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The Night Olivia Fell | Christina McDonald

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the #OliviaBuddyRead. Friendly reminder, next month @megnews will host Lilli de Jong! Coming in December, I will host a Christmas themed buddy read Jacob T Marley! I hope you all can join us!

sblbooks I'll tag each of the books so you can review if you or interested.

Lilli de Jong: A Novel

sblbooks In December we are reading

Jacob T. Marley

CoffeeNBooks Thanks! I just ordered a copy of Jacob T. Marley. 😊 5y

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megnews Can‘t wait for our 🎄 read! 5y

sblbooks @CoffeeNBooks and @megnews I wish we could "like"comments on litsy. I can't wait either! 5y

megnews I know. I was thinking that yesterday during the discussion. 5y

Crazeedi Looking forward 5y

EH2018 Im in for December! Just got that book at a book sale! 5y

megnews @SaturnDoo Jacob T Marley is our December read 5y

SaturnDoo @megnews thank you. 🤪Duh I should have looked closer at the photo. 🤣 that's what happens when I'm tired. 5y

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thereadingowlvina Thank you for all the great questions & hosting this buddy read! This book is an excellent choice and I enjoyed it immensely! 😊 5y

megnews Agreed! 5y

sblbooks @thereadingowlvina @megnews It's been fun hosting this month. I've enjoyed it. Great discussion. 5y

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OriginalCyn620 Definitely! But I think that about pretty much every book I read! 5y

megnews Yes but I find that‘s so often the case between mothers and daughters. 5y

Hooked_on_books Totally agree with @megnews 5y

thereadingowlvina Absolutely! But the lack of openness & honesty is a typical issue between teenagers and parents 😊 5y

sblbooks @OriginalCyn620 @megnews @Hooked_on_books @thereadingowlvina Yes, there were definitely times they needed more open and honest communication. I think that's true of everyone. 5y

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OriginalCyn620 It wasn‘t anything groundbreaking for the genre but it was very well done. 5y

Hooked_on_books I thought it was good, but Reconstructing Amelia, which has some similarities, is better.

Reconstructing Amelia

thereadingowlvina I enjoyed the plot and twist. It was well done. Above all I resonate strongly with Abi - single mother (although I remarried now) & I discovered my mom's suicide 11 years ago. So, I can relate to the trauma Abi experienced & her worries as a single mom. 5y

sblbooks @Hooked_on_books I've added Reconstructing Amelia to my TBR. 5y

sblbooks @thereadingowlvina I'm very sorry, for the loss of your Mom! I can't imagine how hard must be for you. I'm glad you liked the book, and enjoyed the discussion. 5y

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The Night Olivia Fell | Christina McDonald

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megnews I‘m not new to this genre but I haven‘t read a mystery in a long time. They were getting too formulaic for me. I really tend to stick to history with a little memoir thrown in and I‘m pretty happy with that. Still, I appreciated pushing beyond those limits and enjoyed this book and really enjoyed reading with the group. (edited) 5y

OriginalCyn620 Not new to the genre but I loved this one! The author did a great job of casting doubt over many characters so that it kept me guessing. There‘s not really an aspect that I didn‘t enjoy. 5y

CoffeeNBooks I like mysteries, but I like that this one was a little different than most I've read in that it also had the additional stories of friendship, love, and family. The stories of Derek, Abbi & Anthony, and Abbi's relationship with her sister made it a more well-rounded story than mysterious sometimes are. 5y

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megnews I agree with @CoffeeNBooks. I find many mysteries might have a romance component for added tension to the story but you don‘t often see these types of familial, loving relationships. I enjoyed that aspect for sure and really hurt for Abbi losing Olivia. 5y

Hooked_on_books I love mysteries. I liked this one but there were aspects that bothered me. I didn‘t like that she didn‘t question the note pushed under her door. She just believed it without question and I thought that‘s was unrealistic since she didn‘t know where it came from. Also, the medical stuff at the end had some major errors that took me out of the story a bit. 5y

thereadingowlvina I love murder mysteries but I usually read historical murder mysteries. Thought I'd give this one a try and I'm glad I did! This book exceeded my expectations. I will definitely be reading this author's other books 😊 5y

sblbooks @megnews @OriginalCyn620 @CoffeeNBooks @Hooked_on_books @thereadingowlvina I've only been listening to psychological thrillers/suspense novels for a couple of years. This is one of the best ones. I saw a review that said it was too much like a Hallmark Channel movie, I disagree since I love Hallmark movies. I thought it was a nice change to actually care about the characters in the end. 5y

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The Night Olivia Fell | Christina McDonald

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megnews I did suspect Tyler but I suspected almost everyone. I can‘t remember the best friends name anymore but I suspected her and her mom and Olivia‘s dad and his daughter. 5y

OriginalCyn620 I suspected pretty much everyone throughout, but never really paid much attention to Tyler. 5y

CoffeeNBooks @megnews @OriginalCyn620 Same! It didn't occur to me to suspect Tyler. 5y

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EH2018 I though Tyler, then a couple others, but I thought Tyler could have been the stalker because of how upset he was about his parents breakup. I did not guess how it all went down though 5y

Hooked_on_books I thought the author did a good job of setting up a lot of potential suspects. I wasn‘t surprised that it was Tyler, but I wouldn‘t have been surprised if it was a number of people. 5y

thereadingowlvina I did not suspect Tyler at all! I thought it would be Olivia's dad or/and his daughter. That's why I enjoyed the twist in this book! 5y

sblbooks @megnews @OriginalCyn620 @CoffeeNBooks @EH2018 @Hooked_on_books @thereadingowlvina my number one suspect was Madison, number to Gavin. Tyler came in at number three. I agree the author did an excellent job, keeping us in suspense. 5y

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OriginalCyn620 I thought they had similar reactions, though each had different reasons for wanting to keep their babies. 5y

megnews @OriginalCyn620 agreed. And a typical reaction for a young, unwed mom. 5y

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megnews I think there was just such a lack of closure in her life and that was still with her, haunting her after all this time. I think she needed closure for one to be able to cope with another great loss. 5y

sblbooks @megnews I agree, well said. 5y

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