Abbott’s writing is sharp, keeping the suspense tight while exploring how far desperation can push people. The story’s unsettling, yet addictive, you can’t help but devour it, waiting to see just how deep the rabbit hole goes. I absolutely enjoyed reading it.

MLMs? Megan Abbott? Yes, please. Sign me up for this one; I couldn't hit request fast enough! Sadly, this story fell a bit flat for me. The narrative arc often felt disjointed, and the pacing was off. I didn't hate it, and it kept me turning the pages, but this definitely wasn't my favorite.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I'm a big fan of Megan Abbott's writing, so this book caught me off guard in a few ways. The way the story unfolds was very weird. I can't exactly explain it, but it almost felt like the narration was a list of things happening with no real flow or action. So many characters were introduced in the first few pages that it read very jumpy. And, in general, the story just bummed me out. Clearly this was a miss for me, but I remain a fan of Abbott's and look forward to her next book!

2.75/5 rounded up

The way this had SO MUCH POTENTIAL. Like I say all the time. I am, indeed, a broken record.

I absolutely LOVE the idea of an MLM/pyramid scheme (yes, those are basically the same thing, you are just being willfully ignorant if you think otherwise) based thriller. You can really do so much with that. But this fell so flat! This was so slow and not nearly enough drama and excitement for the topic at hand.

And also, the formatting of this story was so weird to me.

Great idea, not-so-great execution. Sorry.

Thanks to NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review! My Goodreads review is up and my TikTok (Zoe_Lipman) review will be up at the end of the month with my monthly reading wrap-up.