The second book in the two-book sequence by Jean Hanff Korelitz, following The Plot, about which I raved is fittingly titled The Sequel. So, the same story continues during which the author jumps forward and backward in time to flesh out the plot, to provide the reader with more information in order to show just how psychopathic the protagonist has been. The protagonist, Anna Williams-Bonner (one of several of her aliases) is the main focus of the second novel.
It's just true that I could not put this book down. In the first book, there’s a short funny conversation between the alleged author, Anna, with her editor and publisher about second books in a sequence almost always being worse than the first. In this case, while I sang praises of the first book, the second one is even better. One keeps waiting for this disturbed woman to be faced with the justice she deserves, but she just keeps getting away with it. I found the ending of this novel to be a surprise, a bit of a shock.
You don’t need to know more. These two books provided me with more fun and distraction than I’ve had for a long while. If good murder mysteries and great storylines are of interest to you, then these books will do it for you. The two-book sequence gets my 5+ recommendation.
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