After reading an entire page of Robbin's weird stream-of-consciousness about how he thinks a woman thinks about birth control, I simply could not continue. This is the second Tom Robbins I've abandoned for the way he writes about women and there won't be a third.

I almost stopped reading on page 12 when Torben says "neigh" instead of "nay" to indicate dissent.

I actually stopped reading on page 20 when Loftis uses "one in the same" when it should be "one and the same."

MY KINGDOM FOR AN EDITOR.

This is already a devastating book at a surface level; a series of bad information, bad decisions, bad management, and bad luck resulted in the very preventable loss of thirty-three lives.

But when you realize the depths of the fuckups and how devastating the effects of unregulated government, lack of oversight, climate change, and general indifference to the lives of those who work at sea you will be horrified all the way into your bones.

I didn't like even one of the stories.

I gave it an extra star because it was genuinely very stressful and I was racing to get to the end. But while the ending was satisfying, I didn't enjoy the journey there. Too many dumb mistakes and stupid plotlines. To me the mark of a good thriller is that you can read it again and be impressed by the subtle clues--this is not one of those books.

I liked the audiobook narrator's Irish accent and the bit of Irish history in the reveal. I did, however, get so angry at the husband for not listening to her that I was shouting at my phone. So don't read this if that kind of thing makes you as crazy as it does me. But overall a good story and decent conclusion.

I only made it 36 pages. I read some reviews to see if it gets better, only to learn it gets even worse.

It's amazing how Ingalls Wilder really makes you feel like you are there and makes you care for everyone in town. If nothing else, reading these books has made me feel so insanely grateful for my life, and I like to think I have been complaining less but you'd have to ask my friends if that's actually true.

I told a coworker that I was reading these and he commented that they are libertarian propaganda, and I died laughing because he is completely right.

I'm pretty sure this was supposed to be a thriller, but the only way I was able to finish it was by treating it as a comedy. This was truly so bad I found myself laughing at loud. If you can make it to the end, rest assured that the twist will send you right back to the beginning of the book -- where, suddenly, the introductory chapters make absolutely zero sense. I'm genuinely amazed this was published. If you just can't finish it, spoilers here :

The clues lead you to believe the the evil EJ on Adrienne's tapes is Tricia's husband, but that's just a red herring (which is a decent one, credit where credit is due) only for you to find out that Tricia is the Patricia on the tapes who killed her fiance and best friends--and she is also the murderer of Adrienne. Adrienne herself killed EJ. Then you find out that Ethan actually is a bad guy too: he killed his mom for her money. So together they murder Adrienne's innocent boyfriend Luke, buy the house, and raise their children there.