The Club

I am unsure why people think there are too many POVs. I recall like 5 characters at most, which pales in comparison to high fantasy books.

I liked every single POV and how some people's story overlapped.

Every character is awful in their own way and the ending was delicious. I rooted for some characters.

I read the entire book in one sitting.

My only question is WTF happened with Jackson Crane when Jess “killed” him?

Listened to the audiobook for this one and I felt there were way too many characters. I had such a hard time following along and almost didn't finish because it took a long time to get to the point.

This book was fun and a great escapist kickoff to my year in books. It has a great time skewering the rich celebrities at its core and I'm here for it. Fame has become absurd. This book takes that reality and looks at what famous people get away with through an upstairs downstairs lens. It also reveals what the rich and powerful do to get to the top and stay there. I liked the cast of characters. Not LIKED liked - but enjoyed their backstories. Well done by this husband wife writing duo. My second from them. They definitely choose of-the-moment plot points and very timely stories.

Terrible people behaving terribly.

Very surprising regarding the characters and their true connections; very disappointing in the gore for the main murder and the lack of any substance for some of the others- it was as if the author had not thought of how to carry those out until they happened.

3.5 Stars

I really liked the writing style. There were a lot of descriptions, but still, the story was very engaging, despite all the characters not being particularly likable.