Name: Magpie
ISBN: 9781982187606

Elizabeth Day

Magpie

The exhilarating new novel from the bestselling author of The Party: a thrilling, stylish and psychologically astute story of jealousy, motherhood and power

I'd call this a mid-tier thriller. I thought it might be more bone-chilling with how it started, but then the twist, while incredibly surprising, wasn't as creepy or...thrilling lol as I thought it would be. Still firmly a good twist tho! i thought it dealt with infertility very thoughtfully and I actually learned a lot from the book about it. I HATED Jake's mom. I felt so bad for Kate :( One thing I did find odd was the idea that Kate was too feminist to get married but wanted to have a kid with Jake?  I enjoyed the book mostly even if about 3/4ths of the way it felt like it was dragging. I thought the ending would piss me off, but it ended really well! Except for the fact that Kate kind of forgives jake's mom b/c she's a mom now at the end. Again, that's stupid. That lady was awful and being a mom doesn't excuse you from being a bitch.

Liyah 🤎

Emily Monk

I thought this book touched on a really interesting topic, one that is often overlooked in books. I thought this was well-written and had lots of twists and turns I wasn’t expecting but ultimately the ending let me down.

Robyn Claridge

Ana Gonçalves

the ending was so unbelievably bad I couldn't stop laughing

McKenzie McWhorter

I can't say a ton about this book without spoiling it but it was an interesting read with plenty of twists! The ending felt like a little bit of a let down after such a busy book but overall the story was a good one.

'Terrifyingly BRILLIANT’ MARIAN KEYES, AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS 'A book that needed to exist in the world. It is the book that was missing’ LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN AND ANIMAL ‘Magnificent: I read it one sitting’ KATE MOSSE, AUTHOR OF THE CITY OF TEARS

Victoria 

Helen Borham

Overall I really enjoyed this book. It was a compelling story which had me up late because I had to finish the book. 

There were two major twists in this book. The first was absolutely fantastic. It had me on the edge of my seat and I found myself questioning the characters involved and who I trusted. However twist two was honestly underwhelming. This led to a fairytale ending which felt too tied up neatly with a bow. 

Also worth talking about the characters in this book. Kate was a brilliant character. She was likeable and I really felt for her and her fertility experiences. The author clearly poured a lot of herself into this story. Annabelle was also a fab character. She was unlikeable from her first appearance but she was there to be an antagonist and did it well. However the rest of the cast fell quite flat and didn’t have a lot to them 

In summary I would recommend this book, however the ending did let it down in my eyes

Magpie

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