Book Review: "The Plot" By Jean Hanff Korelitz

 

This was a tricky little bugger. I wasn't quite sure how this would play out but it did so with gusto.

The Plot begins with an MFA teacher and his arrogant and profoundly snotty know -it- all student.

It defies all logic and percolates into this richly crafted central theme of an underlying story that's more powerful than all the elements combined.

The characters were fully developed and eagerly involved in every aspect and created a sense of drama, foreboding, and danger that always seemed to lurk around every corner.

It started off slow, it could've used a wee-bit more editing, but once it took hold it flew by like geese heading South for the winter.

All twists lined up beautifully and everything else aligned with such force that I was blown away by it all.

The Plot was a book that I had received three times. The first being through Celadon Reads, another was print format from Celadon, the final was a digital copy at Netgalley.

In addition, I was invited to partake in the Little Free Library and Celadon Books promotional day yesterday in which bloggers took to their local communities in sharing the love of this book by dropping off an ARC copy in their local free library venue.

So, I did drop off the original copy at the Little Free Library site in Wilkes Barre Township Pennsylvania and plan to drop off the second copy at my son's local community college on their free book shelf at Luzerne County Community College on Monday.

With this noted, I hope someone their in these two locations gets to snag a copy because this was truly a win in the thriller/general fiction genre.

I must note this ending had it all. Jake let it all on the line in the final email in full detail concerning Rose Parker and her mother's involvement.

Now, we don't want to jump the gun here as everything revolves around Evan Parker and this book he was writing. He never did finish that book for one obvious reason that I'd rather not address here but suffice to say this took off in an entirely different direction.

His teacher Jake Finch Bonner ended up completing the "Crib" without acknowledgement of the true author.

I'll remind readers that Jacob loved Atticus Finch and To Kill A Mockingbird which may have some similarities with the actions in this one.

All in all a fab read that I hope you too enjoy!

Thank you to Jean Hanff Korelitz, the pub Celadon Books, NetGalley, and Amazon Kindle for the digital format and print copies respectively.