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roadtripreader 's review for:
Trouble
by Janelle Brown
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Geez they giving 9 year olds iPhone 13s now.I just had the nokia that was popular in my hometown at the time. Wait - is that Finnish company still churning out phones or has it gone the way of Blackberry?
I digress. Yeah okay remind me to seriously reconsider having kids. Like hell no. I cannot even ...I just can't with this mess. For now I'm good just being that aunt.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
We open on that delicate balance between nosy bitchy surburban moms who's kids belong at that fancy schmancy school "discussing" the *gasp* scholarship 6 year old who dresses as inappropriately as her maybe stripper mama ... nobody knows for sure.
"Polly couldn’t help wondering if they ever gossiped about her—would they pity her awkward scar, her country-girl naivete, her utter lack of career distinction? She tries too hard, she’s just an imposter." (Gossip is a fickle temptress)
And then the insanity and chaos began.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Now I don't feel awful for taking an immediate visceral disliking to Sylvie at first and it made me realize that if I were a mom to a nine year old kid, you can bet your last dollar I'd keep my kid away from her. But my instincts are honed to rooting out sociopaths and nefarious people - benefit/downside of being raise where they roamed free and ran while cities.
But manipulative little devil was not exactly what I was expecting.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene:
That playdate from HELL.
✔️Basic Bitch
✔️Megan Thee Stallone
✔️“We’re just having fun, Hannah’s Mom,” Sylvie being a little goblinshyte
✔️Prada Purse
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “Sylvie can’t be trusted, I’m well aware. I’m going to get it out of her, the little liar, one way or another. She’ll learn her lesson. I promise.” (I always wonder about child-sociopaths, like does it start at age 5 or later?)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
■ Small Town Girl, Big LA Spanish Colonial
■ Damned Covid Lockdowns. Almost triggered me.
■ Katrina vs Sylvie dynamic
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025
I digress. Yeah okay remind me to seriously reconsider having kids. Like hell no. I cannot even ...I just can't with this mess. For now I'm good just being that aunt.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
We open on that delicate balance between nosy bitchy surburban moms who's kids belong at that fancy schmancy school "discussing" the *gasp* scholarship 6 year old who dresses as inappropriately as her maybe stripper mama ... nobody knows for sure.
"Polly couldn’t help wondering if they ever gossiped about her—would they pity her awkward scar, her country-girl naivete, her utter lack of career distinction? She tries too hard, she’s just an imposter." (Gossip is a fickle temptress)
And then the insanity and chaos began.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Now I don't feel awful for taking an immediate visceral disliking to Sylvie at first and it made me realize that if I were a mom to a nine year old kid, you can bet your last dollar I'd keep my kid away from her. But my instincts are honed to rooting out sociopaths and nefarious people - benefit/downside of being raise where they roamed free and ran while cities.
But manipulative little devil was not exactly what I was expecting.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene:
That playdate from HELL.
✔️Basic Bitch
✔️Megan Thee Stallone
✔️“We’re just having fun, Hannah’s Mom,” Sylvie being a little goblinshyte
✔️Prada Purse
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “Sylvie can’t be trusted, I’m well aware. I’m going to get it out of her, the little liar, one way or another. She’ll learn her lesson. I promise.” (I always wonder about child-sociopaths, like does it start at age 5 or later?)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
■ Small Town Girl, Big LA Spanish Colonial
■ Damned Covid Lockdowns. Almost triggered me.
■ Katrina vs Sylvie dynamic
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025