I just finished The Eden Test by Adam Sternbergh and I give it---oh I'm not sure. Maybe ☆☆☆1/4 stars?
I love the premise of this book--a couple go off to a secluded cabin (RED FLAG) for a marriage retreat-type of thing (RED FLAG) where every day they take part in "The Eden Test"--one question that they have to discuss and answer. The experience is supposed to be life changing. The book starts out (so this isn't a spoiler) at the cabin, where some police-type guy is saying "we need two stretchers--there are two bodies." So clearly we know someone (two someones) will die. But who will it be?
The couple has secrets (RED FLAG)---we find out over the course of the book about Daisy's background and early on we find out her husband is having an affair. Does she know? Is that why she brought him to the retreat? Once at the cabin, they meet all kinds of stereotypical "country people" and the psychologists who run the retreat (and an arborist). The stress builds up throughout the book, and I liked that.
About halfway through, though, the actions in the book start to become ridiculous, and if you've read enough 'domestic thrillers' you start to figure out what the 'twists' are. There are several, and some of them are good but some of them are eye rollers.
I need to stop reading 'domestic thrillers' because they all start to veer off toward the ridiculous at some point. You may disagree, please do!
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