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A review by emilyrainsford
One of Us by Kylie Kaden
reflective
slow-paced
2.5
Two women with crappy husbands live in a gated estate. In the prologue we see a policeman observing a man injured or dead on the floor and wondering if the wife did it. For most of the book the reader is left wondering which man and wife it is, as we get to know these two families.
This is a fairly slow moving domestic drama. The first 50-60% is more a social portrait of these women's lives than anything suspenseful. The men are so awful and frustrating, I found it hard to read about them.
The whodunnit didn't really bring any surprises, and although I did like the little extra bit at the end, I think it would have been stronger without the epilogue.
There's a strong undertone of "technology is the root of all modern evil" that really irritated me, as this is one of my pet peeves. The word "millennial" is used erroneously at least 4-5 times in the context of the teenagers in the story (millennials are between 26-41 years old - yes FORTY okay - not teenagers) which is another huge pet peeve of mine. I really didn't like the way things ended up with Gertie and Ed.
Overall this book just held too many annoyances with too little pay off for me to say I enjoyed it.
This is a fairly slow moving domestic drama. The first 50-60% is more a social portrait of these women's lives than anything suspenseful. The men are so awful and frustrating, I found it hard to read about them.
The whodunnit didn't really bring any surprises, and although I did like the little extra bit at the end, I think it would have been stronger without the epilogue.
There's a strong undertone of "technology is the root of all modern evil" that really irritated me, as this is one of my pet peeves. The word "millennial" is used erroneously at least 4-5 times in the context of the teenagers in the story (millennials are between 26-41 years old - yes FORTY okay - not teenagers) which is another huge pet peeve of mine. I really didn't like the way things ended up with Gertie and Ed.
Overall this book just held too many annoyances with too little pay off for me to say I enjoyed it.