I love this book for the gritty dialogue of the current thirty somethings and how life is when raising children in the suburbs. At first I felt these women were a bunch of empty hollow bubble heads judging one another and being mean to each other. Until I got more into the book..it's so much more than empty shell women.

As the book gets into the real issues I am pleasantly surprised to see the main character Elizabeth befriend Sarah who isn't part of the "in" crowd. There's some surprising things that happen and I felt the book depicted the emotions and thoughts that run through one's mind when things get rough. I felt the book is well written and the book is in 1st person context. I am not that good at writing reviews so bear with me as I try to organize my thoughts without giving away the books meaning.

The main thing I think about when reading this- what's a good friend? Where do we step back and not intrude in another's life or do we push our way in? This book will make you think. What is a good friend? How can we be better? Our children are watching our misbehavior with other people. How do we learn to trust people? Can we trust people? Many times people let us down so we don't want to open ourselves to that kind of hurt. How do we love others and not get hurt? Is it possible? Read the book for more...I felt this was a great thought provoking read. 5 stars baby!

“Mean Girls” meets “Stepford Wives” meets 2018....
The story is a great idea. For me, unfortunately, this one just dragged on and on. That, combined with a suburb full of alcoholic characters with no redeeming qualities, made for a book I could barely finish. I pushed through, but almost didn’t even care about the big reveal ending.
Just not my cup of tea

The biggest challenge this book tackles is mental health. Unfortunately it fell short of my expectations with the ongoing rambling and predictable outcome. The story lacks any sort of heroine and I found none of the characters to be likeable. Onto the next

Holy moly you need this book in your life, like now (comes out July 2nd). I don't even know where to start on this, it was that dang good.

When Elizabeth flees to the suburbs with her husband and three kids after her husband's affair she meets a new group of "friends" whose days consist of day drinking and gossiping. Think Real Housewives of suburbia. Secretly battling bipolar disorder and trying to move past her husband's affair is hard enough but when someone starts an anonymous exposing all of the housewives secrets, Elizabeth reaches a breaking point. Forgetting conversations and finding blank spots in her memory she confides in her one friend that's not part of the clique, until tragedy strikes that leaves her questioning everything.

Trust me when I say you do not want the book to end. Amazing writing that makes you question whether the main character is losing her mind or is just made to believe she is. Love love loved this book!

This isn’t my normal read, but it sounded intriguing so I figured I give it ago. Thanks to netgalley.

After Elizabeth’s husband has an affair, her life spirals into deep depression, and ends with a strained marriage and no light at the end of tunnel. Elizabeth and her husband don’t want to give up on each other, so they move from Portland, to Virginia just outside D.C, to a stereotypical gated community complete with clubhouses, Botox, and lots of wine! There’s a head housewife Karen, who every housewife wants to be. There’s the usual social status climbing, and judgmental comments. An anonymous blogger starts a chronological of blogs with everyone’s juicy gossip. With everyone upholding picture perfect marriages, houses, and children someone posting all their dirty laundry has to be stopped. Elizabeth has been battling bi-polar disorder ever sense the affair, but now she’s suffering from memory loss. Luckily she made a new best friend, out of her normal social circle, who she trust she can vent too. Until her husband starts acting weird, and her new best friend ends up dead. Her life falls apart, she struggles to stay sane, the women still gossip although each of their lives are equally falling apart. In the end, everyone’s secrets come out, and the blog posters identity is revealed. Although after a few blog entries it’s easy to predict who the author is. All in all not an exciting read, but not to disappointed.