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The Block Party by Jamie Day

9 reviews

penguin96's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Addiction, Murder, and Sexual assault

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Suicide attempt, Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Rape

brandilovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

rcvane's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Aside from some good moments, there’s not much to this book. I figured out most of the mysteries halfway through and didn’t feel very invested nor interested in most of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Addiction

wanderonwards's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Thank you to Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press for sending me an ARC of this title. I received this copy for free and this review contains my honest opinions. 

 

The Block Party is a domestic thriller that takes place over the course of a year in a fictional affluent suburban neighborhood. The novel is broken up into seasons, which was a good thing: the passage of time within each section was difficult for me to follow, with some chapters skipping months ahead without any indication and I needed those breaks to reorientate myself. 

 

This isn’t my usual genre, but I did enjoy the writing style. However, I think this would have been a more successful read if it hadn’t been limited to only two POVs (plus the occasional online community board gossip). I think the entire plot would have benefited from rotating POVs throughout all the characters, especially when I was more interested in characters other than the two POVs. Thank you again to the publisher for sending me a free ARC. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Murder, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

freshprincessofmelayers's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Death, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Bullying, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual assault

papajm25's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual assault

fieldstone's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Review | This book is addictive it like Desperate Housewives mixed with Big Little Lies and I loved it.

Everyone thinks they know their neighbors but this book will let you know you never truly know what goes on behind closed doors. Each neighbor on the block has their own secrets they are trying to hide so it appears like they have it all together. Some are better than others at hiding their secrets. Some just know how to find out all the secrets and use it too their advantage.

It is time for the annual Memorial Day block party and this year two people will die. So many of them have said they wanted to kill someone who finally does it and why? The author lays out all the clues for you to follow but the ending was one I couldn't sleuth out. Kudos as I like to be surprised and shocked and this one did both.


Thank you netgalley and St Martins press for this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Rape