Darling Rose Gold | 
panMeh. I read it, but it wasn‘t anything special despite all the accolades. Patty is just getting out of prison after serving five years for aggravated child abuse. Her daughter Rose Gold reluctantly (?) invites her to live with her and her newborn, Adam. Who‘s telling the truth? Who cares?
pickThis is very timely with the controversy over the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case getting so much attention recently. One would have to assume that some of the parallels are no coincidence even down to the names and parts of the story. It‘s an interesting take on what would have happened if the story had ended differently. I‘m not sure how I feel in the end of this one because both characters are unlikable in their own ways but sympathetic, as well.
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TODAY‘S PROMPT: GOLD
THRILLER - SUSPENSE
For eighteen years Rose Gold was told by her mother that she was ill with some disease that no one could figure out.
DARLING ROSE GOLD is a tense, chilling book, but is very well written. You won‘t want to put the book down.
FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4m2dbum8
so-soThis was just okay for me. It was slow-paced and underwhelming, IMO.
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pickPlot twist. Plot twist. Plot twist. This book kept me on the edge of my seat and bouncing my legs in anticipation. I nearly read it in one sitting. Definitely a must read!
pickThis is a super uncomfortable read. Take a look inside the twisted mind of a psychopath and the messed up girl who was her longest lasting victim. There are many OMG and WTF moments that highlight just how damaging abuse and neglect are.
panLiterally everyone is this book is an unlikable asshole except for the baby and Anna. And while I understand Rose Gold‘s reasoning for wanting revenge, the way she went about it makes her no better than her own mom, if not worse. This was just not enjoyable when you don‘t like any of the people you‘re reading about.
Beautiful cover tho 🤷🏻♀️
I'm totally doing prompts out of order here but I couldn't think of a better one for this book.
"Read a book which features a betrayal"
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so-soSo this wasn't bad but it wasn't great. This was quite slow for a while with dual timelines from Rose Gold's life after sending her mother to prison and then life after she brings her mother home. There's a lot to unpack, a lot that doesn't quite add up and a whole lot of craziness at the end. I'll give it to the author though - there was one twist I never would have seen coming.
Not bad, but not what I hyped it to be in my head 🤷♀️
pickA very good read. I wouldn‘t say a thriller but pretty intriguing. I kept reading to try to figure out everything in terms of the direction the story was going. I was not shocked by the ending but it did come full circle and I appreciate that.
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pickThis book is similar to Gypsy Rose. Rose gold and the outside world a believed that she very extremely sick. Her mother, Patty Watts however was purposely making her daughter sick, just to get all the money from fundraisers and donations from their community. Patty got locked away in prison. Rose gold, got pregnant a couple years later, the father isn‘t in the picture. (More in the comments).
FEATURING: DARLING ROSE GOLD by Stephanie Wrobel
For eighteen years Rose Gold was told by her mother that she was ill with some disease that no one could figure out.
DARLING ROSE GOLD is a tense, chilling book, but is very well written.
If you like psychological thrillers, you will enjoy it.
FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/tn2wnvzc
pickIt starts like a Dateline episode and ends up being more Stephen King. Munchausen by Proxy mixed with batshit crazy. Unreliable narrators usually annoy me but this structure of both sides (parent and child) really works. Entertaining, fast-paced and disturbing read.
I remember when my son discovered I wasn‘t immortal with all the answers. I was sad, almost like I disappointed him. Today we are as super close as ever.
so-soThis would have been great if I didn‘t know the true story of the Blanchards. I was looking forward to this because I know about the Blanchards. While this book plays out differently than the true story, I was really bothered by how many small details were copied from the real story. It felt a little plagiaristic and I wondered how an author lacked creativity to copy such simple details. May #Bookspin pick complete.
Reading this for #LMPBC and you know its a good book when it ignites such strong feelings that you swear directly at the characters verbally but don‘t want to write them in someone else‘s book.
pickA twisty thriller. If you like Gillian Flynn‘s novels, you‘ll probably like this (it has some Gone Girl vibes with the two narrators, dual timelines, and utterly unlikeable cast of characters). A little slow in the middle, but the last third of the novel was riveting and made me see why those middle parts were important. I didn‘t want to put it down to go to sleep!
Late getting this posted, but here is my April #bookspin list. Now to go find out what my numbers are this month!!
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so-soMediocre start with a plot twisted ending ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Overall I was disappointed that it did not dive into Rose Gold‘s childhood and Munchausen by proxy as much as I thought. I also found most of the characters unlikeable, which made the story difficult to get through at times.
