A group of college friends gathers for a weekend in the Catskills. They say they are meeting to have a bachelor party for one of the guys but they are really there to convince one of the friends to enter drug rehab. By the time the weekend is over someone will be dead, someone will be missing, and everyone else will be lying to the police.
I love a good story about an ensemble group of friends. But this book was just a little out there. I’m actually surprised I finished the book considering how much I hated it at the beginning. I even texted my friend telling her that I was halfway through the book but I hated all the characters and was it worth it to continue?
I did continue reading and I was glad I did, only for the crazy sauce that was the ending. I would have never guessed the end of this book. I thought it was a bit far-fetched, but I’m pretty sure I gasped when I figured out what had happened.
At the beginning of the book, I didn’t like any of the characters because every character had some sort of secret that they didn’t want anyone else to know. Despite the fact that one of their friends is dead and another is missing but also likely dead, they continued to be evasive with the police and with each other and I just found them super annoying.
There are a lot of POVs in this book (I think each character has at least 1 chapter from their POV) and the timeline kept jumping around. There are also a bunch of little side plots that do wrap up at the end, but I kept wondering how everything was going to fit together and what one thing had to do with the other. It was a bit confusing keeping everything straight.
I think if the author had gotten rid of one or two of the side plots, this book would not have been so confusing. If it were just a bit more simple, I probably would have enjoyed it more. That being said, what saved this book for me was the ending.
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“the crazy sauce that was the end of this book” 😅
I read a similar book to this last year where I also hated every character. The difference is, I didn’t know I hated them all til 3/4 through the book. Which is tricky, right? Do you stop?! Do you keep going?! I kept ready and, well, 🤯.
I still don’t know if I loved that book. Can’t wait to see what you read next!!
xo – Alli | https://www.onthetripside.com
Thanks!