i decided i wanted to read more of grady hendrix's work. what made me come to that decision? i don't know myself. am i glad i decided to go on that journey? with this book, not really. it wasn't giving what i thought it was going to give. part of it reminded me of john dies at the end and that book bored me almost to death, but this one didn't do that. i still wasn't really interested in it and i don't know what happened in the end, but it ended?
i have a lot to say about this book. firstly, i went into this blind. from the title alone i thought this would be about wives who hunted for sport, not wives who hunted for attention from men. this wasn't a complete turnoff for me. i'm thankful that cheating in books/movies/tv shows doesn't bother me like it does other people. what bothered me, however, was how the main character was preaching how she loved her husband and son and partook in some of the activities the women did. in fact, the main character in this book just killed this book for me. she was utterly stupid. i'm not going to spoil anything, but if you need a lawyer, why would you call the lawyer's office and hang up on them? why would you go to anyone else after you told the cops some important information that would benefit you not going to jail? why are you an adult falling into peer pressure?. i just have no words left to say.
i picked this up sometime in 2020 and started it while i was staying in a friend's cabin because i thought it would be nice and to read at nighttime, but i didn't get far into it and essentially forgot i even had a book with me on that trip because i also had my switch. but, anyways, i decided that i should read and finish it and it wasn't as scary as i thought it was gonna be unfortunately. i wanted something more sinister. some ari aster kind of horror.
after his last book and not enjoying that, i was iffy on reading peter swanson's next books especially seeing that it has a 3.5 rating on goodreads, but i thoroughly enjoyed this. yes, it is predictable and i figured out where the plot was gonna go after the bachelorette party, but that didn't bother me.