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A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell

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morggladescott's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

mcbibliotecaria's review against another edition

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3.0

Fun little mystery.

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4.0

I have been amazed by how many new authors I have been reading lately and how amazing their writing is in spite of being their debut book. This is another first novel by the new author Darcey Bell that I loved reading.

Full disclosure though, I had never heard of this book until I saw the movie promotions. I generally prefer to read the book first, but I couldn't wait as I am a fan of Anna Kendrick's work. But I liked the movie enough to order the book immediately after and I just finished reading the book today.

There are quite a few differences between the book and the movie, though the tone is quite the same. For starters,

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(or for for dessert to be more accurate!), the ending is quite different. I would have preferred the book's ending, but I did enjoy the dramatic movie ending so I am not really complaining.

For real starters now, Stephanie is a blogger mom whereas they have shown her as a vlogger mom in the movie. But again I am not angry about this change as her being a vlogger is more suitable for a movie.

I am also happy they did not change so many plot points that I felt that I the movie and book were two different entities entirely; like I felt in the case of Nerve and Ready Player One.

Coming back to the book, I enjoyed reading it even after watching the movie.