Review of
Instaread Summary of Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Five out of five stars
When you
complete the frenetic description of the plot, your main thought is that there
is just too much here for a single book. The main characters possess emotional
angst run amok, the primary event is the very near death by drowning of a
two-year-old in a fountain during a barbeque where all the adults seem to be
caught up in themselves.
The author of
the summary so well expresses my thoughts of the book that I cannot improve on
them. Here are some passages from the “Author’s style” section.
“From its romantic-sounding title to its gimmick-heavy
plot, ‘Truly Madly Guilty’ suffers from trappings that don’t suit its subject
matter.”
“Liane Moriarty’s decent prose, well-observed
characters, and subtle portrait of a female friendship are all overshadowed by
her heavy-handed plotting.”
“Moriarty’s
technical tricks feel forced and are so overused that they almost read as
parody.”
While it may
seem lazy to create a review that is largely quotes from the summary, when you
cannot do better, it is best not to try.
This book was made available for free for review
purposes.
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