"I know its mean, and I only think like this when I remember those bad times, but sometimes, just sometimes, I'd like him to experience what it feels like to not know where somebody you love is, to be out of your mind with worry. To fear the worst."
pages: 340
read: 7/30-31/2020
book: 65 in 2020
SYNOPSIS
It’s Livia’s fortieth birthday and tonight she’s having a party, a party she’s been planning for a long time. The only person missing will be her daughter, Marnie.
But Livia has a secret, a secret she’s been keeping from Adam, her husband, until the party is over. Because how can she tell him that although she loves Marnie, she’s glad their daughter won’t be there to celebrate with her?
Adam is determined everything will be just right for Livia and the party is going to be perfect… until he learns something that will leave him facing an unbearable decision.
THOUGHTS
this is BY FAR my FAVE BAP book.
I did not care for Bring Me Back. I fucking disliked the dude in Behind Closed Doors (but I mean overall, it was a good story!) ....and apparently I loved The Breakdown but I dont remember what it's about because it was during that period where I didnt blog what i read so I don't remember much.
This book is not at all like the 3 above.
And I think knowing that is the reason why I really liked this book.
Her first 3 books were about a mystery of some sort...-ish. Suspense, thrillerish, what happened kinda deal.
This one is more so about a marriage and "testing" it and Livia's big ass 40th bday party.
There is no mystery, there is no whodunnit, there's only a party and family secrets.
And that's it.
And I think that's why its received a lot of flack on bookstagram; because readers i guess expected the usual BAP we've all come to know.
seeing everyone rate it low because it wasn't what they expected prepared me for it once I dove in. I didn't expect much which is why I loved it! I'm telling you starting on page 300 til I finished it, I was tearing up a bit. no lie. I didnt go in with high ass expectations so there was nothing to break my heart.....and i still ended up crying. lol!
I wanted to take this one with me when i went camping (instead I took The Last Flight) but now that's it's all said and read, I'm kinda glad I waited til I was home to read it because once I picked it up I didn't want to put it down. And you know what, i really did like this book. because it's the 14th book of the month and I don't really remember any other book pulling me to keep reading it like this one. once I picked it up, i didnt want to put it down (and i only did cause sleep cause work). I couldve easily read this one in one sitting. I just breezed through the pages.
all that being said, man, if I ever get that nuts over a party, smack me.
I can understand Livia's reasoning. and home girl financed it herself so fuck it but man. Admittedly the party is kinda like another character in this story in that it brings it all in together but this story really revolves around 2 main things. There are other things that add to the story that I felt fit just right but if you read it you'll see what I mean about the 2 things. I don't want to spoil it here but you do find out what they are kinda early on so the story is more so about the journey in revealing them.
I liked it.
It works out.
I really did like this one.
I think the one thing that threw me off a bit was the love Adam and Livia have for each other. Only because, fuck it, they got knocked up early on before they really knew each other. They talk about how in love they were in the present but when you read about them in the past, they talk about how "fuck it, we got married cause we done fucked up." That didn't really match up.
B U T my fave part HAS TO BE when Adam does some math on Livia towards the end. Its 100% fucked up for me to say that that part is my fave but oooooh honey, you can only push so far before someone pushes back and Adam pushed the fuck back. I was like tearing up a bit but then also cheering him for him.
Tbh, I wont remember this story a year from now because of who I am as a human. But I hope I remember that this was my fave BAP book up to date.
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"....I hope I've become someone who doesn't get angry when others are just trying to get by. I hope I can be the kind of person who looks towards forgiveness first."
published: 2020
pages: 302
heard: 7/25-27/2020
book: 64 in 2020
SYNOPSIS
Two women. Two Flights. One last chance to disappear.
Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns as bright as his promising political career, and he's not above using his staff to track Claire's every move, making sure she's living up to his impossible standards. But what he doesn't know is that Claire has worked for months on a plan to vanish.
A chance meeting in an airport bar brings her together with a woman whose circumstances seem equally dire. Together they make a last-minute decision to switch tickets ― Claire taking Eva's flight to Oakland, and Eva traveling to Puerto Rico as Claire. They believe the swap will give each of them the head start they need to begin again somewhere far away. But when the flight to Puerto Rico goes down, Claire realizes it's no longer a head start but a new life. Cut off, out of options, with the news of her death about to explode in the media, Claire will assume Eva's identity, and along with it, the secrets Eva fought so hard to keep hidden.
The Last Flight is the story of two women ― both alone, both scared ― and one agonizing decision that will change the trajectory of both of their lives.
THOUGHTS
Oooooohhhhh, honey!
I was thisclose to missing out on this book. I was going to skip June's BOTM selection but at the last minute decided to give this one ago. And lately I've seen it all over bookstagram receiving all sorts of praise so I took it with me while I went on an overnight camping trip. It was calling me to pick it up and I'm so glad that I did.
this is Inception in book form. I won't say much up here because I don't wana spoil it for anyone who wants to read it. But I guess what I'm trying to say is: remember how in Inception, if the thingy was spinning it was all a dream? Or some shit like that? and even though we knew that, we were somehow still not sure of what had happened? Like was it a dream or real or wtf happened? That's this book.
I'm still a bit unclear at that epilogue. (Gah! It sucks not being able to say it up here!!!!) what truly happens? did you read this!? lets talk because i need to know!
anyway, this book. i can see the hype. completely see the hype. the other night i caught myself thinking about this book and how i was sad that it was over. i want to re-read this one again. eventually i will i think.
usually in stories like these with a connection like that i kinda get thrown off by it because it seems so far fetched and kinda lazy but in this case, i didnt mind it at all. i think i would have preferred for it not to have happened but it doesn't bother me.
i think the thing i like about this book is that it fucks with you. i dont want to mention it here because i don't want to spoil it but i do like that you can't really rely on your narrator. and then there's the whole inception thing that im getting from it that im like WOAH!
but yeah, anyway, i really liked this book. and im so glad i didnt skip it.
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