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Good Rich People

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What a fun read! When you’re rich beyond wildest dreams and everything is in your hands you have to go bigger and more extravagant to entertain yourself. The overall sarcasm and arrogance lend themselves to this book about the games rich people play with those beneath them. Befriend them, learn everything about them, and then destroy them. Fast paced and smart writing will make this one of the top books of the winter!

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IF YOU LIKE- Gillian Flynn, Ready or Not
NOTES- Ice cold characters with a twisted sense of horrific humor, Good Rich People is a glimpse into a billionaire family and the manipulative deadly games they play with us normal peasants. Every single character is a psychopath. Fun to read if you can handle not one likable character, the soapy vibes, and the constant startling “did she just say that?” moments. I ate it up with a fancy gold spoon. I love a unique thriller with cinematic qualities and an EXTRA as heck grand finale- keep em coming author Eliza Jane Brazier!

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I really enjoyed this book! I thought it was a really great dark thriller. The story was very fast paced throughout the whole book and I found it difficult to put this book down, I just wanted to keep reading to find out what was happening next. I appreciated the dual pov's that we got, I think showing the story through both main characters points of view made it more interesting. I didn't like any of these characters, honestly I think they were all crazy, but I enjoyed that! Sometimes its fun to root for characters that aren't traditionally good. Overall I really enjoyed this crazy book!

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This took me some time to get into. It was a quick read, but for the first 20% or so I honestly was just reading words on a page. Nothing was clicking together and I really couldn't figure out what was going on. I only kept reading out of pure curiosity.

We have alternating points of views, and I think that might've had something to do with it. There's Lyla and Demi; however, once you're getting into Lyla's story we're switched to Demi, and it's on a completely different timeline. Also, let me tell you that Demi didn't interest me one single bit.

The entire premise of the game that Lyla and her husband, Graham, play on unsuspecting rich folk really made no sense whatsoever. Constantly, we readers are told that Graham needs this entertainment to be happy . . . okay, but what does the game really involve? I know that Lyla wasn't doing her "part" the way Graham wanted but it was just a bunch of nothing happening.

I was expecting some type of cat and mouse game. A psychological thriller that would keep me on the edge of my seat. Instead I got a lot of confusion, sadly.

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Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier is a psychological thriller novel. The story in this one is told by changing the point of view between the characters to give all sides of the story.

Lyla and Graham live in an opulent home overseen by Graham’s mother, Margo. Very wealthy Lyla and Graham often find themselves bored and to pass the time they like to invite unsuspecting individuals to their guesthouse and then conspire to ruin their lives. Demi is the latest target of Lyla and Graham’s sadistic games and Demi vows to not go down without a fight.

So, after reading Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier I had to sit back and think a minute trying to figure out just what I had read. The characters in this novel fall on the satirical side and were often over the top in their actions making them not feel real at all. The story wasn’t bad but I couldn’t help some eye rolls along the way which was kind of a put off. In the end I rated this one at two and a half stars with it falling a tad over to the I didn’t quite like it side of my ratings wondering if it would have worked a lot better without the cartoonish feel to the characters.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

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An ultimately disappointing read for me. I thoroughly enjoyed Brazier's previous book, If I Disappear; it was a little weird and a little uncanny, but in a way that worked with the story and which I found deeply compelling and haunting. Good Rich People, on the other hand, is a little weird and a little uncanny in a way that I find entirely off-putting and unappealing. I'm game for unlikable (indeed, detestable) characters, but I still have to be interested in them, even if I don't like them as people. And I just wasn't interested enough in the horrible people who largely inhabit the pages of this book - they just weren't fun to read about. I also couldn't get invested in the convoluted twists and turns of what could have been a thrilling, weirdly fascinating plot if it didn't feel overworked, uneven, and uncomfortably self-conscious.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier is a highly anticipated book, and it sounded like it was just my type of thing: a woman in danger, in a psychological thriller, the kind of book that you just CANNOT. PUT. DOWN. You know, pandemic escapism at its best.

The story revolves around a couple, Lyla and her husband Graham, and Graham’s mother Margot. Lyla turned me off immediate.y: “Sometimes I am scared by how beautiful I am…I am sad because I want everyone to see it, but I don’t want to see them.” They live in a fabulous house, which “...is decorated to Graham’s taste because I don’t have any. I acquired his taste the day we got married.”

Ugh. I really didn’t like anyone. And I didn’t care about their games. Graham and Margo get bored so they invite people to live in their guest house and then do whatever it takes to destroy them. WTF?

