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The gate opens easily when Ben enters the ‘correct’ button code. “Just needed a man’s touch”, he says. Ha! Great veins,” he said. Nurses often said that about Frances’s veins. She always felt momentarily proud and then kind of depressed, because what a waste of a positive attribute.” I have to give this one 5* for pure enjoyment levels. I can't remember the last time I laughed so much at the same time as being made to consider life so much whilst reading a book.

At one point, the book breaks the fourth wall in a trippy, meta way that I actually liked. We get dialogue from Frances’ editor: “!!!!” and “cliché?” which is just darned cute. But what a long way to travel for a mild joke. On his third day out he meets a middle-age woman who had fallen out of a chair. Obviously a heavy smoker - some overworked bigwig - who paid little attention to her personal health. Masha was soon having a full blown cardiac arrest. So a problem fairly soon into the book was I just was not connecting with any of the characters. It's not that I found them unlikable, it's more I just wasn't all that interested in their lives. Not even the romance writer did anything for me. I was bored for the first half of the book and then finally something peaks my interest but it just goes into ridiculous territory so I couldn't even enjoy it. I have to say I was disappointed in this one as it didn't really work on any level for me. I wish I was better at giving up on books that aren't holding my interest but I find it so difficult when it's an author whose previous books I have really enjoyed. What really stood out about this novel for me was how realistic and raw these characters were written. I could see myself and others in probably every single one of these characters in this story. I thought the inner thoughts and dialogue was absolutely spot on.This one's written in the way so many are these days, where the narrative switches from one character to another with each short chapter. But in this case, there are NINE characters staying at the health resort, with NINE different narratives, plus another 3 or 4 characters who run the resort, who are also weighing in with their thoughts for the reader. strangers gather around an ultra expensive wellness resort suffer from different issues contain grief, marriage, career problems, addiction, loss, anger management, unhealthy living style, weight issues etc. The characters don't end there; Ben and Jessica are a struggling young couple having a conflict over their previous lottery win. Carmel is a young mother dealing with body-image issues after her husband has left her for a younger woman. Lars is a divorce lawyer still attempting to retroactively fix his mother’s situation and in just a bit of conflict with his husband Ray; he was one of my favorite characters. Tony is an ex-football player attempting to change his life up again.

Overall, this one is a bit of a departure for Liane Moriarty, but her signature style is etched all through the novel. While the plot is just this side of deranged, the story is a compulsive read, perhaps a little overlong, but otherwise compelling and highly engrossing!!

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There’s an epilogue, which I ordinarily find to be unnecessary but in this case I appreciated it. There are transformations, although not necessarily the ones the guests expected. Let's just say it's not one of those books that kept me reading late into the night. After about the fourth or fifth person weighed in with their feelings about the same... exact... event, and their chapter ended, I just thought, "Okay, that's enough for tonight." And I closed the book. She couldn’t shake the feeling that if she didn’t record this moment on her phone then it wasn’t really happening.”

She was a terrible winker; she found it hard to close only one eye and had been told that her attempt looked like an extraordinary facial spasm.”

Ben drives a canary yellow Lamborghini. Jessica has a ridiculously tiny waist, skintight Capri pants.. walking in stilettos. Sometimes dark, sometimes funny, sometimes mysterious – I really enjoyed my first Liane Moriarty book. I have seen where some say this book is not quite as good as her others. If that is the case, I am in for a real treat if I keep reading her books. From time to time, my wife and I choose an audiobook to listen to together at night after the kids go to bed. I had Nine Perfect Strangers set as the June 2020 read for one of my book clubs and she had read this author before. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to listen to another one together! I will say, I think getting a chance to listen to a book with my wife like we are listening to a radio drama in the 40s or 50s always enhances my experience. Overall: An extremely enjoyable & entertaining read that had me totally engrossed from start to finish! Would highly recommend!

She meets with eight strangers who deal with different problems: Ben and Jessica; a couple suffers from marriage issues. Napolean- Heather are middle aged couple and their daughter Zoe suffer from loss of their loved one. years later - Yao is a well being consultant at the healing resort. Masha is the Head honcho. Her regimens are unconventional... ha to say the least. We learn more about the rules and tactics as time goes on.

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Moriarty has written a novel that delves into the human mind and the way we think and connect with each other, showing an intricate observation of human failings and frailties. Ben let’s us know that the more work she had done on her face and body the less secure Jessica was about herself. The story had my emotions reeling. I could feel empathy for the characters and sadness over their different circumstances. But a sudden shift in the story had my anger rising, which shows how real the characters and the story felt to me. With Moriarty you never know what could possibly happen next. A claustrophobic, extra sarcastic, smart, unconventional mystery about 9 people who keep big secrets, find themselves at the weirdest place with extra unconventional and unethical methods to help them solve their problems But they will be eventually forced to confront each skeleton they hid in their closets.