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Ruth Ware: The Turn of the Key (Hardcover, 2019, Scout Press) 4 stars

When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems …

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DNF at 20%. I thought this would be an easy win for me, so this is disappointing. I couldn't believe I was at 20% and this woman still hadn't actually been hired as the nanny - let the story get STARTED, please.

The level of detail was mind numbing, especially as Rowan starts describing the functions of the smart home. Truly do not know why I was being told about every single button on the panels.

The book is also supposedly a letter to a lawyer, which I was willing to look past despite how ridiculous that is. As long as I'm not constantly reminded that the words I'm reading are a letter or a journal or something, I can suspend disbelief when the narration gets unreasonable. But that was just one more reason to DNF when the boredom intensified.