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Pure junk food but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun

The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

April 18, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

This book, about five women on a reality tv show called Goal Diggers, is the novel equivalent of exactly that: trashy reality tv that you cannot stop watching. “The patriarchy survives so long as women are pitted against one another. It is a threat to a man’s way of life when women gather, when they question the status quo, and when they inevitably start to resist it.” The premise is good: a reality show about extremely successful women, two of whom happen to be sisters. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: jessica knoll

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: jessica knoll ·
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Those who’ve seen us, know that not a thing could come between us

The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

January 28, 2019 by baxlala 1 Comment

According to Goodreads, this is the second book I’ve read by Jessica Knoll. I have a vague memory of reading Luckiest Girl Alive, which Goodreads says I read in November of 2016. I trust Goodreads more than my own brain in this case, because I have very little memory of that book and I apparently didn’t review it. I gave it four stars, though, which is (at least) one more star than I’d give The Favorite Sister. I wouldn’t say I particularly enjoyed reading The […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: baxlala, Fiction, jessica knoll

baxlala's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: baxlala, Fiction, jessica knoll ·
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David Tennant makes everything better.

April 11, 2016 by scootsa1000 11 Comments

Here’s something strange: last week I picked up two books at the library without really knowing what they were about. I just knew I heard “about” them and figured they would be a good way to pass a cold, rainy April weekend. What’s weird is that were pretty much the same story…just that one was way, way better than the other. Spoiler/trigger warning Both of these books deal with the rape of a high school student and the repercussions that follow. First lets get the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR8, David Tennant, EK Johnston, Exit Pursued by a Bear, han solo, jessica knoll, Luckiest girl alive, Scootsa1000, Veronica Mars, william shakespeare

scootsa1000's CBR8 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR8, David Tennant, EK Johnston, Exit Pursued by a Bear, han solo, jessica knoll, Luckiest girl alive, Scootsa1000, Veronica Mars, william shakespeare ·
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The Most Desperate Girl Alive

August 27, 2015 by badkittyuno 2 Comments

Oh, I did not like the main character of this book, and while I don’t believe the author intended me to, I disliked her and all her friends and her whole freaking family so much that by the point when the big tragic event of Ani’s high school years was finally revealed, I felt almost guilty at my total lack of sympathy. “It’s okay to be insufferable as long as you’re aware that you’re being insufferable. At least that’s how I justified it to myself.” Ugh. So […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: badkittyuno, jessica knoll

badkittyuno's CBR7 Review No:165 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: badkittyuno, jessica knoll ·
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You can’t escape the past

August 1, 2015 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

The Luckiest Girl Alive was another recommendation via Reese Witherspoon’s Instagram page; once again the woman has excellent taste in novels. The Luckiest Girl has “With cunning and verve of GILLIAN FLYNN but with an intensity all its own” written in huge letters on the front cover, and while drawing comparisons between Flynn and new female authors is getting a bit played out, this was the book I felt most merited the comparison. Like Flynn, Jessica Knoll has a female narrator with a dark past […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: jessica knoll, Luckiest girl alive

Caitlin_D's CBR7 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: jessica knoll, Luckiest girl alive ·
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