The Sequel

by: Jean Hanff Korelitz

Goodreads description:

After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz’s equally captivating new novel: The Sequel.

Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business—that is to say, she’s taken care of her husband, bestselling novelist Jacob Finch Bonner, and laid to rest those anonymous accusations of plagiarism that so tormented him. Now she is living the contented life of a literary widow, enjoying her husband’s royalty checks in perpetuity, but for the second time in her life, a work of fiction intercedes, and this time it’s her own debut novel, The Afterword. After all, how hard can it really be to write a universally lauded bestseller?

But when Anna publishes her book and indulges in her own literary acclaim, she begins to receive excerpts of a novel she never expected to see again, a novel that should no longer exist. Something has gone wrong, and someone out there knows far too much: about her late brother, her late husband, and just possibly… about Anna herself. What does this person want, and what are they prepared to do? She has come too far, and worked too hard, to lose what she values most: the sole and uncontested right to her own story—and she is, by any standard, a master storyteller.

Helen says: 🤓🤓🤓🤓 1/2

JHK is my absolute favorite contemporary author. I loved The Plot so I couldn’t wait to read this one. One thing I really liked about The Sequel is that there is absolutely no way you can follow this story without read its predecessor, The Plot, first. Gosh, did this book deliver!! I couldn’t put it down and was sad for this tale to end…Like Holly said, I hope there is another sequel!

Holly says: 🤓🤓🤓3/4

Probably my favorite book of the month, but I didn’t think it was great. This is the follow up to The Plot. Please read The Plot before you read this book if you have not already. If you have read The Plot and enjoyed it, by all means, read this one, it is just as good. I hope the next one is called The Finale and that I see the end of Anna Williams-Bonner, the most ultimate homicidal psychopath

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