Nine Perfect Strangers

This is the 2nd book that I've read by Liane Moriarty and I throughly enjoyed this book also. (Previous was Apples Never Fall.) She created interesting characters that felt vivid and real to me. Then put them in a stressful, unpredictable situation over the course of ~a week. I didn't foresee all of the turns this took or the secrets spilled gradually over the course of the book but they were handled masterfully IMO. I especially enjoyed Frances but really, Ms. Moriarty found a way to mix it up with characters of varied ages, economic circumstances and POV. I'm definitely looking forward to reading more of her novels.

Absolutely wonderful book! Some say it's too slow, but I loved the insights into characters' past and into their minds and thinking patterns! It was fascinating to notice that some of them had minds working in similar fashion to mine.

The ending is a bit cheesy and quite predictable, but for me this book is not about the ending, it's more about the process. I found the book impossible to put down. I loved how all the little details were exactly right: the Russian words, the Soviet past, the fitness stuff.