The Society by Karen WinnMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Annoying and naive characters, ultra-creepy men, sex, drugs, but no rock and roll, too many tropes to keep straight, and the only reason why I kept reading was to see what eventually happened with Vivian.
What would have made this an excellent book was if the author kept it under 480 pages. If it were not so dragged out with minutiae, it would have been more thrilling. Had she made Taylor a little less obsessed and made Vivian a little less obvious? I mean, come on, to have Taylor break into Vivian's house while she was in the 'hospitol'and to try on all of Vivian's clothes? Is this not psychotic behavior or what?
Having the house 'talk' to use creeped me out; however, this is a thriller, so I guess I should have expected something like a talking house. When I say "talking," I mean the house (the Knox) had its own chapters. Silly, but there you go, I suppose it adds more creep factor for those who like it. Personally, I was more interested in what happened to Vivian after her little accident.
The ending pretends to close out a lot of threads, but I have to say it was anticlimactic. I would have liked to have seen Taylor and Vivian getting together, and someone finding out what happened to Xavier.
*ARC was supplied by the publisher Dutton/Penguin Books, the author, and NetGalley.
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What would have made this an excellent book was if the author kept it under 480 pages. If it were not so dragged out with minutiae, it would have been more thrilling. Had she made Taylor a little less obsessed and made Vivian a little less obvious? I mean, come on, to have Taylor break into Vivian's house while she was in the 'hospitol'and to try on all of Vivian's clothes? Is this not psychotic behavior or what?
Having the house 'talk' to use creeped me out; however, this is a thriller, so I guess I should have expected something like a talking house. When I say "talking," I mean the house (the Knox) had its own chapters. Silly, but there you go, I suppose it adds more creep factor for those who like it. Personally, I was more interested in what happened to Vivian after her little accident.
The ending pretends to close out a lot of threads, but I have to say it was anticlimactic. I would have liked to have seen Taylor and Vivian getting together, and someone finding out what happened to Xavier.
*ARC was supplied by the publisher Dutton/Penguin Books, the author, and NetGalley.
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SUMMARY: "Rumors about the Knox and its influence have swirled through Boston for centuries. While some believe the secret society is merely an elite social club, others are convinced it hides something more sinister...
Vivian Lawrence was born into old-money Boston, but when her family fortune vanishes, so does her carefully curated life. Desperate, she turns to an old family legend about ties to the Knox and its inheritance, seeking a way into the exclusive secret society. She doesn’t expect that entry to come in the form of Peter, a Knox insider with movie star good looks and just enough roughness to his charm to make Vivian truly weak in the knees for the first time in her life.
Far from Boston’s glittering elite is newcomer Taylor Adams, a young nurse eager to leave her humble past behind. When the effortlessly glamorous Vivian lands in her ER after a suspicious fall, Taylor is instantly captivated. But then Vivian abruptly disappears without a trace, sending Taylor on a search for answers that pulls her into the Knox itself—as their new employee.
The further Taylor ventures into the Knox’s world of unimaginable wealth and dark history, the more the mystery of Vivian deepens. As Taylor will soon discover, more so than wealth or status, secrets are the society's true currency."
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