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Careful What You Wish For: A Novel
Careful What You Wish For A Novel
Author: Hallie Ephron
From the New York Times bestselling author of There Was an Old Woman comes a novel about a professional organizer with a deadly problem she may not be able to clean up. — Emily Harlow is a professional organizer who helps people declutter their lives; she?s married to man who can?t drive past a yard sale without stopping. He?s filled their baseme...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780062473653
ISBN-10: 0062473654
Publication Date: 8/6/2019
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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3.1 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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oldrockandroll avatar reviewed Careful What You Wish For: A Novel on + 277 more book reviews
This book is not as good as some of her other books. Emily, the main character is impossibly naive. She gets herself in situations and then has to really work to get out of them. Just an okay read for me.
cyndij avatar reviewed Careful What You Wish For: A Novel on + 1030 more book reviews
I really liked the decluttering idea. Think of how many ways your protagonist could get in trouble with that. Also liked the idea that Emily is married to a hoarder, but keeps her hands off his stuff. Aside from that, I found it slow going. The plot is laid out in the book description (there's a slight deviation in the classic plot, but it's obvious), so there is no mystery for the reader. Then it's a question of suspense. Ephron does the suspense by making Emily so incredibly naive I couldn't believe in her. I kept saying to myself, "People in murder mysteries don't KNOW they're in murder mysteries" but it didn't help. There was no need for Becca, unless Ephron is going to make a series out of this. Lila was great though. I also thought the Murphy plot was too much complication. But all in all, if it were a series, Emily and Lila have potential, and I'd try another one.


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