The Favorite Sister

De: Jessica Knoll

Narrado por: Ashlie Atkinson, Jenni Barber, Aja Naomi King

From the author of Luckiest Girl Alive—now a Netflix film—comes the “engrossing” (People) New York Times bestseller starring two sisters who join the cast of a reality TV series…and only one will make it out alive.

Brett and Kelly have always toed the line between supportive sisters and bitter rivals. Growing up, Brett was the problem child, living in the shadow of the brilliant and beautiful Kelly. In adulthood, all that has changed. Kelly is a struggling single mother and Brett has skyrocketed to meteoric success that has been chronicled on a reality TV show called Goal Diggers.

When Kelly manipulates her way onto the show and into Brett’s world, Brett is wildly threatened. Kelly, and only Kelly, knows her younger sister’s appalling secret, one that could ruin her.

Still, when the truth comes out in the explosive final weekend of filming, neither of them ever expected that the season would end in murder.

Reseñas de la Crítica

EARLY PRAISE FOR THE FAVORITE SISTER BY JESSICA KNOLL

“Knife-sharp and enthralling, Jessica Knoll’s The Favorite Sister is as bold and smart and audacious a novel about women and ambition as you could hope for. A more-than-worthy follow-up to Luckiest Girl Alive, it proves Knoll is a literary force to be reckoned with.”—Megan Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of You Will Know Me

I never thought it would end

The first 15 chapters are slow, confusing, and painful. I found myself drifting off more than once. It started to pick up and become interesting around chapter 15. The end!? Terrible. It really needn’t be as long as it is. I’m just glad it’s over.

Meh

3.5 stars (story-wise)

I chose this because it had a lot of positive reviews and also I really like reality TV (sorry, sorry, guilty pleasure). I think overall it was okay and didn't really live up to the reviews. There were some parts that I really liked and held my attention, but others I would find myself spacing out.

Plot-wise, I really wanted to know what happened to Brett, how she died, why it happened, etc. But I honestly was not emotionally invested in any of the characters. I didn't care about any of them, which I think is why I found myself not paying attention at some points.

Also, I listen to a LOT of audiobooks, and I thought the performers in this one were not the best. I didn't like the voices, I think some were shrill. I think the performer for Brett did a good job with Brett, but when she changed her voice for others, I found the voices to be annoying.

Great!!

slow in the beginning and a bit confusing but definitely picked up. overall great book especially if you're a fan of reality tv.

Loved it

This was my first selection from Audible. It was a lot different than the other book by this author that I read. However it was no less enthralling for me personally. I was very invested in the characters and the ending literally had my mouth hanging open. I really enjoyed the narration as well.

Worst VO Casting I’ve Encountered

I am obsessed with the author and Bravo, so I was really hoping to enjoy this. The story was just okay, It’s just clear whoever was in charge here does not understand audiobooks. These actresses should have not been cast.

I love knoll’s other books. Love. This is by far the weakest. But it’s still not awful. What is awful was the casting. These are fine actresses for other mediums, but their performances for this book were way off the mark. They all were so tonally different. Neither the actress reading for Brett or Stephanie (the leads) could do voices for other characters. It was cartoony and really took away from the story.

Chick flick thriller

This was great! Better than her first book by far! Loved the story line about Real Housewives and murder best of both girl worlds!!
Like nothing I’ve read before!!

decent story; bad narrorators.

story was good, but narrorators were kind of like nails on a chalk board! way to cartoony sounding like they were trying way to hard to make everyone sound annoying. I feel like the story was a little confusing, like the writer got confused with her own story lines

Predictable yet compelling

The Favorite Sister had an ending I could predict but it was still compelling. I devoured this book in a couple days and took trips just to read it. I love this author. Never a full book

Disappointing

I loved Jessica’s first book, so I’ve been waiting on this one for years. It took a while for the book to really get started, and by then I was bored. Too many characters, and she took too long to get to the nitty gritty...

Best narration ever!!!

Although it is your trashy summer read, it kept you guessing till the end! Loved the narrators - could listen to them forever. Sure to be a mini series - on par with Big Little Lies.