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A review by nicole_marissa
A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell
3.0
I didn’t like this book but since it kept me reading it, it wasn’t fair to give it less than 3 stars.
My biggest issue is that this book was so unrealistic I could not get into it. No mother is going to leave her kid for 6 months and let him think she’s dead for $2 million. Now to be clear that’s a lot of money to me but I’d NEVER leave my kids and psychologically damage them for $2 million. No twin is going to kill the sister she “loves” for $2 million. No one is as stupid as Stephanie is to be able to flip flop THAT much that she could easily believe Emily’s lies, not just go with her but BELIEVE it.
This is not the new Gone Girl. To say that would be an insult to Gillian Flynn’s ability to write a story that is insane but credible. Darcey Bell wrote an okay book but she’s nowhere in the realm of Gillian Flynn.
My biggest issue is that this book was so unrealistic I could not get into it. No mother is going to leave her kid for 6 months and let him think she’s dead for $2 million. Now to be clear that’s a lot of money to me but I’d NEVER leave my kids and psychologically damage them for $2 million. No twin is going to kill the sister she “loves” for $2 million. No one is as stupid as Stephanie is to be able to flip flop THAT much that she could easily believe Emily’s lies, not just go with her but BELIEVE it.
This is not the new Gone Girl. To say that would be an insult to Gillian Flynn’s ability to write a story that is insane but credible. Darcey Bell wrote an okay book but she’s nowhere in the realm of Gillian Flynn.