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The Opportunist
The Opportunist: A Novel | Elyse Friedman
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A deliciously sly, compulsively readable tale about greed, power and the worlds most devious family. When Alana Shropshires seventy-six-year-old father, Ed, starts dating Kelly, his twenty-eight-year-old nurse, a flurry of messages arrive from Alanas brothers, urging her to help protect Dad from the young interloper. Alana knows that what Teddy and Martin really want to protect is their fathers fortune, and she tells them she couldnt care less about the MayDecember romance. Long estranged from her privileged family, Alana, a hardworking single mom, has more important things to worry about. But when Ed and Kellys wedding is announced, Teddy and Martin kick into hyperdrive and persuade Alana to fly to their fathers West Coast island retreat to perform one simple task in their plan to make the gold digger go away. Kelly, however, proves a lot more wily than expected, and Alana becomes entangled in an increasingly dangerous scheme full of secrets and surprises. Just how far will her siblings go to retain control? Smart, entertaining and brimming with shocking twists and turns, The Opportunist is both a thrill ride of a story and a razor-sharp view of who wields power in the world.
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AudiobookingWithLeah
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Low Pick/3.25⭐
This was really only an okay story for me, which applies to the narration by Senn Annis, as well. Also, I totally guessed the ending…but I don‘t believe it was difficult to discern, either.
This is my pick for #theworldismyoyster for the month of August in #titlesandtunes @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen
My song pick is Eminem's Lose Yourself.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Z01UMMf7V1o0MzF86s6WJ

Cinfhen I‘ve seen LOTS of mixed reviews/ it just might stay on my TBR 🤪 1y
BarbaraBB Love your graphic! 1y
AudiobookingWithLeah @BarbaraBB Thank you, making these is my favorite part of the review, I mean, if you can call them that... 1y
BarbaraBB Of course you can call them that! And you‘re good at it 🤍 1y
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AudiobookingWithLeah
The Opportunist: A Novel | Elyse Friedman
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When I think of #theworldismyoyster I think of opportunity. So I picked the book The Opportunist as my book for August's #titlesandtunes and my song...Lose Yourself by Eminem.

https://open.spotify.com/track/5Z01UMMf7V1o0MzF86s6WJ

Of course, as usual, I have no idea when in August I'll get to this...so, we will see.

#Cinfhen #BarbaraBB

AudiobookingWithLeah @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB So I wondered why you two never engaged with my post, and I just figured it out today when I was posting my review of The Opportunist...I used a hashtag in place of @ ...smh...figures that it was a user error on my part.🤣 1y
Cinfhen So you DID finish the book!!!!! Yay!!! This is one of my favorite songs!!!! Awesome choice!! How was the book??? It‘s on my TBR 😀 1y
BarbaraBB Ah so sorry you felt that way! Use the @ and all will be fine 😇. And I love that Eminem song! 1y
AudiobookingWithLeah @BarbaraBB Yeah, it was my fault...I didn't even realize that it was I did until I almost did it a second time...and then the light bulb went off. It's probably not the last time I'll do it. 😔 1y
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Reecaspieces
The Opportunist: A Novel | Elyse Friedman
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SilversReviews
The Opportunist: A Novel | Elyse Friedman
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It is a good one!!

Which one of the Shropshires is the biggest opportunist and liar?

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/yebskf8b

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Mpcacher
The Opportunist: A Novel | Elyse Friedman
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This a cleverly plotted thriller about family, stepfamily, wealth, greed and secrets. You start reading and think you have a handle on the plot, only to discover some new detail and have to rethink things...and then it happens again and again. I really enjoyed this one and loved the ending.