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Paradais

Fernanda Melchor

published: 2021, read: 1/14/25
119 pages, genre: Thriller
rating: 7.65/10, normalized: 7.389/10
0.36σ better than average
0.59σ or 1.237/10 better than average in Thriller genre

Entertaining read about a brat gooner and a poor wretch who hates his job working at this gated resort community who hatch a plan to sate both of their desires. Reads like an episode of Breaking Bad and doesn't waste too much time getting to the point.

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