To the outside world it seems that Jeff and Kim Sanders have an ideal marriage, complete with perfect children, a beautiful home and a very comfortable lifestyle. When their daughter Hannah celebrates her sixteenth birthday by inviting a few friends around for a quiet sleepover nobody foresees it ending in a tragedy, the consequences of which will lead to the crumbling of the family's perfect facade as truths are revealed and loyalties tested.
For some reason I picked this up thinking that it was a spine tingling thriller rather than a tale of domestic drama. However, I didn't mind as I found The Party to be fast paced and well written and it reminded me very much of books by Lianne Moriaty in both it's style and content.
The Party is a fast read that is easy to follow and I found it was quite amusing. The characters are all pretty unlikeable, but they were well crafted with all of their worst traits exaggerated so they almost seem like caricatures of certain types of people.
This was an enjoyable, quick non demanding book that I found to be highly entertaining - the perfect thing if you need something that is fairly light but still absorbing and entertaining.
Recommended.
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