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Playing Nice by JP Delaney

10 reviews

nessreadsalot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Pete Riley answers the door one morning to a parents worst nightmare. Miles Lambert gives the devestating news that their sons were swapped at birth. Their lives are thrown upside down as they try to navigate a plan to share their children's lives but as disturbing information comes to light everything starts to fall apart.

I struggled to get into the story at the beginning. None of the characters are particularly likeable and it takes a while to get going. I actually abandoned it for a few weeks and then gave it a second go. Once I got back into it I was hooked on the mystery and the psychological suspense of what would happen next. This was originally going to be a 3 star review but the ending was perfect! My heart was racing as I willed Pete and Maddie to find a solution and I was not disappointed!

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vivisms_82's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Marvellous domestic thriller. Could not put this book down. Found it messy and clever. Miles is

one of the most devious, diabolical characters I have come across in a long time!!)

The only thing that bugged me was why

didn't the police see that every time Miles felt crossed, someone got hit by a car!!! Like several people. No CCTV at any of the places??! Also they did background checks on Pete and Maddie but not him??

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kfran12's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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blueyogi's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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fundamentalcherrytree's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing. The writing was superb. A great fast paced book to get you out of a reading slump. The twists in the book were very well done as well. The ending was so good as well!

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amydrisc's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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raysh3ll's review against another edition

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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

4.0

This book was sometimes challenging for me to read because I found it so tense and uncomfortable. Overall I thought it was good, but compared to the pace of the rest of the book, the ending felt rushed. It seems like the topics the writer wrote about were well researched.

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