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4-17-23: My 40th finished book of 2023! Grace, a therapist, has the ideal life. A husband she loves who is an pediatric oncologist and a son who attends the prestigious Manhattan private school, Reardon, the school she attended as a child. She is even about to publish her first book in which she scolds women for not bailing their intuition when it comes to first impressions in relationships. Then a murder occurs and it shatters Grace‘s world.

This was between a pick and so-so for me. I watched the TV version of this entitled The Undoing during COVid lockdown. After reading this novel, I feel that they did a good job on the TV version which moved along faster and was a bit more suspenseful than the book. I did appreciate getting inside the main character‘s head while reading this but felt it was somewhat long winded at over 400 pages.

What is the point of living if you‘re constantly afraid of death? ——— page 57
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5 Star book. however I still can‘t figure out if it‘s true or not and if it is, that‘s petrifying. I had to stop reading at night because I got spooked and was unsure about it being true or not😅
edit: it‘s fiction but still mind spooking.
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Ding ding ding ding. I believe this is my first grid this year where the entire grid was published prior to 2021. And look at me working down that Elin stack! Some slightly better than average but sometimes that‘s how it goes. Tagged my favorite.

5* = Loved It, want non-reader IRL friends to read. I do/will own a physical copy. A+
4*= I liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Average C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

I had a blast binge-watching the Undoing a few months ago. As I was stacking The Plot to my TBR, I saw the tagged by the same author was the inspiration for the limited-series (I know - I should have known), and the audio was available so I checked it out. The essence of the series matched the book, but there were enough differences that I was completely engaged in this original.

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I actually think that the book's new publishing name, The Undoing, suits it much better. I have been doing this thing this year where I choose books simply on their cover (or every once and a while, on a good review). I could swear I found this in the thriller section, but it is not at all a thriller, so that may have clouded my judgement as I read it. Overall, well written and vaguely sentimental. Not my usual, but good nonetheless.

Watching the adaptation of this book, The Undoing, on HBO. 85 year old Donald Sutherland delivering a calmly terrifying threat in extreme close-up while assuring the recipient that he will prevail because he is “an old-fashioned cocksucker who will destroy anyone” who hurts his loved ones is simply masterful. 😳🔥

This was such a good book. I‘m suggesting it to everyone I know. I pulled so many quotes from it which I might share some soon. I think I‘ve gotten more from it than my own therapist. I need to fire my therapist.

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