2024 the best couple review

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Now a Netflix limited series, from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, comes a novel about the many ways family can fill our lives with love...if they don't kill us first.

*New York Times bestseller*

It's Nantucket wedding season, also known as summer-the sight of a bride racing down Main Street is as common as the sun setting at Madaket Beach. The Otis-Winbury wedding promises to be an event to remember: the groom's wealthy parents have spared no expense to host a lavish ceremony at their oceanfront estate.   But it's going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons after tragedy strikes: a body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony-and everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. As Chief of Police Ed Kapenash interviews the bride, the groom, the groom's famous mystery-novelist mother, and even a member of his own family, he discovers that every wedding is a minefield-and no couple is perfect. Featuring beloved characters from The Castaways, Beautiful Day, and A Summer Affair, The Perfect Couple proves once again that Elin Hilderbrand is the queen of the summer beach read.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0763LB5LQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company (June 19, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 19, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2007 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 481 pages
Reviewer: Christy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent story!
Review: Elin NEVER disappoints! She didn’t in this book either. She’s become my favorite author. This story is one of love, intrigue, deception, wanting power, secrets, hope, heartbreak and wanting something to succeed so bad…. that even when you think it can’t, you find there is always a way.Elin finds a way to nab you, right away. She’s got you turning pages so fast.. before it, you’re done.

Reviewer: Bookworm 2005
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Usually appealing
Review: I liked this book and the characters. The ending was not what I was expecting. Would definitely recommend to friends and family

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Story with plenty of twists
Review: Celeste and Benjy are the perfect couple.And Benjy's folks are throwing them a perfect wedding at their beach house in Nantucket...Except, there are a few complications that crop up...Celeste's mom is terminally ill with cancer, her best friend who is going to be her maid of honor makes some really bad choices, and then there is the druggy older brother, and, oh! The best man...Fun little mystery, set in a gorgeous placeRead it. You'll thank me!A+ Bravo!

Reviewer: Ocean Lover
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Loved the beginning but so let down by the ending
Review: I was immediately drawn in to this story when I started. We go to Cape Cod & Nantucket for vacations and I have an obnoxiously rich relative who has owned a home on Nantucket all her adult life. My middle name and my Mom’s first name come from Nantucket. Having known people like the groom’s family, I found the descriptions of the homes, clothing and attitudes to be true and very entertaining. To be able to put so much detail into the people, places, things etc, and then spend only two pages on a lame and, in my opinion lazy, reveal of what happened was incredibly disappointing. It felt like the author got a call from her agent saying she missed her deadline so she took 20 minutes to finish the book. To be so incredibly descriptive of everything in the book except the reveal of what happened was a huge letdown. The father’s kayak was given a better description and detail than the reveal of the details of how the victim died. It even took me a moment to realize I had finished the book until I turned the page and saw the author’s acknowledgements and immediately thought, “What the heck, did I miss something?”. I guess I was looking forward, while reading, for the exploding fire cracker reveal at the end and got a dud that wouldn’t light. I wish the end could have been as detailed and exciting as the rest of the book.

Reviewer: Aly H
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beach read meets murder mystery in this fast paced novel.
Review: Elin Hilderbrand once again brings her readers to the shores of Nantucket, this time for the event of the season. The wedding of Celeste Otis and Benji Winbury promises to be an epic party, and no expense has been spared. Tragedy strikes on the morning of the wedding, however, when a body is discovered just hours before the festivities are set to begin. With the immediate family and bridal party all staying at the house where the wedding is, everyone becomes a suspect in the ensuing murder investigation. As information is gathered and suspects are questioned, it becomes clear that each and every person at the beach house has secrets to hide.With the Netflix adaptation for this novel dropping in September, I wanted to make sure that I read the book first (because in almost every case, the book is better than the movie). I have read books by Elin Hilderbrand before, and have thoroughly enjoyed them, so I was excited to give this one a try. Almost instantly, she draws the reader in. The plot is super fast paced, and it fluctuates back and forth between present day, and events that happened in the past which culminate with a body in the ocean.There were so many characters in the book, but while there was a perpetually changing POV, it was still easy to follow along with what was going on. One of the things I loved most about the laundry list of characters was that each one of them had some aspect of their backstory that let the reader believe that they had something to do with the suspected murder. My convictions over “who dun it” changed with almost every chapter, and I found myself second (and third, and fourth) guessing my conclusions as the story progressed.This book truly had a little bit of everything. It was part murder mystery, part romance, part family drama, part wealthy society chaos, and I ate it all up. There were characters to love, characters to hate, and everything in between. I loved the Agatha Christie feel of having all the suspects forced together while the detective works his magic. I also loved that it checked off the boxes for both page turning suspense and perfect beach read. I had high expectations for this book from the start, and it absolutely delivered.

Reviewer: June Kahn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: My Fav Ellen Hindebrand book so far!
Review: I am a huge fan of Elin Hendebrand and this book did not disappoint! LOVED every minute of it. Couldn't put it down, I read it in 2 days! Great read, definitely worth the purchase!

Reviewer: Kelsey
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Solid Second Favorite!
Review: I finished The Perfect Couple just before the Netflix special dropped, and I’m so glad I read it first! Elin Hilderbrand does it again with an intriguing mystery, but nothing overly complex. It’s a good read and kept me turning the pages. This is definitely my second favorite of her books—full of her signature charm. Highly recommend checking it out if you're into beach reads with a side of mystery!

Reviewer: Julia Stover
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: ⛵️
Review: Loved this whodunnit although I wished it ended differently. Kept me on the edge of my seat and couldn’t put it down! None of the characters were particularly likable which was fantastic. Could have been anyone… the fancy Nantucket setting was an added fun bonus

Reviewer: QueenD
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great story, near the end, I kept reading chapter after chapter, I could not put the book down. Very interesting characters.

Reviewer: EGurau
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: It is not big literature but it is a cheep way to keep in contact with english language. A second chance to bring to life the characters and the plot I had just seen in the homonimous series.A summer reading.

Reviewer: Benedetta Rossi
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Très déçue de ce livre qui promettait un style similaire à celui de Liane Moriarty. Je m'attendais à que le livre soit meilleur que la serie Netflix, mais en fait pas du tout. L'intrigue est assez plat, les personnages ne sont pas bien définis et l'écriture est médiocre tout au long.

Reviewer: Bruna Rangel
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Resolvi adquirir este livro em versão e-book após vê-lo entre os livros mais vendidos na lista do New York Times.É um livro interessante, dá vontade de continuar a história para desvendar o mistério que se inicia a trama. Li em poucos dias, tamanha a curiosidade. No entanto, o final me decepcionou bastante, pois apresenta alguns furos narrativos. Ou seja, alguns elementos de mistério foram inseridos na trama apenas para confundir o leitor e, no final, não se resolve esses pontos.Dado o preço, alto para uma versão em ebook, preferiria focar em outra obra, confesso.

Reviewer: Lassere Erick
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Das Buch war in einem ganz schlechten Zustand. Ich habe schon oft gebrauchte Bücher gekauft, aber die waren in einem wesentlich besseren Zustand, als dieses Buch.