This was sort of uncomfortably awful and yet I mostly liked it anyway.

Brazier gives us a near-satirical farce about the poor, bored rich people who have to resort to something akin to the psychological torture of others just to get their rocks off. After all, when everything is right at your fingertips, it’s all just so very…boring? Sure, why not.

This book probably needed a touch more absurdity and humor to make clear that it’s farcical and to keep the reader from just being disgusted. But mostly the story makes its point with wry, wink-nudge humor. Lyla’s character probably needed to be either more likable or more hateful, which would likely have kept her from mostly being obnoxious. She’s not an endearing protagonist, but she’s also no fun to hate, which is awkward territory for a fictional character.

But the plot on the whole is fun, and the touches of subtle absurdity in the details are the best part of the book (Allllll the Moët. Hilarious).

Fair warning: There is a dog murder in this book. It’s graphic and comes up pretty frequently in the story after it happens. I’m not sure why I wasn’t more put off by this (usually when there’s a pet murder I will abandon the book entirely). I suspect that the ridiculousness of the entire story and light tone allowed me to take it about as seriously as you can take anything else in this book, and maybe you’ll feel the same. Regardless, I always feel compelled to warn readers about animal cruelty in books, as I’m always grateful when someone warns me.

Graham and his mother, Margo, enjoy playing a sick game where they invite people to live in their guesthouse, then toy with them and ultimately ruin their lives. Lyla, Graham's wife, plays along by sitting back and watching the game happen time and time again. Demi is the newest target for the twisted family. What they don't realize is that Demi is a fierce survivor and the game may now be changing...

Good Rich People is a binge-worthy psychological thriller that you won't want to put down. This one is disturbing, yet contains pops of dark humor. The story is told through the alternating views of Lyla and Demi, and the chapters are nice and short. As the story unfolds, you are introduced to quite the cast of unlikable characters. Good Rich People was different from other thrillers I've read and I really appreciated the originality!

The premise of this book is so ridiculous. All this book was rich people who are bored and mess with less fortunate people and then they play games with themselves. I only kept reading because it was short enough.

Graham and Lyla believe life is a game, but how far will Lyla go to win?

Good Rich People had so much potential to be great, but that wasn't the case. I was hoping to go into a crazy game of survival. This book took a different turn instead.

I really enjoyed reading from Demi's perspective. Her side of the story was very interesting. I also enjoyed the setup of the book. I felt like we were about to go on one hell of a ride.

Unfortunately I really could not stand the rich people in this story. I feel like that was the authors intention but they were so insufferable that I found my self hating everything they did or said. At one point we are supposed to feel sorry for Lyla but after everything that happened I could not. The ending was also so lack luster. The idea of the game was so unique but it was over way to quickly. It felt like the ending was rushed and unfinished. What even happened to Demi?

Overall this book just left me wanting more. I want more of the game. More of an ending. This book could have been amazing but fell flat for me.
2/5 Stars

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for sending me an arc copy in exchange for my honest review.

Good Rich People is a psychological thriller about a very rich family and the diabolical games they play with those less fortunate. If you enjoy unlikeable characters, this one might be right up your alley since none of the characters are even remotely likeable. Told from multiple viewpoints, with some decent twists, Good Rich People is a wild ride that I found entertaining, despite being unbelievable at times.

"Because every good rich person knows: in money and in life, it’s winner take all. Even if you have to leave a few bodies behind."

I'm still processing my thoughts on this one, but this was, for the most part, an entertaining read. It reminded me of Gatsby meets Clue, with characters who have more money than they know what to do with. Bored with their lives, they move people into their guesthouse and conspire to ruin their lives. The more they ruin their lives, the more entertaining it is for them. Most of the people in this book are awful, but I was still surprised at the lengths they were willing to go to. There were lots of twists and turns in this cat and mouse game. Thank you @berkleypub for my finished copy!

Lyla and graham are a married uber rich couple who have nothing in common besides both being rich and awful. Graham is constantly bored and to keep himself occupied he plays “the game” with his tenants. I wish there was something that could have fended off my boredom during this book. Every two pages there’s a mention of Moet which became literary paper cuts for my eyes. Would love to know if this is really just one long ad!

I thought this was supposed to be bonkers but nothing happens for 100 pages. Changing between Lyla and Demi’s (the tenant) point of view, the story chugs on while each person becomes more and more terrible. I usually love alternating pov’s but the structure of retelling the last 30 pages from the other character’s pov slogged this down for me a lot. I also love awful people but there was no rhyme or reason besides they’re rich and it just wasn’t fun for me. It just didn’t work for me and I mostly couldn’t wait for it to be over.

Have you ever wondered what it would look like if there was a whole family of wealthy Amy's (a la Gone Girl)? Look no further because this is a book I will not be forgetting any time soon.

The calculating and devious Herschel's are the most interesting people I've ever had the pleasure to read about. Graham and Margo have been toying with the lives around them for decades with the end goal of ruination. Graham's wife, Lyla has always been a passive participant, only looking, never involved. Graham and Margo intend to change that.

Holy moly, I have never found another book where I hated the characters so thoroughly yet couldn't put it down. I honestly would have read this in one sitting if it weren't for the whole work thing I'm supposed to do during the day. I feel as though the pacing in some parts were a bit odd but altogether a very enjoyable experience. I 10/10 recommend this thrilling and absolutely wild read. My mind is still spinning.

Good Rich People is a hedonistic, twisted view on the vices of the ultra rich.

Graham and Lyla are not only wealthy, they are so wealthy they drink Moet like it’s water. Living in a glass castle in the hills of Los Angeles, Graham, Lyla and his mother Margot try and find ways to occupy themselves.

