Verity

This was very readable and compelling; the writing was adroit and drew me in. However, the whole thing doesn't make much sense in the end. I'm strongly reminded of my experience watching the movie Malice. Incredible ride, delivered by talented actors, with some dialog that has gone down in history as one of the best speeches in movie-dom, culminating with “I AM God.” Alec Baldwin is really memorable and convincing as a smart, dangerous sociopath there.

Similarly, the slow reveal of a truly disturbing personality is fascinating here. Unfortunately, this is like Malice in another way: it suffers from a bad case of Fridge Logic. You walk away feeling exhilarated and surprised, but then start trying to piece together how . . . that all . . . actually worked, and it doesn't add up.

Still a fun ride, and it was the perfect “trashy concept, talented writing” story for my mental state right now!