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A review by horsley123
Pretty Guilty Women by Gina LaManna
2.0
It's fine. It's an easy read, alright for a sun lounger. You're brain will be gently entertained but not taxed. If I had read this book in a literary vacuum I would probably be a bit more effusive, however if you have been slightly aware of Liane Moriarty you may, like me, catch a whiff of hero worship, I wouldn't want to go as far as calling it plagiarism.
Let us examine the evidence.
1. The title
'Pretty Guilty Women' quite close to 'Truly Madly Guilty' and 'Big Little Lies'.
2. The Plot
Anyone read or watched 'Big Little Lies'? Oh, you mean the build up to a murder when we don't know who did it or indeed who was murdered, but the group of women present hatch a story to tell the police? hmmm.
3. The blurb
'For fans of Liane Moriarty'
So it is not accident then, the publishers are fully aware of what they have published.
I find this all a bit odd as Gina LaManna is not a newcomer, she has written many other books (granted I haven't read any) so why has she released a book which already exists in a better form?
Let us examine the evidence.
1. The title
'Pretty Guilty Women' quite close to 'Truly Madly Guilty' and 'Big Little Lies'.
2. The Plot
Anyone read or watched 'Big Little Lies'? Oh, you mean the build up to a murder when we don't know who did it or indeed who was murdered, but the group of women present hatch a story to tell the police? hmmm.
3. The blurb
'For fans of Liane Moriarty'
So it is not accident then, the publishers are fully aware of what they have published.
I find this all a bit odd as Gina LaManna is not a newcomer, she has written many other books (granted I haven't read any) so why has she released a book which already exists in a better form?