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BOOK CLUB: Seeing Other People

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The People Pleaser by Diana Reed

This book was every scene felt totally and utterly believable. Not once in this book did I kind of had that bird's eye thing of being like, oh, I wonder why Diana Reed did this here? And I wonder why she made this person say this. Everything was believed during the reading process as fact as if these people actually do live in Sydney and exist. On page 280 between Eleanor and her mum where she goes to her mum to talk about what has happened. Under that loving critical gaze, Eleanor said very quietly, do you think I'm a terrible person? Oh, Eleanor, no. Mary reached across the table and touched Eleanor's wrist. Her hand was clammy from the tea

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