great joy. Thanks to Harper Perennial & Bibliolifestyle, I will be sampling the writing of 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝, which is, in actuality, the pseudonym adopted by the husband and wife team of Paul Vlitos and Collette Lyons.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 was the 03/22 Reese's Book Club pick & a bestseller, available now in paperback.

Discovered any new authors recently?

Started slow but got better half way in. Entertaining

3.75/5

None of these characters are well developed and VERY few are likeable (and the location of the island club was baffling) yet I was motivated to keep going to find out who was dead and why. But the story lost momentum as it went on and several scenes were just weird. The ending felt too extended- I think the denouements should have been tighter.

Feel asleep at 72% last night and now I have to wait all day to get answers. 🙀

I have mixed feelings about this book… it took forever for me to get into it but it did pick up at the end…. Overall, not my favorite read!

Not a great read! It seemed like it dragged on and on in some areas. I finished it but was disappointed.

I did not enjoy this book. I listened to the audiobook which may be a reason why I couldn‘t keep all the many characters straight in my mind. I had hoped this would really work for me, as the blurb made me think it may be similar to The Guest List which I really enjoyed. But there were too many threads running through this that switched to a new character‘s perspective. Not enough time with any one to become fully engrossed. Then I didn‘t care.

“We all have versions of ourselves we can bear to look at, versions we prepare for the world‘s consumption, that we hope will make ourselves loved, allow us to be forgiven. Versions of our real selves that allow us to live with the things we have done.”
#August2022

This is a club you definitely don‘t want to join. It‘s surprising this hasn‘t already happened somewhere (or maybe it has, and we‘re just fortunate enough *not* to know about it). I do wish things were more resolved in the end, but that‘s the way it is sometimes. I give it a 7 out of 10.

A slow start & lots of characters, but a good closed circle mystery. The plot was fun & interesting with a lot of morally gray characters. If you are bothered by unlikable characters, you'd best steer clear. Some characters were so easily confused that I felt they could have been merged. The pacing moved fairly well once things got going & there were some good complexities in the end. A decent & enjoyable thriller, but not necessarily gripping.

Starting this one today. Celebrities, hanging out in an exotic locale with a murderer on the loose

The Club was billed to me as Big Little Lies meets Succession as a novel and it really delivers on this descriptor. It reads like an episodic television series, and is propulsive reading because of this. There are of course, lots of rich people problems, and rich people doing awful things. This is a genre I find particularly compelling, for no specific reason. A bit of a slow burn to start, from the halfway point the pace builds effectively.

June 16, 2022 Boy! Was this hard to get through. Idk why but this book was very slow for me. It did pick up pace like 3/4 in but I didnt feel like I was on my feet or wanting to find out what happened next. I would recommend this book to those who want to read about rich ppl behaving badly. The mystery is still unknown as to where Ned Groom disappeared to.

🤔🤔😱❓ NOS4A2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sorry this is so late @Bklover @Eggs

This was good, but felt a little predictable and tidied up too easily at the end for me. I liked the gossipy, cult of celebrity piece, it was unique and fun, but it just fell short. The #audio was good, I loved the cover, enjoyed the narrator and it kept me walking. I might try another from Lloyd, maybe I just wasn‘t in the mood for this one now. #BookpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #Doublespin

June 9, 2022 Can somebody, anybody, tell me whether they have read this book and what they thought about it? So far, nothing exciting has happened and I am getting impatient. I mean, it seems kind of slow and ugh i just want to get to the climax of the book already.

6-7-22: My 55th finished book of 2022! Fast paced story told from the perspective of 4 people. The opening of an exclusive club on an island. The PA, the manager, the brother of the owner and the head of house keeping, take turns describing the launch weekend that will end in death and confusion. Kept me guessing until the end with lots of twists along the way. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣5️⃣5️⃣

June 5, 2022 Woop woop Today the Warriors won Game 3 of the playoffs against the Boston Celtics. Man was it a intense game! I am not an avid watcher of basketball but today I WAS. This is actually my new book. The other book, The Impossible City by Karen Cheung, I will read at a later time ✌🏻

When a highly exclusive members only club opens up a new location on a swanky island, everyone wants in. Until multiple people turn up dead and a lot of secrets come pouring out of the closets. This is one of those solid page-turner mysteries... nothing Earth shattering, but an entertaining palate cleanser of a thriller. 3.5⭐️

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This is light summer reading. It‘s a mystery taking place in an exclusive club on an island. Over the top characters in an over the top setting, but lots of interesting little twists along the way were enough to keep me reading to the end.

