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Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer
3.0

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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book wasn't bad, but it also wasn't the humorous horror I was looking forward to reading. I'm not sure if this is the fault of my own expectation or the way this seems to be marketed. Most of the humor here is more in the irony, rather than anything that would make you laugh out loud. Our main characters are your standard "I'm not like other moms, I'm a cool mom" suburban mothers, each clinging to who they were prior to suburbia heavily. Some of the plots feels jagged and detached, but it all comes together in the end, though, of course, the power of friendship.

This is definitely in the category of a beach read horror for me, a very quick read without heavy emotional baggage attached to it.

CAWPILE
Characters: 7 | Atmosphere: 7 | Writing: 5 | Plot: 5 | Intrigue: 5 | Logic: 8 | Enjoyment: 5
6.00