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A review by strawberrymivvy
A Death at the Party by Amy Stuart
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
3.75
This was an enjoyable read full of flawed characters and plenty of secrets.
It opens with a woman standing over a dying man in her basement as he calls her a bitch...
The story then unfolds over the course of 18 hours or so as Nadine prepares for a large party she is hosting to celebrate her famous author mother's 60th birthday. The day is marred somewhat as it's also the anniversary of the death of Nadine's aunt who died as a child.
The family lives in a somewhat incestuous street in a suburb, everybody seems to know everybody else's business, many of them grew up together in farming country.
As Nadine works her way through he to do list she comes gradually more and more undone, and we learn more and more about what has been happening, both 30 years ago and in more recent weeks and months.
Not an author I've read before but definitely one I'll look out for again
It opens with a woman standing over a dying man in her basement as he calls her a bitch...
The story then unfolds over the course of 18 hours or so as Nadine prepares for a large party she is hosting to celebrate her famous author mother's 60th birthday. The day is marred somewhat as it's also the anniversary of the death of Nadine's aunt who died as a child.
The family lives in a somewhat incestuous street in a suburb, everybody seems to know everybody else's business, many of them grew up together in farming country.
As Nadine works her way through he to do list she comes gradually more and more undone, and we learn more and more about what has been happening, both 30 years ago and in more recent weeks and months.
Not an author I've read before but definitely one I'll look out for again