I loved this book! It was wild and had crazy characters that kept me hooked. It was also somewhat disturbing but also hilarious. I am such a fan about books about the wealthy elite and bonus this was a thriller too! I don't want to say to much but basically read this one!!

OMG this book started with a bang and it just kept going. I was so intrigued by the story and the characters. Nothing was what it seemed. I loved the way it was written. It was so fast paced and I couldn’t wait to find out what was going to happen. Luckily, I was able to devour this in one setting. I’m not sure if you were supposed to love Lyla, but I loved her! I thought she was just so realistic. She isn’t supposed to be funny but I loved the stuff that she said! Her husband and mother in law were so horribly wonderful. I couldn’t get enough of how evil they were! I really loved this book. Definitely give this book a chance!

You will absolutely not like one of these main characters at all! (Maybe at times you might care for Lyla and Demi but...) These people are freaking insane! Then again, I must be for wanting to keep reading and being totally engrossed in it all.

These crazy rich people have nothing better to do than to ruin other peoples' lives in the sickest of ways. They play a "game" where someone has to do such awful damage to someone else. If the worst happens, then oh well. Now it is Lyla's turn to prove to them that she has what it takes to be one of them. She thinks her mother-in-law is setting her up and her oddball husband could care less because he has become bored with her.

The story plays out in the strangest, harshest ways. It is hard to feel sorry for any of them. It is that old adage "be careful what you wish for". There may be some kind of satisfaction to how things work out.

It is a crazy ride but well worth reading.

Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley Publishing for a copy of this book.

Dark and disturbing look at the difference between poor and rich.

I loved this atmospheric read. It wasn't the surroundings that were atmospheric, but the people. The dark and disturbing, very unlikeable and evil people. The differences between the rich and the poor were so obnoxious, almost unbelievable, but at the same time you know that is how it is. The rich get bored, and they feel like they are privileged to entertain themselves in any way they want. There's this disturbing need to hurt others, because you're not seeking for a better life on your own. Where's the poor always feel like the nuisance. Their need not to disturb, feeling guilty about just existing. The differences were astonishing and will keep me thinking.

I love this author's writing style and will be looking forward to more of her books.

Good Rich People is the story of Lyla, a young woman who married into fabulous wealth, wealth, wealth with a capital B. Her husband, Graham, is unnaturally handsome and she is both in love with and infatuated with him. Sadly, his focus is centered more on his mother than his wife. The house they live in is a physical representation of their lives. On the top of the hill, overlooking the ocean is his mother’s mansion with descending gardens representing the circles of hell. Their home is carved into the mountain and breaks out of the cliff with breathtaking ocean views. Right below them is another home carved out of the mountain, a guest house his mother rents to tenants.

And Graham and his mother love their tenants. More accurately, they love to play games with their tenants, competing against each other to enthrall and ruin them. They hate the up-and-coming, the strivers, and are entertained by lifting them up only to cast them down. But now they think it’s Lyla’s turn to play and the tenant is not who they think she is.



Good Rich People is not the easiest book to get into,. It’s written in the present tense. I have a deep distaste for writing in the present tense. Most of the time, it just feels so unnecessary and pretentious. I was [this] close to giving up but stuck with it and was well-rewarded. I mean this book is hilarious and compulsive. I read it in one sitting. And really, I am not sure anyone in this book is good, and maybe that is why it has to be in the present tense. If it were told by Lyla and Demi in the past tense, they would have already justified and excused things that they just flat out confess in the present tense.

Good Rich People is mean and the people are despicable, mostly. Graham and his mother are cartoonishly evil but all of that is what makes the book work. I enjoyed it far more than I probably should have.

I received an e-galley of Good Rich People from the publisher through NetGalley

Good Rich People at Berkley | Penguin Random House
Eliza Jane Brazier author site

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐⭐.5/ 5 stars

A duo POV thriller about a wealthy woman named Lyla and her tenant, Demi. Lyla is very wealthy, married to a cold, handsome, manipulative sadistic man who thrives off of ruining people’s lives, especially those he (and his mother Margo) befriend. In order to keep his trust and love, Lyla agrees to destroy Demi by learning all her secrets and befriending her. Demi comes from a rough childhood with a single parent - jumping from job to job and finding refuge in the tent city in LA. She has a once in a lifetime opportunity to take on another’s identity and finally be more than she is ( i.e. a shopping spree on Rodeo Drive). Eventually, it’s unclear who the game really is for as they both battle it out to the end to keep their place in the hills.

This book had my full attention - it is one of the best books I’ve read in a while. It was highly entertaining, chaotic, and disturbing. The dog part was what knocked off half a point for me, it didn’t add to the story and I hate (fictional) animal deaths if it doesn’t move the story along. Either way, it was refreshing and I could totally see this as a tv show!

