The Cherry Robbers

this is not a good review i???m just writing down some things to clear my head. there were def also good parts of this book, i???m unfortunately just not left with those thoughts upon finishing it.

for its length this novel lacked specificity for me - i think i really missed learning more about the relationship between the sisters before the tragedies started. learning more about iris and her life after everything. the back of the book seems to imply that this will be a story of neglected sisters trying to find their independence in a world that makes it hard for them, it felt like it remained very surface level on its conclusions (marriage bad + men bad = women die).

it doesn???t help that there???s very little progression in the events. while their circumstances differ slightly almost every sister dies a similar way, the people around her react a similar way, and nothing changes. statement? maybe. but also quite tedious to read for 350 pages. i didn???t expect to have an explanation for the mystery when i started the book and was quite content with that, but as it went on i started craving learning something> that would give me something to cling to. and it feels like there are all these hooks - the particularity of the death of each sister, the way they all match. tell me more!! what does it mean!! there???s a supposed plot line of a character being haunted by the ghosts of people that were killed with guns from the family???s gun empire - so creepy, so interesting! why do we never hear of it again!!! also not sure i agree with the blurbs of this being a ???witty, delicious, demented joyride??? genuinely don???t see how it???s supposed to be witty- it doesn???t try to be as far as i understood (but maybe i have a bad sense of humour). and demented HOW. i was expecting some jane eyre shit but found it lacking in ladies in the attic. idk what i???m saying i don???t think i???m explaining myself very well. just felt a little disappointed by this because i def saw the potential. anyway! moving on.