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Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

6 reviews

dblue236's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While the mystery/thriller aspect of this book fell a bit flat in the last third or so of the book, I still found it wildly entertaining and quite often darkly funny, and I loved it overall. I would have liked just a little more of a creepiness factor, maybe a little more of a sinister feel to the antagonist, but that's a pretty minor complaint and I definitely got everything I expected out of this book based on things I've read from this author in the past. I look forward to watching the TV series to see how it compares. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Cancer, Terminal illness, Infertility, Medical content, and Medical trauma

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was a wild ride, it definitely took a turn around 75% and then the plot speed up and so many things happened. Not the biggest fan of that pacing but it was pretty entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, Medical content, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Body shaming, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Child death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

madlain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Infertility, Self harm, Animal death, and Cancer

blouviere4's review

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

amaramorgenstern's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Man lernt die Charaktere so gut kennen- die gesamte Lebensgeschichte - 
Alle Charaktere haben auch Schwächen, teilweise sehr große. Trotzdem kann man diese mit der Zeit nachvollziehen.
Am besten gefällt mir, wie man Sich in die Charaktere hinein versetzen kann, mann kann durch den tollen Schreibstil (wo sich die inneren Monologe der Personen je nach Charakter verändern) die Denkweise des jeweiligen   Das Ende gefällt mir nicht so gut, es kommt mir recht unrealistisch vor. <Spoiler> Auch wie plötzlich Masha verrückt geworden ist ergibt sich mir nicht ganz, ähnlich wie bei Game of Thrones mit Danny taygarien.<\spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Fatphobia

thevioletfoxbookshop's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Nine people decide to attend a 10-day cleanse at a health resort. They each have their own reasons, worries, problems, histories, and relationships. A lot of them chose this health resort for it's unconventional and highly praised methods because they're desperate... to lose weight, to mend their marriage, to right their path in life. But unconventional soon turns into downright weird. Dangerous, even.

Nine Perfect Strangers is a book about how people see themselves and how others see them. How people change and how they don't. How we can control our lives and how we can't. It's about our choices, our assumptions, and the funny road that life takes you down sometimes.

Nine Perfect Strangers is billed as a thriller, but it's not the fast-paced plot that leaves you reeling. It's the characters. They're somehow darkly funny. There are some pretty heavy issues addressed in this book, but it still manages not to take itself too seriously. Moriarty even pokes fun at herself as an author and her own storyline within the book.

If you like good character development and a focus on the characters' flaws and journey, this is a good read for you.
If you're looking for a fast-paced plot with big twists, you might be a bit let down. There are some twists, for sure, but it's not the focus of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Drug use and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Injury/Injury detail