Book #111 |
Book: No Conscience | Author: Phil M. Williams | |
| Source: Free BookBub download Format: Kindle |
Pages: 333 | Duration: 11/16/25 – 11/18/25 (3 days) | |
| Rating: ★★☆☆☆ | Genres: fiction, thriller, mystery, drama | ||
| 📕10-word summary: A sociopathic mother wreaks havoc on unlikeable, unsympathetic family characters. 🖌6-word review: Too much tell, not enough show. |
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| 💭A favorite quote: “The walls were barren, the decor jail-cell chic.” | |||
| Description:* Wes Shaw’s different than his siblings—darker, awkward, the perpetual ne’er-do-well. Mary Shaw’s the doting mother, showering her children with gifts from the heart and the pocketbook. The Shaws have survived divorce and death, but something sinister is in their midst. The truth threatens to tear them apart. The lies threaten to tear them apart. Which side will each choose?*From goodreads.com’s synopsis. | |||
| Thoughts: I cared not one iota about the characters in this book, and it seemed like the author must have been “burned” by a sociopath in his life. At the end, one of the characters sends an email to his siblings with the definition of a sociopath in it, including 21 (yes, they’re numbered) signs of a sociopath, followed by 12 enumerated (yes, again, numbered) examples of what makes their mother a sociopath, followed by 7 enumerated things one should do if they encounter a sociopath. Wait, is this a textbook? I can’t roll my eyes far enough back into my head to do justice to this writing “device.” Don’t read this book if you’re not a masochist. | |||
See the rest of the books I’ve read in 2025 and previous years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019.
