Sad Bitches discussion

One of this month's books is "The Project", we will be discussing it in parts.

The breakdown:
-part 1
-part 2
-part 3
-part 4
-part 5

Part 1:
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Okay so..... not much has happened yet, but I still have some thoughts.

Lo's boss is an absolute jerk and I strongly dislike him. I don't think he even bothered to read her work. Lo is an okay character so far. Lev definitely gives me weird vibes. Normally you can tell pretty early on how you feel about a book and I'm not going to lie, I don't feel much.

Theories:
- Bea is the one leaving those breathing calls
-I feel like Lo is going to somehow be captured by the cult
- I feel like the cult definitely had something to do with Jeremy's death


Questions:
- Why can't / won't Bea talk to her sister?
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I've picked this one up, as well. I'm looking forward to reading this!

Parts 2-5
I was listening to the audiobook and it didn't say when different parts were happening. Don't read further unless you want to be spoiled.
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I'm not gonna lie, I didn't like this book. I watch a lot of cult documentaries and I always find it fascinating how the members came to be in the cult and what happens after they leave. I thought that this book would be similar, but with a more personal perspective.

My biggest problem with this book is how some things just went unexplained. Like the reason why Jeremy killed himself, how Lo was able to kill Lev, how Foster was able to escape, if Lo was sent to jail for killing Lev, and so many other things. I also did not understand how Lo went from hating Lev to loving him within like .5 seconds. There was no build up and seemingly no connection. Literally one minute she was angry and the next she had slept with him.

I feel like the book should have spent more time with Lo in the cult. It just felt like there was so much time spent on her life before her joining it that when she did it was too abrupt. I don't think that the relationships and story were as developed in some areas. I didn't feel that Bea had a full relationship with Foster or that Lo had a full relationship with Lev. Like Bea slept with Foster because she thought it would appease Lev, but then all of a sudden she was like I love Foster, but we didn't hear much about it. I was just really confused.

I also just did not like the ending. I wish Bea made it, but I understand why she did not. I think a more cathartic ending would have been better. The last like 30% of the book was sooooo rushed. If there was more action in the last scenes of the book, I feel like it may have been more final feeling, but it was just so anticlimactic. It went from oh Lo is drowning to her being at a train station and now Lev is dead.

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