Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney
Feb. 15th, 2023 08:28 pmWhile slogging through the first cold I've had since 2019 (did not miss! do not want!) I decided to try a domestic thriller off the bestseller list; domestic thriller is an extremely popular thriller subgenre right now, and I wanted to find out what it was like. I picked Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney, which is currently #1 in Amazon's domestic thriller category and #54 in the Amazon store overall.
I have subsequently concluded three things:
a) I can see why these books are popular; a lot of the butter isn't my butter, but I can see why it's buttery. Despite not being completely suited to my tastes, this was exactly the sort of thing I needed for a time when my brain wasn't running fast and I just needed a trashy read for a day when I was sick and exhausted. For that, this book was *perfect.*
b) Domestic thrillers are very much the Gothics of the 21st century.
c) This book was completely batshit.
The following is adapted from emails I sent to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rachelmanija and scioscribe while I was reading.
( Extensive, book-ruining, occasionally hilarious spoilers for Rock Paper Scissors )
I have subsequently concluded three things:
a) I can see why these books are popular; a lot of the butter isn't my butter, but I can see why it's buttery. Despite not being completely suited to my tastes, this was exactly the sort of thing I needed for a time when my brain wasn't running fast and I just needed a trashy read for a day when I was sick and exhausted. For that, this book was *perfect.*
b) Domestic thrillers are very much the Gothics of the 21st century.
c) This book was completely batshit.
The following is adapted from emails I sent to
rachelmanija and scioscribe while I was reading.( Extensive, book-ruining, occasionally hilarious spoilers for Rock Paper Scissors )
