Nine Perfect Strangers

This book kept me very, very interested. I am SO excited to see Nicole Kidman as a starring role in this TV show that will be hopefully coming out next year. I think the pacing was good, and the story-telling was very well done especially with how many POVs there were + the back stories and changing timelines.

However, the payoff at the end was just not worth it for me. I certainly enjoyed the journey, but I guess I was disappointed in the destination.

The motivation for Mascha to be "crazy" seemed to truly be lacking and the backstory there was just simply not enough. Felt like she was crazy just to be crazy and I'm really over the "twist" in many novels being an insane woman. Also it really really rubs me the wrong way when they explain the turbulent country conditions in an Eastern European country and think THAT BY ITSELF is enough evidence to prove why the character is a villain/crazy.