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Download Ü The Retreat Þ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook characters ¶ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Sherri Smith Sherri Smith ✓ 4 Read Sherri Smith illuminates the dark side of the self care and wellness industry in a thrilling ride of revenge perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty's Nine Perfect Strangers The Retreat is a twisting bone chilling suspense that asks how well do you really know your friends Four womenFour secretsA weekend that will change them foreverif they surviveKatie Manning was a beloved child star until her mid teens when her manag Half a starAbsolute Worst Read of 2019 Award This review may come across as harsh Usually my low star reviews are infused with a bit of humor and mock outrage in order to make the process palatable I cannot with this read My experience of this book was very poor and most unpleasant In fact it is one of the worst experiences of reading that I have ever had There are four whiny horrid unlikable and duplicitous women We are given very outlandish and mostly unbelievable reasons why they are this way These four women do whiny horrid and horrible things to each other and other women We are given very outlandish and mostly unbelievable reasons why they do these acts They go to a retreat There they do whiny horrid unlikable and duplicitous acts towards each other But wait one woman is also a psychopath and murdererThe twists are ridiculous the psychological explanations flimsy andor superficial and when people start to die Oh well The last third of the book has some of the most gratuitous violence that I have read Made no sense and for some readers may be triggering Very important concerns such as substance misuse personality disorders and dissociation are treated superficially and are there to either push the plot along or as accusations and judgements that these characters hurled at each other Please remember that a psychological thriller must have the following for this reader psychological congruence psychological depth believable twists and turns and plausible motivations for intrapersonal desicions and interpersonal actionsThis book had none of the above To make matters worse this book lacked artistry authenticity and any entertainment valueThanks to Netgalley for allowing me to post my honest opinion of this ebook that they provided to me

Download Ü The Retreat Þ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook characters ¶ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Sherri Smith Sherri Smith ✓ 4 Read Iends one struggling with crippling debt and family obligations one running away from a failed job and relationship Katie will try to find the inner peace promised at the tranuil retreat But finding oneself just might drudge up memories than Katie is prepared to deal withEach woman has come to the retreat for different reasons Each has her secrets to hide And at the end of this weekend only one will be left standin Holy cow This book was dark In a similar fashion to Nine Perfect Strangers our characters Katie Manning former child star her three besties and her future sister in law gather for a life changing weekend with a promise that Ayahuasca tea will change their lives forever None of the characters are particularly likable If that s a deal breaker for you then this story may not be your favorite This book is not here to please you with characters who you may empathize with They re really a bunch of nasty wenches to be honest The book is split into three different parts one per each day at the retreat and the chapters are shared under the different POV of the four women Katie Ellie April and Carmen They all seem a bit shallow a bit cartoonish cliched Some of them will remain that way through the book but Katie doesn t As the chapters go by her story unfolds and her character takes shape Things begin to take a dark side It s hard to process the seriousness of the story due to Sherri Smith s witty and humorous writing Like Moriarty she is good at throwing humor even in the darkest places There is a whodunit theme in the book that may distract you from the real issues each of the characters is going through I felt that was the biggest red herring in the book One spends so much time focusing on confirming who the killer is that all the deep dark stuff suddenly sneaks on youI am super late in providing my honest review I kindly received a copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and failed to post it on time Howeverif you are just now coming across to this book and unlikable characters don t bother youI say give it a shot Warning There are plenty of disturbing themes in the book Rape child and drug abuse to mention a few Proceed with caution

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Download Ü The Retreat Þ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook characters ¶ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Sherri Smith Sherri Smith ✓ 4 Read Er attacked and permanently scarred her face effectively ending her career and sending her on a path of all too familiar post Hollywood self destructionNow twenty seven Katie wants a better answer to those clickbait Where Are They Now articles that float around online An answer she hopes to find when her brother's too good to be true fiance invites her to a wellness retreat upstate Together with Katie's two best fr The Retreat a mystery thriller was a solid 4 stars The Retreat centers around four women Katie Carmen Ellie and Ariel that attend a weekend wellness retreat Each of these women live vastly different lives and each have secrets that they don t want to get out I found The Retreat to be one of the most interesting books I ve read this year I found the characters were well developed though not particularly likable and the ending was phenomenal never saw it coming Highly recommended to fans of mystery thriller books Thank you NetGalley for providing me a copy in exchange for an honest review