Thank you to Berkley and Netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

This started off with what I thought would be a five star stunner. The sarcasm, wit and snark made me chuckle and seemed to be setting the stage for a fun ride. Rich people behaving badly is usually a good time. The timelines confused me at times as the povs were not linear but i did like having multiple povs. I would have loved more of Margot or perhaps even Grahams pov. I'd have loved to be in their messed up minds. Lyla proved herself to be a bit of a dud as well as Demi. Overall it was fun and kept my attention, albeit a bit messy.

Good Rich People is a masterful thriller by a rising star. No one is writing books like Eliza Jane Brazier, and she awes me. This captivated me from the moment I picked it up and didn't let go. Whip-smart and razor-sharp and laugh-out-loud funny in the dryest way possible. Highly reccomend!

This was a DARK and twisty tale of class and privilege and the absolute depravity that a family of bored rich people get up to. Told in alternating perspectives between Lyla, a wealthy LA wife who has been coerced into playing a sick game with her husband and mother-in-law, and Demi, their new tenant and target. I enjoyed the focus on the realities of homelessness and the clever way the tables got turned on the repugnant characters. Entertaining and suspenseful and great on audio narrated by Karissa Vacker and Sophie Amoss. Much thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for my advance review copy!

This book was a wild ride. A cautionary tale of money destroying the moral fiber of society. It very much reminded me of the movie The Hunt, where rich people hunt poor people for sport. Like many others have said in their review of this book, all of the characters are deplorable! I wanted to like “Demi” but she just disappointed me with her choices.

Lyla is always trying to please her husband Graham. He has more money than he knows what to do with. He’s never struggled a day in his life and therefore he's bored with life. To make things interesting, his rich and powerful mother and he like to invite self-made success stories or bootstrappers, into their guest house just to destroy their lives. This is their form of entertainment. Lyla just wants the game to end.

Demi is their latest charity case. Demi has always struggled in life and despite her best efforts has wound up living on the street. She is presented with the opportunity to change here circumstances one fateful night, taking over another person’s life. This makes her Graham and Margot’s latest victim. Demi will not be rolling over for this mother and son, not when she has made it this far.

This book was a powerful commentary on the privileged and the disparity of those that have and those that do not. On ist’s surface, it is a light read but I believe one could find much deeper meaning to the commentary on society this book makes. There is wonderful symbolism int he book like Margot’s gardens being modeled off of Dante’s nine stages of hell that many of the characters find themselves in.

“Except I earned it. I earned it the same way every rich person does: by stepping over a body.” - Demi

This is a mind fuck of a book. Rich people behaving badly is a favorite trope of mine. In this case, the rich people are so bored with their extravagant lives that they invent a game. Not just any game, one in which they choose a person carefully, a bootstrapper, and systematically dismantle and destroy their life. Margot, Graham and Lyla live on a massive estate with a guest house that they rent to just the right tenant. And then the game ensues.

The characters:
Lyla: the wife
Graham: the husband
Margot: the mother-in-law who owns and runs everything
Demi: the tenant/target of the game

The chapters alternate between lyla and Demi’s POV.
I found Demi’s insights far more interesting than lylas and definitely would have liked see more of her.
Graham is a class A sociopath and it’s riveting. I would have loved even one chapter from his POV.
Demi leans towards extremely un likable, her choices are ridiculous. However her parts were the ones that had me immersed.

I loved the description of the mansion and it’s surrounding property. The garden with nine terraces, each representing a circle of Hell. The tower with its pin prick spire…
This is dark, satiric and a helluva page turner.
Thank you to the publisher for my review copy, this in no way affected my review.

Hoo boy, this one is both WILD and amazing! It had a slow start that took me a minute to get into as it wasn’t quite what I was expecting, but looking back, I’m not sure what I could have expected? That being said, I can always appreciate snark, and for that reason alone I kept going, and lo and behold, the further in I got, the more vested I was and could not stop until I was done. As this is a sarcastic take on rich people as a whole, the characters are not meant to be likable, so this did not bother me one bit. Overall I really enjoyed this dark, disturbing story, especially the ending, which actually had me chuckling a bit.

I listened to this via audio and it was really well done, narrated by Karissa Vacker and Sophie Amoss. Thank you to Berkley Books and NetGalley for the digital copy to review.