I didn’t care enough to finish it. I may go back to it when I have more patience or the pandemic diminishes…but maybe not.

Thanks to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for this honest review. Ms. Brazier can definitely write, and I will happily pick up her next book. But this one didn’t do it for me.

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I don’t know what I read. While it was disturbing and not like anything I’ve read before, I still quickly flipped through the short chapters to see where the story would go.

The book follows a wealthy family and the games they play with people who have less than them. It is so outlandish and unrealistic, and the characters are all unlikeable without any nuance to their personalities. I also was disappointed by the ending. I can’t say I’d widely recommend this one.

Thanks Berkley for my copy in exchange for an honest review.

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3.5/ stars

When Lyla married the extremely wealthy Graham, she had to come to terms with her husband and mother-in-law’s peculiar taste in entertainment. The couple rent out their guesthouse to lure in those who have self-made success only to set them up for total failure and ruin their lives. Demi is someone who has consistently fought for survival, when an opportunity that she can’t say no to presents itself, she is unknowingly being caught up in the couple’s diabolical game. Lyla and Demi’s lives come to an explosive clash changing the rules of the game forever.



Strap in your seat belts for a fast-paced, twisty thriller packed with unlikeable characters and LOTS of Moët. The story is told in two POV’s: Lyla and Demi. One thing that got me a little confused at times was how these POV’s overlap, the same scenes would be described in one characters POV and then later one from the others. It kept my interest throughout and had me turning the pages however, there were a lot of things that felt very unrealistic to me and honestly, everything could have been avoided with a simple google search. There is definitely a lot going on in this book so it’s good to take your time reading to make sure you don’t miss anything. The ending was a bit of a let down as well, it felt anticlimactic and a little rushed. I do think this was a unique and clever plot with some equally unique disturbing characters I just wish there would have been a little more organization and development.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for an eARC of this novel in exchange for my honest review. This title will be released on January 25th.

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I am still reeling. There were so many “what the fuck am I reading” moments and I was 100% here for it. This was a new level of crazy, absurd storytelling that had me unable to look away. I read this almost cover to cover, if only my children didn’t need me for basic necessities.
I found this book disturbing, outrageous but at the same time really insightful about the human condition. Where we have Lyra, rich and entitled, we have Demi to provide balance. Demi is homeless with the chance to change her future, as long as she doesn't fall victim to Graham and Lyra’s game.

Lyra and Graham are easy to hate. There’s really nothing redeemable about them. Maybe the fact that Lyra has a small semblance of a conscience because she doesn't actually want to ruin someone’s life. But to her, it's not just win or lose its life and death and that's a sacrifice she’s willing to make.

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Lyly, her husband Graham, and her monster-in law-Margo live an elite lifestyle secluded on a large estate in the hills and thus a bit out of touch with reality living in a rich bubble. They are super rich and super bored which turns out is a lethal combination! To overcome their boredom, Graham and his mom like to play a game where they invite a lesser rich person to become a tenant at the guesthouse and then they seek to utterly destroy that person for sport/fun. Lyla intervened during the last game causing dire consequences, so she is now being forced to play with the understanding that if she loses then she'll be ostracized. Enter Demi, the new tenant, a savage tech prodigy who has walked all over people to become who she is, oh and by the way she makes more money than Graham and has no need for friends or more money. Lyla thinks Margo has set her up to fail and she isn't wrong. Turns out Demi isn't actually who they think she is and she has nothing to lose so game on bitches!

I don't think this book will be for everyone. At times the writing seemed a bit choppy and there were a few plot holes. (i.e. the Astrid storyline....why??) The story is an over the top satirical exploration of the rich vs poor. All of the characters are vapid and extremely unlikeable, but that is the point. The short chapters and alternating POVs between Demi and Lyla made the pacing work well and it was a super fast read for me. If you are looking for a different kind of dark thriller with rich unlikeable characters behaving badly then you should check this one out.

Special thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.

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Lyla and Graham are a wealthy couple and to them life is a game were they must always win, a game that ends when someone dies.

This is a fast-paced thriller with short chapters which made it a fast read. I liked the premise of the book, but the execution fell flat. It was told through two different POV’s of Lyla and Demi (a tenant living on Lyla and Graham’s property). The writing was choppy and at times I was confused. For example, there were multiple chapters of Lyla’s POV but then when you get to Demi’s chapter it doesn’t pick up where Lyla’s chapters end, it starts all the way back to where Lyla’s chapters started, it took me a while to get use to this. Also, I don’t think that a lot things were explained very well which left me with a lot of answered questions. Overall, it was an okay read, but I did really end up enjoying the ending!

