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I started reading this because I had watched The Thing About Pam on Peacock/NBC and there were bits I didn't understand in the show. I didn't realize until I was done with this that the lawyer was also an author. I still find it unsatisfying that even with all the investigating and speculation and "pretty sure it's Pam" there's still no information on how Pam did it. Did the husband help? Was Pam naked while killing Betsy? I'm sure we'll never know unless Pam decides to make a deathbed confession, and even then it probably won't be believable.

I'm giving up on these books. The things I like about it the overarching story are outweighed by my dislike for the author's writing style at this point and I'm just not interested in waging this war on me trying to overlook the things I hate.

This was somewhat fun, but somewhat tedious. After reading the afterword, I got the impression that the idea for the book came to the author and he jumped on it, but maybe the idea didn't include an intricate plot because this book meanders. Not only does the author spend a lot of time setting up the premise/locale, but the characters repeat themselves to the point of distraction. It also took until 70% for the main action to happen and then of course it was resolved pretty quickly. Which is not to say I didn't like this, I did, and would be interested in more books set in the same world, even with less focus on the kaiju.

I picked this to sleep through but I ended up liking it so I listened while awake. Didn't care for the war stuff, but the rest of it was good

I hated this book and I should have known that I would because I didn't like [b:The Circle|18302455|The Circle|Dave Eggers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1376419833l/18302455.SX50.jpg|25791820] either, but I thought I just read The Circle with too much sincerity because I didn't realize at the time Dave Eggers was a satirist. Since then, I also tried to read [b:The Captain and the Glory|51792305|The Captain and the Glory|Dave Eggers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569893153l/51792305.SX50_SY75.jpg|73423793], which I absolutely hated and didn't finish. I still gave this a shot and would probably liked it if it had 1) been shorter or 2) had a more satisfying plot. I'm not sure I disagree with all of the apps Eggers came up with that were supposed to be outlandish, but maybe I'm just proving his point that nothing can surprise us sheep and we're all doomed.

Cute but kind of disappointing that this was a kisses only book

This was awful. Boring. Vapid. Plotless. My fault for picking it up based on the cover - I thought it was going to be hijinks but I was wrong. I skipped 10 chapters in the middle and missed exactly zero plot points.

This is probably closer to 3.5 for me. I was bored and didn't really know what was going on until about 65% in, which is when it got interesting. I didn't really care for the premise of the big bad but that's neither here nor there.

I didn't care for this. I thought it was unfocused and I'm not sure what message the author was trying to impart other than not to hide your talents? I know this was her first book and then she wrote [b:The Rib King|53240819|The Rib King|Ladee Hubbard|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1597696015l/53240819.SY75.jpg|73949081] almost as a prequel to this. I only read this because I had just finished The Rib King, which I enjoyed, so I wanted to see how the characters ended up. So in that vein, it was interesting to see how she retconned some of the characters from this into The Rib King, but I really think this is unsatisfying as a standalone novel.

I read this because I saw somewhere that a lot of people were talking about how great it was. I thought it was a cute idea but i didn't think it was the best book in the world. Something about either the Finlay character or the writing nagged me but I'm not sure I can verbalize what it was. I would still probably read the next one in the series because I want to know who put a hit out on Stephen