My book haul!! 🤓

An elite club for the rich and famous where there is a lot going on behind the scenes.

Secrets, blackmail, murder, oh my!

I enjoyed this story, but my only complaint is that it took a while to remember and keep track of who was who.

PS - I placed the book on top of an old hotel directory. Definitely NOT how people sign in these days! 😄

A fun, murder mystery thriller set on an island. This one was perfect on audio and reminded me so much of The Guest List. Hollywood stars belonging to an exclusive club have secrets and sordid histories that complicate the opening of a new location. It was just what I was in the mood for and I loved each twisty reveal. The different POVs and red herrings made for a fast and entertaining read!

Home is an exclusive club catering to super rich celebrities and opening a brand new island location in England. At the grand opening weekend, things go awry and we know from the start that more than one person is dead. This is an entertaining, good but not great thriller. I enjoyed it, but it could have been tightened up a bit.

#bookspin

Here‘s my living #bookspinbingo card for April! 🥳 The tagged is my #bookspin, and O Beautiful is my #doublespin, which is fab since I started it yesterday!

The Home Group is about to launch its latest club just off the English coast. The invite list is super exclusive and it seems everyone attending has something to hide. This was a fun popcorn thriller.

It took me a while to read this because I couldn't get into it. The writing didn't get me rooting for anyone or invested in the plot. The storyline seemed promising, but I think it would be a better movie than a book.

Okay people, I loved this book! This book is an amazing story about a few women whose lives are connected by the rich and powerful men they each want dead. The setting is on a remote island off of England and the characters are very wealthy and powerful celebrities. Mix in some debauchery and non-stop partying and anything is possible. Will these women get what they want in the end? I LOVED it. Maybe my fav book of the year so far. Must Read!!!

This is a Reese‘s book club pick which I think is a miss. Unlikeable characters, almost cookie cutter. It‘s like the author decided to write and want to be sure the book filled up so many pages. And I got tired of the words”repurposed” and sunrise/sunset described as orange with a tinge of pink. Take a pass on this one

I always love a good thriller and this did not disappoint. There were almost too many characters in the beginning to keep track of, but it improved as you got to know everyone better. I had trouble following one particular plot point (not detailing because it‘s a spoiler) which could be blamed on my love of true crime podcasts. I liked how the stories finally merged at the end. Little details coming into focus.

So I really liked Lloyd's other novel. I am so excited this came off my hold list along with Night Shift by Alex Finlay. And The Inheritance Games. I'm still working on Station Eleven and String Follow and I'm in grad school so I'm moving slowly lol. But this is a perfect lineup for the #readathon!

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At first it was hard to get into the story or really care about anyone because there were so many characters. The last third of the story picks up and has interesting twists. I do think this would translate really well to TV as a limited mini-series. #reesesbookclub 🎧

#weekendreads

1. Currently reading The Club. It‘s the March RBC pick. Really liking it so far.

2. So many digital holds thanks to me constantly browsing.

3. Last physical checkout was The Iron Widow back in January. Last digital checkout was The Club yesterday.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

This was coming-soon at my library and I read a prediction it was Reese‘s March pick. I put a hold on it and turned out to be 1st on the list! I went in without knowing a thing about and quickly realized it was a favorite trope of Reese - rich and famous people behaving very badly. The many characters were confusing at first but came together without my needing to physically map them out. It‘s a fun, twisty read. It‘s also my #BookSpin ↓

A great twisty thriller that I finished in a day and would make for a great beach read. At times I felt the story line was a bit repetitive but the unexpected twists and turns more than made up for that. If you like celebrity culture and the toxic undercurrents of fame this is for you. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.