A huge thank you to Berkley Publishing and Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

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Good Rich People is a fast-paced thriller about a family who likes playing a dangerous game. While this book started promising, I feel like it did not deliver.

The characters felt flat with no motivations and like one personality trait each. Even Demi, who I thought was going to be interesting, felt very surface-level. This was nothing new, and I kind of wish I had put it down.

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A thrilling, medium burn story with absurdly high stakes.

MV Rating: 6.5/10
•Lyla engages in a game to gain favor with her husband and MIL, and her lavish life is on the line to win. Demi is pulling herself out of poverty and will literally do anything for a slice of normal.
•Reminiscent of that story we all read in middle school - “The Most Dangerous Game” - but make it LA.
•The lines these two women are willing to cross to win get blurrier and blurrier as time goes on, but can either one truly gain the freedom they truly crave?
•The characters are laughably absurd at some moments, which totally fits with the mega rich setting. I found the satire in the story to be really enjoyable, and the characters to be very well written.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC access!

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Wow this book is insanely good!!!!!!!! I read it in one sitting it was so good!!!! It is evil at its most charming & so tantalizing you are pulled in from the first page until it spits you out leaving you thinking "what did I just read and devour???!!!!" I highly recommend this book!!!!!!!

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Okay this one, I had a hard time deciding between 2.5 and 3 stars for this one but ended up giving it 3 stars. This story just wasn't for me. I usually like thrillers and mysteries but this one left me feeling like my mind was messed with in ways I don't particularly like.
This story is a strange and disturbing one about a married couple, Lyla and Graham, and a warped game they play. Lyla has always thought of life being a game, but Graham takes it to extreme and dangerous levels. They invite self-made success stories to live and rent out their basement guest house and then work to ruin their lives. Demi is a person who has had a hard life and seizes an opportunity to take over someone else's life and live the good life. Demi unknowingly puts herself in the path of the couple and their wicked entertainment, but she's not one to give up easily.
Things, of course, go awry and come to an explosive conclusion. I thought I had the story and ending figured out for this story, but it wasn't quite what I expected and it left me with dark and disturbing thoughts. If you like stories that might catch you off guard and are dark, disturbing, and mess with your head then you'll probably like this one.
Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for letting me read and review this book. All opinions are my own.

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Omg sooo sooo Soo good!!! Highly recommend this book and it’s a top favorite read this year! Curl up by the fireplace, grab a cup of tea and be ready to read long thru the night!

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Good Rich People by Eliza Jean Brazier is a really powerful book. The writing is compelling, lyrical and extremely thought provoking. Lyla, Demi and Graham are not good people yet I couldn’t stop reading about them. I would have loved to hear more about Graham’s past but even without that, Good Rich People has good substance and the satire is hilarious.

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GOOD RICH PEOPLE by Eliza Jane Brazier is a dark and disturbing psychological thriller that left me very unnerved from beginning to end. Lyla marries into the extreme wealth of her husband, Graham Herschel and his mother, Margo. The couple lives in a glass mansion below Margo, who owns a massive compound on the edge of a cliff above Hollywood Hills. There is a guesthouse located below them that the family rents out to self-made, less rich tenants. To overcome the extreme boredom of being so incredibly rich and never wanting for anything, Graham and Margo play a cruel and twisted game. They take turns trying to ruin the lives of their tenants. They go to bizarre and shocking lengths to win the game, including murder. When Lyla is forced to take a turn at the game with the latest tenant, Demi, things quickly get out of control. The story is told from the alternating points of view of Lyla and Demi with some confusing timeline switches. While I knew there was a social message about the contrast between wealth and poverty in the book, the senseless violence completely put me off. I see that there are a lot of conflicting reviews on this book and some readers may enjoy this dark story, but it just wasn’t for me. Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley for the chance to read and review an early copy.

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This book was not what I was expecting and it was certainly unique. The story was told through two main perspectives Lyla and Demi and neither one was very like able, but the story still kept my interest. I will say there were som times that each perspective told about the same event but one perspective was a bit behind so timeline was it was a little weird. Lyla is married to Graham and they live in Graham’s mother’s home. Graham and his mother have a game where they invite self-made rich people into the guesthouse and take turns ruining their lives. Lyla doesn’t want to play, but Graham said she must. All of the characters are horrid and it’s an interesting look at those that have more than they could ever need. It’s definitely a book that is staying with me, I give it 3.5 stars rounded up for star selection.

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