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Magpie

par Elizabeth Day

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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:*For fans of The Last Mrs. Parrish* comes a twisty psychological suspense about motherhood, obsession, and just how far some will go for the perfect family. "Great, plain and simple" (Stanley Tucci).** Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate�??and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams. Except�??no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn't seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly-familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn't let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby. Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa's perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. To make matters worse, Kate's boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession�??with Jake, with Marisa, and with their future child. Who is this woman? Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and Jake? In her quest to find out who Kate really is, Marisa might destroy everything she's worked so hard to create�??her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self. Jake doesn't know the half of what Marisa has created�??and what she stands to lose. For fans of Gone Girl and The Perfect Nanny, Magpie is a tense and twisting novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you've e… (plus d'informations)

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This book was mysterious and fun enough in the beginning but it went downhill for me after the attack and the (hard to believe for me) reach out for help to the evil mother-in-law Kate despised. The ending wrapped up a bit too quickly with everyone suddenly living an idyllic life. (

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ellink | Jan 22, 2024 |

Just WOW! I really didn’t expect that twist!
Magpie starts off Marisa and Jake moving in together, although they haven’t been together long. Then they decide to take in a lodger who is Kate. This is when things start becoming a little weird between Marisa and Kate, especially with a baby on the way.
Huge credit goes to Elizabeth Day, she managed to write this in such a way that when the twist happened BOOM! My mind exploded. It was clever and well thought out and so unexpected, it was surreal.
I’d definitely recommend it.
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StressedRach | Jun 14, 2023 |

Elizabeth Day's latest, Magpie, is a roller coaster of a read. Unreliable narrators are not a style I particularly enjoy, but it really works in this novel of infertility and surrogacy and overbearing mother-in-law. The characters are well-written. While the story starts off slowly, it really picks up the pace in part two. I was pleasantly surprised with the ending. (

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MM_Jones | Sep 21, 2022 |

This is a bendy little tale where nothing is quite what it seems. Marisa and Jake appear to be the perfect couple, until difficulties in their financial situation force them to take in a roommate. Enter Kate, a young and fun loving woman, who appears to be absorbing Jake’s attention a little too easily. Soon Marisa begins to fear that Kate and Jake are having an affair right under her nose, a fear seemingly confirmed by text messages Marisa comes across. Determined to hold her life together, Marisa vows to confront Kate. But is this version of the story real? They say there are two sides to every story, and there is no case where that is truer than this one. Layered with multiple different narratives, this is a dynamic story built on manipulation and the complexities of mental health. This is a story that goes to prove just how dangerous lack of communication can be, and how desperately wanting something can drive you insane. Thank you to Netgalley for the copy in exchange for an honest review. (

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hana321 | Jun 9, 2022 |

Different story line than I expected. Solid writing drew me in, twisted characters kept me reading. So much I could say, but it would give too much away. I started feeling one way about some of the characters, then there was a switch. All I can say is that the ‘Mother’ calling her 40 year old son by a nickname throughout the book was cringeworthy, but added to the story. Did I want to smack all the characters at one point or another, absolutely! Ending was tied up a little too neatly for me. Would recommend as a summer read..on the deck or poolside with your favorite beverage, but you just may end up reading not the evening.

Thanks to Ms. Day, Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for this ARC. Opinion is mine alone. (

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Magpie – that sense of usurpation in the title is appropriate – is a clever novel.

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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:For fans of The Last Mrs. Parrish comes a twisty psychological suspense about motherhood, obsession, and just how far some will go for the perfect family. "Great, plain and simple" (Stanley Tucci).
Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate�??and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams.

Except�??no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn't seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly-familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn't let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby.

Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa's perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. To make matters worse, Kate's boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession�??with Jake, with Marisa, and with their future child. Who is this woman? Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and Jake?

In her quest to find out who Kate really is, Marisa might destroy everything she's worked so hard to create�??her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self.

Jake doesn't know the half of what Marisa has created�??and what she stands to lose.

For fans of Gone Girl and The Perfect Nanny, Magpie is a tense and twisting novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you've e

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