Shalini Boland

The Family Holiday

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3.5 stars.

Read my review here.

My review might contain some spoilers.

Despite of what I said on my blog review, the more I think of this book, the more I find plotholes and the characters annoying.

I picked up the pace of this book perhaps 10 chapters in. I did notice that the writing got repetitive, dull and boring at some point. And something that left me with a big ass ? on my face was the fact that we have a massive spoiler on the blurb, but what pissed me off the most was that said spoiler happened around 80% of the book, like.... the fuck??

Niall was fucking unbearable. 80% of his personality was "Beth, my job is important, could you please let me alone while I reply some e-mails during oUR VACATION TRIP?" and the last 20% was "oh my god, Beth, you're seeing thing where they're not. also, why'd you invite a total stranger to our swap house, I'll go out, bye". Fucking asshole.

He gaslighted her tHE ENTIRE PART OF THE TRIP AND THEN HE WAS BEGGING FOR HER FORGIVENESS, LMAO. FUCKING HYPOCRIT.

Oh, y'all can't say how mad I was with Niall for being an asshole. I was screaming at my phone everytime he appeared, which was constantly because Beth mentions him every single fucking timE. It's exhausting.

Beth had no personality. At all. She was so bland and so annoying as well. She can't fucking stand for herself. She's like "I wanna argue, but I don't wanna fight with my husband because I love him" or "I quit my dreams, but my husband is happy"

oH MY GOD, JUST GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK.

Also, the cover doesn't match the content of the book. There's just one little girl, but she's never near to the sea and there's no perfect murder. Why, you ask? Because it didn't make sense at all. Where the hell Luca came from? It was totally out of the blue because the only we have about him was a cat, and even that was mistaken.

Amber is a psycho. Holy shit. I can't stand her. She lies a lot and expect that her husband, Renzo, forgives her like she's innocent. Sis, you cheated to your husband, lmao, what were you expecting? That the sweet Renzo would forgive you and tell you everything was gonna be okay? Nope. Also, letting a "random" family get to your house with a dude that's obsessed with you (Amber) and kills one of them?

Idk about y'all, but this is so fucked up and has no sense at all.

Anyhow, I didn't hate this book, but I didn't love it either, so, yikes.

Gaslighter by The Chicks was made for Niall.

The Family Holiday

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