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They Never Learn
by Layne Fargo
With March's Book Club pick being centered around "International Women's Day", our book club chose to go for a 'good for her' route, leading us to "They Never Learn" by Layne Fargo.
In this novel, we're following Scarlett Clark who is an excellent professor at Gorman University, but she's also an excellent serial killer. *drops mic*
Carly Schiller is a freshman at Gorman University, doing her best to fit in in a world she feels she'll never be a part of.
When a influential football player at Gorman is found dead, supposedly by suicide, Scarlett is quick to jump into the task force at hand that is looking at many murders that have taken place over the years.
Personally, I really enjoyed this book! I loved the idea of a book where a woman is filled with rage and wants to just serve 'justice' to any man that has done something wrong. What a place the world could be...
One of the things that I personally loved about the book was that I did feel it was quite fast-paced and kept me intrigued. The ending was a bit sloppy, but it didn't stop me from my overall opinion of the book. When trying to finish it prior to club, I also was dual listening to it on audio while reading and I think that the audiobook did a pretty good job, too!
Some overall thoughts from book club, overall, most of us enjoyed it:
PROS: There were quite a few twists in the book that most of us did not see, but once they happened, we felt we 'should' have seen it. It was a bit suspenseful at times, which helped us to fly through the chapters.
CONS: *****************SPOILERS*********************
1. Some of the group didn't care for the writing and felt that the female characters were written by a man, changing the entire vibe of the book for them.
2. ***SPOILER*** A few people also hated the ending of the book because it played on the 'crazy lesbian' trope and the two of them just moved on with their lives after getting away with it and continued to be lovers and murderers. Overall, the ending felt like a bit of a let down for how it could have played out.
In this novel, we're following Scarlett Clark who is an excellent professor at Gorman University, but she's also an excellent serial killer. *drops mic*
Carly Schiller is a freshman at Gorman University, doing her best to fit in in a world she feels she'll never be a part of.
When a influential football player at Gorman is found dead, supposedly by suicide, Scarlett is quick to jump into the task force at hand that is looking at many murders that have taken place over the years.
Personally, I really enjoyed this book! I loved the idea of a book where a woman is filled with rage and wants to just serve 'justice' to any man that has done something wrong. What a place the world could be...
One of the things that I personally loved about the book was that I did feel it was quite fast-paced and kept me intrigued. The ending was a bit sloppy, but it didn't stop me from my overall opinion of the book. When trying to finish it prior to club, I also was dual listening to it on audio while reading and I think that the audiobook did a pretty good job, too!
Some overall thoughts from book club, overall, most of us enjoyed it:
PROS: There were quite a few twists in the book that most of us did not see, but once they happened, we felt we 'should' have seen it. It was a bit suspenseful at times, which helped us to fly through the chapters.
CONS: *****************SPOILERS*********************
1. Some of the group didn't care for the writing and felt that the female characters were written by a man, changing the entire vibe of the book for them.
2. ***SPOILER*** A few people also hated the ending of the book because it played on the 'crazy lesbian' trope and the two of them just moved on with their lives after getting away with it and continued to be lovers and murderers. Overall, the ending felt like a bit of a let down for how it could have played out.