This book wasn't for me. I had a really hard time getting into it. The mom group drama is definitely something I'm sure many moms can relate to, at least in the sense that they've witnessed some mom group drama. However, it was so trivial in this book it was kind of frustrating, the first 20% or so revolved around insinuating that something happened and then we spend another 40-50% reading fluff that could've been edited out.
I usually enjoy multi POVs, but the POVs switched as soon as the story started picking up that I found myself losing interest in the story.

This was a bit different from my usual read and it was okay. It focuses on three women in dysfunctional relationships. I never really got the point of the story so it was not for me but others may enjoy it.

DIRTY LAUDRY by Disha Bose
Published: 4/4/2023
Random House Publishing Group / Ballantine


Meet the coven of three Irish women living in a small village. The leader of the pack is Ciara Dunphy, a noted social influencer and star on Instagram .. with apparently a perfect life, complete with a loving husband, adorable children, and the perfect house. If you believe everything she posts. Two other mothers comprise her clique. Her “best friend” Mishti Guha, an Indian woman, trapped in an unhappy arranged marriage to a husband who is unfaithful and abusive. She finds herself in a strange county trying to raise her daughter without help from her loathsome husband. No wonder she quickly latches onto Ciara. The third mommy is the unconventional hippie-type next door neighbor, Lauren Doyle. She’s partnered with Sean, who possesses the “3 U’s” .. undependable, unemployed, and unfaithful ( with who else, but, Ciara.) Ciara is anything but “perfect”…. with her infidelity, and horridness to both her children and husband.
By the end of this “soap opera” .. one of these wretched woman will be murdered … Why? and by Whom? is the mystery. Disha Bose weaves a convoluted narrative with the suspense and intrigue slowly ratcheted up in this page-turner. All three women are trying to “hide their dirty laundry.” Bose explores many contemporary themes during this opus of love, friendship, infidelity and deceit …. and the strange dynamics of female friendship. Many secrets and accusations will follow the murder.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group / Ballantine for providing an Uncorrected Proof in exchange for an honest review. Although I enjoyed this melodrama, it would appeal more to the female reader.

I know I am in the minority of this one, as I see it has been chosen as the GMA book club pick for April. I didn't like how this started out as if we already knew the characters; I felt like I was trying to keep up with information I had never learned throughout the book. I typically like clique-y mom dramas, but I found that I didn't care about any of the women, nor did I care why or how one of them is dead.

I received an advance copy. All thoughts are my own.

3 Illusions Star
We are introduced to the "Perfect Mother, Wife, Business Influencer". But is everything as it seems...or is it all filtered threw an app that should work in real life. Instead, we have a woman who has enemies and when she ends up dead, everything becomes exposed.

Dirty Laundry, by Disha Bose, started out strong for me. I was immediately pulled in at the beginning and interested to 'meet' and get to know the characters.

Unfortunately, by about three quarters in it just felt tiresome. NO ONE is likable. I was pretty much over all of them and didn't really care 'whodunnit' by the end.

I'm sure the entirety of this book will appeal to some but I missed having someone, anyone, to root for!

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I don’t typically love character driven stories, but this one kept my attention and intrigue! Disha is a fantastic storyteller 👏

Thank you NetGalley and Ballantine books for this advanced copy!

A domestic thriller based in Ireland, Ciara is the town’s queen bee with her perfect family on the outside and her IG influencer status. But with her friend Mishti, her foe Lauren and their significant others, there is more to their lives than meets the others.

It’s filled with several twists, some that are easy to figure out and some that are unexpected. Overall a pretty decent book.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author, for an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.
The premise of the book drew me in but once I started reading it, I just couldn’t get into it at all.
I wish the author, publisher and all those promoting the book much success and connections with the right readers.

I had a hard time with this one. It started with a punch and I was totally invested, but it soon became rote with the same ideas over and over again. It finally came together but I can see many readers not finishing.

I thought the story started out strong but sorta fizzled out. You found out the mystery within the first chapters, but then the remainder of the book was fairly boring. Just an okay book.

An engaging novel that casts a powerful light on the dirty secrets of three couples. Things are not always as they seem. An entertaining read.
Many thanks to Random House and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Unfortunately, I could not enjoy this book. Though some books with unlikeable characters are salvaged by a great setting or an interesting plot... this one missed the mark for me. I did not find much redemption in any of the characters and could not really emphasize with them or their actions. Additionally, I felt the writing was choppy and the setting (Ireland) could have been so much more. Normally I like thrillers or neighborhood stories, but this one was a hard pass for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC. All opinions are my own.

Quick easy read. I only gave it 3 stars because the ending was to abrupt. I turned the page and couldn't believe she ended it that way. I really enjoyed it up until then.

This was a mystery about three women living in a small Irish town and one ends up dead.

Ciara is an Instagram influencer who makes her life appear perfect online, but in reality, her own husband has no interest in her or their children.

Mishti is Ciara’s best friend. She is from India and is in an arranged marriage. Her husband treats her like property. All she has in Ireland is her daughter and her friendship with Ciara.

Lauren’s been with Sean for years, they have three kids together. When she asks him to get married, she realizes that they both want different things.

This book was filled with unhealthy relationships and horrible men as partners. Because of the title, I thought it was doing to be about juicy gossip and lies, it’s more of a book about motherhood and dysfunctional relationships. It was an okay read. It was entertaining and quick. Read this one if you enjoy unlikable characters, multiple POV’s, and relationship drama.

Dirty Laundry is a slow burn of women's fiction centered around 3 friends living in a small village in Ireland. Each has very different relationships. Mishti is in a loveless arranged marriage. Ciara, an Instagram influencer, married for money. And Lauren is a crunchy Earth mother who asks her boyfriend to marry her. Disha Bose has managed to create 3 unlikable characters that are broken in different ways, with surprisingly complete back stories. Highly recommended, this is an author on the rise.

Ooooooh man! What a book!!!! You must read this! Wow! I absolutely loved every second of this book and will be talking about it for the next year undoubtedly.

Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose is set in a small Irish village and revolves around three women and their husbands; Ciara is an Instagram influencer with millions of followers and a home life that doesn't match despite her best efforts. Mishti is from India and is trapped in a marriage that's not only loveless; her husband has no interest in her. They live like dutiful strangers. Lauren was reluctantly pulled back to the village because she inherited her grandmother's house. Her peers tormented her as a child for being a misfit. Ciara picked up right where she left off, never letting Lauren leave the past behind and start over.

When Ciara is found dead, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone without a motive to kill her. She has crossed everyone one of them in one way or another. The question that keeps the pages turning long past bedtime is who actually pulled the metaphorical trigger.

In the village Disha Bose created, there's no way of knowing what bubbles away beneath the surface of relationships of any kind – friendships, marriages, and everything in between. This dichotomy is reinforced by the chasm between Ciara's social media image, who she was, and her life.

Dirty Laundry is an aptly named dark domestic thriller. The plot moves quickly with enough twists to keep the reader guessing.

I received this advanced reader copy of Dirty Laundry from Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A story that helps remind us that the more perfect as life looks on the outside, the more strife there is on the inside.

The queen bee in your neighborhood may not be as put together as she seems. Then again, she may be. Unless you’re very close to her emotionally, her very best of friends, you may never know she’s not.

A great read.

This was a book where I didn't like any characters but still enjoyed the book. The description makes it sound like the book revolves around the murder but it actually leads up to the murder.