POV: It's only the end of January and GOOD RICH PEOPLE is claiming a spot on my top 10 books of the year.⁠
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Okay, so Brazier's first novel was just okay for me... a little weird, but promising so it made me want I wanted to read her second novel.⁠
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This one-I don't know how to explain it, but it was just the right amount of weird. OUTRAGEOUS is more like it actually. ⁠
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While I HATED everyone in this book-yes everyone there, was one character in particular that I kept saying 'KILL HIM'⁠
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Poor Lila is just so caught up with the lifestyle she married into that she does some downright dumb things. She even knows how bad it is, but she is under Graham's spell.⁠
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This one is just plain outrageous, clever, wicked and VERY cat and mouse. I actually pictured Tom and Jerry.⁠
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There aren't any major twists, but there are definite gasp inducing ones. ⁠
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I also listened to the audio (narrated by Karissa Vacker and Sophie Amoss) and it was AWESOME!

Sometimes I ask myself why I stay. But I have known money long enough to realize that it always comes with strings attached. And I have known the world long enough to know that as its core, it's a game. Either you play or you are the one being played with.
I'm so torn, because this really hooked me at the beginning - the cold indifference, the satire, and complete out of touchness were perfect for the story, and though that did continue, the actual plot grew tedious and frankly boring.

While I did really enjoy the writing style, the switching POVs which I normally love felt drawn out here because we'd backtrack in time and get repeat scenes from different perspectives. Some of these scenes really worked, but they often made the story drag and added no additional insight into the characters or their motivations. I also think a few of the side characters were underdeveloped for the role they were supposed to play in the story. And I think it's appropriate that Graham complained about being bored all the time because he was so dull. All the characters were flat to me, so it was a little harder to get lost in the story like I wanted.

But the ending was probably the most disappointing to me. The lead up to this big game was rushed and the results unsatisfying. While I always enjoy a full circle moment, while a clear parallel to the beginning of the story, it mostly left me unsure of what was actually happening. I think this just disappointed me in too many small was for me to actually enjoy it, which is a shame.

I received a copy of the book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

My second by the author and it is completely over the top and quite dark and disturbing. The concept of a wealthy family playing a very twisted game that involves murder is NOT going to be everyone's cup of tea!

The characters didn't feel authentic to me, but rather pretentious and fake, which is probably a good thing because it gave it a more satirical feel. They were so awful I didn't want them to be "real people".

A destitute woman deceives her way into the guesthouse of a Hollywood Hills mansion and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs

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Okay, first of all this book is MESSED UP....and I am totally here for it!!

This isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, and you will definitely have to suspend your disbelief (a lot.) All of the characters were terrible human beings, unlikable to the core. So if you are looking for read where you can root for the characters...this is definitely not it. Unless you want to root for a characters demise!

Although there were no "big" twists, there was a healthy dose of tension and suspense. GOOD RICH PEOPLE is a bit outlandish, but an enjoyable (and twisted) satire on the 1%.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and author for my arc copy! GOOD RICH PEOPLE is out now.

Not a fan of this one unfortunately. The concept itself was interesting but the book was dry and incredibly slowly written - the pace was agonizing.

Was disappointed by this one, but maybe my expectations were too high. I was hoping it would be more twisted than it was! I also wanted Demi to be a more active character in the "games" than she really was.

It took me some time to digest what I thought about this book. It started out great. Then it got slower in the middle. And the end didn’t give the satisfaction I needed to really make everything before it feel worth it. Overall, it was hard finding the threads tying the whole thing altogether. I felt Demi was a straight line for so long to suddenly skyrocket into another way of being, and it just didn’t feel connected to the rest of the story. There are some great lines in here though.

What in the world did I just read? But in a good way?

As many know, I love to read my rom-com’s, but every now and then I like to go into a psychological thriller. Verity by Colleen Hoover? Chilled me to the core and I couldn’t put it down. The Ghostwriter by AR Torre? Same. Now I can add Good Rich People to that list.

If you ask me why I liked it, I can’t quite tell you. I know I couldn’t put it down - and when I had to, it was always in the back of my mind. What would happen next? How would it all end? I didn’t like any of the characters, but that was the point.

In this story we meet Graham and Lyla - a wealthy couple who are bored with life. They rent out their guesthouse to people who have climbed the ladder to reach their success just so they can tear them down. And I’m talking seriously down - homeless, jobless, hooked on something they weren’t before. Just for funsies.

Until they meet their newest tenant, Demi. Demi has many secrets she’s hiding and changes the game from the way it is usually played.

The chapters are small, and the POV alternates every few chapters between Lyla and Demi. Sometimes they do not line up sequentially - for example, Lyla will experience something and then in 2 chapters we go back before the event and see Demi’s POV. It wasn’t confusing though - this worked very well.

If you are into suspense, psychological thrillers and just an overall creepy “what did I just read” feeling, then give this one a try!

TW: a dog is killed in the book. It is talked about in an after-the-fact fashion. I still cringed but I didn’t cry (yes I’m that girl who cries when animals are messed with).