One of their favorite ways? Destroying the life of the tenant they allow to live in the guest house on their property. Margot and Graham love the thrill of destruction and live for the chase. When Lyla finds herself a participant instead of spectator for the first time, things go rapidly down hill.

The new tenant moves in with her own set of baggage that throws the game’s plot drastically off course. Will Lyla be able to handle the game without losing her own life?

I had really hoped to enjoy Good Rich People but I just had a hard time getting into it. Lyla and Graham were just so unlikable, as was the character playing the tenant. It was hard to enjoy a story where I absolutely loathed all the main characters.

Thanks to Net Galley, Berkley Publishing Group and Eliza Jane Brazier for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!

I did not connect at all with this book or the characters, yet so many others loved it. I had trouble or maybe just didn't want to believe people would come up with a scheme like the one in the book. The scene with the dog also bothered me and made it hard for me to finish the book.

The great thing about books is everyone is at a different point in life and what doesn't work for one person might work perfectly for someone else!

Good Rich People is like a bad wreck that you can't look away from. I was cheering for these hidious people. I felt like the only thing missing was my very own glass of Moet. Obviously, people love reading about the outlandishly wealthy, especially when they are behaving badly, but these people take it to the extreme. A very fun thriller!

This was a great read! It is full of twists; at one point I thought I knew what was going to happen, then the author took a left turn, and went in a different direction that what I thought. It is definitely a great book to read if you love mysteries and thrillers!

What in the world did I just read? Good Rich People was a wild ride from beginning to end. At no point did I know where this book was going to go. I've never read a book with such an unlikeable cast of characters. But I grew to love to hate them. And honestly could not put this book down because I needed to know how this one was going to end. I would liken this book to a darker, more sinister Life and Death Brigade from the Gilmore Girls. If you love to hate the very wealthy, you will enjoy this wild ride! I can't decide if I loved this one, but it is memorable and will stick with me. And I'll be recommending it to friends, just so we can chat about it.

A destitute woman deceives her way into the guesthouse of a Hollywood Hills mansion and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs in the next intoxicating novel from Eliza Jane Brazier.

Lyla has always believed that life is a game she is destined to win, but her husband, Graham, takes the game to dangerous levels. The wealthy couple invites self-made success stories to live in their guesthouse and then conspires to ruin their lives. After all, there is nothing worse than a bootstrapper.

Demi has always felt like the odds were stacked against her. At the end of her rope, she seizes a risky opportunity to take over another person’s life and unwittingly becomes the subject of the upstairs couple’s wicked entertainment. But Demi has been struggling forever, and she’s not about to go down without a fight.

In a twist that neither woman sees coming, the game quickly devolves into chaos and rockets toward an explosive conclusion.

Because every good rich person knows: in money and in life, it’s winner take all. Even if you have to leave a few bodies behind.

Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier

What a messed up story. Yet fascinating! I couldn't stop reading this crazy tale about these crazy rich people. And i didn't want it to end! This would be great adapted into a film. I seriously enjoyed this tale of these rich (and poor) people playing these demented games because WTF!

Thank you Netgalley and Berkley for the advanced readers copy in exchange for my review.

Wild and entertaining, but it definitely went off the rails for me in the second half.

You have to have a pretty strong suspension of disbelief for this one which is fine, but I really didn't care for how much disbelief I had to have in the second half of the book.

And that ending...

Do "Good Rich People" actually exist? According to the premise of Eliza Jane Brazier's new novel, absolutely not. From the outside, Lyla seems to have everything - her perfect, attractive husband, a beautiful home and wealth upon wealth; however, things are a bit more complicated than they appear. Lyla, Margo (her mother-in-law) and Graham (Lyla's husband) engage in twisted games of finding successful tenants to move in, all for the sport of tearing them down until they're reduced to a shell of their former selves.

I enjoyed the ingenuity of the plot, which made for a quick page-turner. The characters are not meant to be likeable..I don't think I liked any single character but somehow I still really wanted to see what happened to all the characters by the end. I did find the ending a bit anticlimactic based on the build-up but I was satisfied with a certain character getting what was coming to them. On a random note, I didn't enjoy how often Graham's "animal scent" was referenced .. it felt like a euphemism for really bad body odor - not something I enjoyed picturing every time it was mentioned.

Overall, it was a quick and entertaining read but I did want more from the ending. Thank you Berkley for my gifted copy in exchange for an honest review.

This story came very close to being a five-star read, but unfortunately, the lack of rich people paying their dues kind of blew it for me. I know I know, putting a moral high ground on a book like this may seem silly, but I just had my hopes up for a different kind of ending. I found the characters interesting, and the timing of bringing in the secondary POV was perfectly done. However, there were moments when things dragged a bit, and I would have liked more action and less planning around that. Simply put, this book is good, fast-paced, and fun, but it just needed a little more oomph to be a 5 star read.

Good Rich People is the second book of Eliza Jane Brazier's that I have read. I actually DNF her last book (If I Disappear) so I was hoping this one would redeem her last novel. Good Rich People is naughty, dark, and twisted. I was a bit confused as the story progressed when it switched to Demi's perspective, but the story soon made sense. It was an interesting domestic suspense, but nothing that blew me away. Brazier's writing is atmospheric and she has a way of creating extremely unlikeable characters, but the plot was a bit flat for me.

Eliza Jane Brazier comes back with another stellar thriller which explores the gap between the mega rich and the poor. Enthralling and so entertaining from start to finish!

This is a fun, popcorn thriller about class, wealth, and status. The ending was a bit predictable but the way there was fun enough to keep me engaged. An enjoyable, quick read, but forgettable once it's over.