arthur_ant18's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny
Minor: Suicide
thereadingraccoon's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Book review: Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier
Good Rich People is an adult suspense novel about a trio of the ultra wealthy and the games they play with other people’s lives for their own amusement.
Good Rich People is told in alternating POV’s between wealthy Lyla (wife of Graham and daughter-in-law to Margo) and Demi (their new tenant who stumbles into their lives by accident) against a glittering Los Angeles backdrop of wealth and privilege. Lyla is tasked with destroying the life of their latest unwitting tenant in a long standing game that her husband and mother-in-law invented. The game is that they rent part of their home to a self-made person on the cusp of success and then slowly unmake them. But Lyla can’t figure Demi out because she’s not who they were expecting to show up when the game began.
I would have enjoyed this book more if I approached it as a dark comedy instead of a straight thriller. The over-the-top descriptions of wealth, the lack of moral compasses among the characters and the weird descriptions of things as mundane as Graham’s scent made it an odd reading experience overall. It was written as if someone listened to Lorde’s “Royals” on repeat decided to write a book about rich people being awful. There was nothing remotely human or relatable about the interactions within the entire book and I quickly grew exhausted of their machinations (and Graham’s scent) and just wanted people to die or whatever.
I wanted to enjoy this one and be entertained by the scenario of Spoiled vs Scrappy but none of the characters were clever or interesting enough to make it work for me.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Classism, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic relationship
More...