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The Book Club by C.J. Cooper

6 reviews

lmdov's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

We read this for our book club and I did not enjoy it at all. WhatsApp and Instagram clearly banned in this village probably the "bad signal" all the men in the book are 2 dimensional misogynists, two of the women have made up jobs where they stop for cake everyday at 11. It is a Desperate Housewives plot set in the Cotswolds. Nothing of substance to discuss at book club as the only thing to critique is the writing style. All characterisation is bland, plot is unbelievable but not in a fun villinette way
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kateea7536's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was a gripping book and I was able to read it really quickly. It was tense and I always wanted to read on. Alice, one of the main characters, was extremely creepy and I think the writing was effective to make me feel so creeped out by her. However, I felt that there was so much coincidence in the book and things always worked out for Alice, it was often very unbelievable. Some of the detail in the writing felt unnecessary and cliched. I don’t think a lot of the writing style was for me but it was an ‘easy read’ and the plot did have twists and turns and I liked the exploration of the side characters’ trauma and in some cases wrongdoing. But the fact the characters were meant to be a group of friends wasn’t that believable because they didn’t seem to talk to each other about the glaringly obvious issues that were happening. I would’ve liked to have seen the friend group be tighter knit and more believable. 
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staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

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

3.5

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albie95's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.75

The premise of the book held lots of potential but I just found it to be far too slow a pace for me. There were so many times I just wanted the plot to speed up and keep me interested. I didn’t find any characters particularly loveable; they felt like your typical middle class bunch of frenemies who live in a rural English village. I actually don’t mind flawed characters at all but it just felt there was something missing here. 
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emmasrambles's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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elsemma's review against another edition

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I am the grand total of 17 pages in and I have DNF'd this book. I get that not every mystery thriller needs to be a mystery but I struggle to understand what the point of this book is when you know everything but the motive of the "bad guy" from Chapter 1.

(Also I did spoil myself and her motive is not a good enough twist and continued trope of women only having emotions about babies means this will go no further.)
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