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Oh my gosh, @kspenmoll this swap is ahmazing!!!! You outdid yourself with the goodies! Thank you @candority for putting this swap together. Happy Valentine‘s Day Littens!
pickThis is a brilliant but unsettling book, reminded me very much of Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard - please look into them if you haven‘t and watch the tv show with Joey King, very eye opening and a true story, their story will stay with me and I feel like Gyspy Rose shouldn‘t be in prison but that is just my opinion! Read as part of the #Buzzwordathon and the #PopSugarReadingChallenge2021 5/5
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DARLING ROSE GOLD is a tense, chilling book.
If you like psychological thrillers, you will enjoy DARLING ROSE GOLD.
This is a good one!!
Have you read it?
FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/vzkj5zf
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pickMunchausen by proxy is morbidly fascinating to me. Clearly, Patty had her own issues that carried over from childhood, and Rose Gold was severely damaged by her. Neither narrator was reliable, and it was really hard to be on anyone‘s side. Great book! #newyearwhodis #BookspinBingo
New York Times Bestseller! 5 stars from me!
For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold...
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Darling Rose Gold is an intricate and disturbing story about a mother‘s obsession and her daughter‘s revenge.Great read 👍
so-soThis dark mother-daughter, cat & mouse revenge story left a bad taste in my mouth. The writing is good, and it sure was a page-turner. But I found this story horrifying and unsettling, and not in fun way. As it becomes apparent that this is a story of a cycle of abuse, it became really sad and unsatisfying. Not for me.
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so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 I didn‘t really love this one. It creeped me out more than anything else. I thought it was interesting, but I wouldn‘t really recommend to anyone.
LOVE this cover and can‘t wait to read this one!! Thank you very much Jennifer!! I‘ve missed you!! I‘ll be writing you!! 💝💞🎉🎊🥳💝
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️
This book seems to be very loosely based on the real-life story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. The book felt dark, heavy, and disturbing. The chapters switch perspectives, which is confusing at times because Rose Gold‘s perspective is from the years leading up to the present; Patty‘s is present tense. Most of the “twists” were predictable. Overall this book was well written but only so-so for me.
pickAll aboard the Hot Mess Express! I was skeptical in the early chapters as it read identically to the Hulu series The Act (that the mom‘s name is Patty didn‘t help either.) But this takes things in a completely different direction as mom is convicted and jailed for her crimes rather than, you know. Told in flashbacks and present day following Patty‘s release from prison this was a wicked family saga that read like the most fascinating train wreck.
pickThis is pretty creepy. Rose Gold has been abused by her mother all her life. When mommy dearest gets out of prison, you wonder who's messing with whom.
I think this originally got my attention because of the cover.
#BookSpinBingo taking this as another free square
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pickThe multiple POVs and timelines were a little hard to keep straight at first, but this was a really enjoyable read!! I didnt really see that ending coming! Watching Rose Gold's spiral from "Well adjusted survivor" to "Revenge seeking plotter" was incredibly interesting!!
pickI wasn't really invested in this at the start, but once it got going I knew I had to find out what happened. I did not expect the twists towards the end.
pickStill devilishly delightful the second time!
I watched all those 1980s 20/20 and Dateline episodes about Munchausen by proxy, so the adult me was excited to find a thriller based around it. #reread 4⭐️
pickThis was PURE FUN ♥️👶🏼 🍼 and the dual narration was fabulous 🎧 A twisty mother/ daughter psychological thriller.
But who‘s playing who??? And this book was my final book for #BookSpinAugust #BookSpinBingoBlackout 🥳🥳🥳
My final box for #BookSpinBingoBlackout🥳I‘ve heard this book is 🦇💩crazzzzy❣️Can‘t wait / and I love audios that feature multi narrators 🎉🎧
pickThis was so good! Both main characters - Rose Gold and her mom, Patty - are exceptionally twisted and damaged and such a train wreck to watch. At first I felt lulled into the false sense that these women were funny and a little screwed up, but all in all somewhat misunderstood and scarred. Then as the story progressed I realized how sinister their thoughts and actions really were. Their snark seemed to be a joke, but it was far from it! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Munchausen by proxy that goes batshit off the rails. I almost listened to this in one day. Narration alternates between Patricia (mom) and Rose Gold (daughter), jumping timelines, and unraveling the whole story bit by bonkers bit. Super disturbing and entertaining!
