Sadly I'll be DNFing this at 31%. 

I think the writing style in this just doesn't match my personal tastes and that the sudden drift from present time to past memories does a real disservice to the story. 

I'd be really interested in the plot of the fire and the aftermath and then boom we're to where her brother is attacked. It's just jarring and disconnected. 

This has a lot of promise, but needs tighter editing. 

Reader, it was not in fact a device free weekend.

31% in and we still don’t know more than the barest of details in how everyone knows each other. There are entirely too many characters in this one and there’s no singular character we can anchor to in order to get a footing. 

Unproven theory: if Georgie was a real person, she'd be a Trump supporter because she's way too trusting of men because WTF was this?

This has to be some of the worst writing I've ever read. 

I’m not sure I was trying to read the same book you all loved 

Sometimes you can just tell after the first two chapters that a book definitely isn’t for you. 

I’m not sure if it’s the audiobook narrator or the characters themselves, which are giving a knock off Crazy Rich Asians and Gossip Girl vibe, but I’m setting this down.

Seems like this one got a ton of publicity money from the publisher ahead of publication, but with the amount of reviews that publicity didn’t help. 

Boring, flat, and helped me fall asleep

I’m not sure why I thought picking this memoir up as someone who has never watched a single episode of any Real Housewives franchise was a good idea, but I did it. 

Maybe it’s because there’s a high probability this will end up on the Goodreads choice awards memoir nominees for 2023 and I wanted to get ahead on listening?

I found the parts on Heather growing up Mormon, going on her mission, and her married, adult life in the church fascinating all up until this just turned into a whine fest.

65% and there’s no tea or any kind besides she’s in an unhappy marriage, admitted to being gold digger, and loves her daughters 

I guess just like any other Christian religion, Mormons also take positions in their church to show their status because everyone loves a bragger who participates in church a lot. 

It’s also not well written at all and while I didn’t last until her divorce or the RH time, it’s easy to see she probably wrote this too soon. 

I don’t think she’s far enough removed from the church or anything else to offer a reflection and see how damaging some aspects of the Mormon church are. 

Anyways, missions from all churches are pointless

Don’t let description fool you, this is about a history of a commune and not about figuring out what happened to the body found in the garden. 

What a snooze 

I was so bored so early on that I knew that I couldn't continue on in a book this size. A book this size needs an attention grabber and not sleep inducing start. 

If I hear, read, or see gingerbread lotion again anytime soon, it will be too soon