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Bools: Nobody's Fool & The Other People
Today we recommend Nobody's Fool by Harlan Coben. This book is a sequel to Coben's previous book, Fool Me Once, which is also a Netflix mini-series however, you don't have to read the earlier book or see the mini-series to enjoy or understand what is happening in this book. The plot revolves around disgraced former detective, Sami Kierce. Years ago, in Spain, he woke up with a bloody knife in his hands and an allegedly dead girlfriend next to him and immediately fled the country. Now, a woman who looks just like the dead girl, Anna, shows up in the class he's teaching but runs away before he can talk to her. At the same time, Sami is dealing with the fact that due to his own misconduct, the convicted murderer of his former fiancee has been let out of jail.
This is an intriguing mystery with some exciting and unpredictable twists and turns. Unlike in some mysteries, character development is not sacrificed to plot development. The characters in the story are so skillfully developed that their actions are believable even when they are not necessarily morally or legally right. There are only one or two characters who are just pure evil while most have shades to their character making them more relatable and helping draw the reader into the story.
Today we are recommending The Other People. This book is about a group of people who somehow end up in a house together allegedly to find and save a missing girl and then start mysteriously getting killed in different ways, It is a compelling mix of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None and Clue with a little bit of a variation of The Picture of Dorian Gray thrown in. It is also quite riveting and really holds the reader's attention throughout. However, it is hard to keep track of the characters with the constantly changing point of view which only lets you get little glimpses into a character's mind before switching to another character.
The resolution of the story is a complete shocker which while exciting doesn't completely make sense While this takes away a little from the overall enjoyment of the book, it is still quite a unique and proactive story.
Movie: Layla
Today we talking about Layla. This is the story of a drag queen torn between his family and his life as a drag queen. When they begin dating a marketing executive named Max it adds yet another layer to their complicated life until it all becomes unmanageable, and the relationship is doomed to failure. It is hard to root for Layla because it seems like Max makes much more of an effort in the relationship than them and Layla's problems mostly have to do with their own family. Thus, the ending of the story seems somewhat unsatisfactory and sad.
Layla will be released digitally this Friday, March 28.
Tune in tomorrow for Where-To-Go Wednesday.
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