Anna and Constant Guillot live with their two daughters in the peaceful, remote mountain village of Carmac, largely deaf to the upheavals of the outside world. Everyone in Carmac knows each other, and most of its residents look alike--until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children. Wealthy and flashy, the family of five are outsiders in the small town, their impressive chalet and three expensive cars a stark contrast to the modesty of those of their neighbours.

This book is based on true events of a quintuple homicide in a french small town. The language is beautiful and despite the premise of the book, the flow keeps going. This is a first for me by the author and one I enjoyed and would read more of their work. The book cover is eye-catching and appealing and would spark my interest if in a bookshop. Thank you very much to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

3.5/5.

I nearly said the only thing I didn’t like about this book was I wish it was longer, but while that is true, it’s a tight, searing, devastating novella and I absolutely loved it.

This is the kind of book you want to read in an afternoon. It’s impossible to put down and I was completely gripped.

It’s written in a mix of first and second person, and I love the use of second first in the opening chapters, where our narrator, Anna, sits in court, watching her husband who is on trial for racially-motivated murder.

This book is dark and horrible and shocking and real. I was not surprised at all to find out the plot is based on a real news story in France.

This book is a masterpiece. I cannot recommend it more.

5 stars

This is an immersive short book. As the reader you’re dropped right into the action. You hear the defendants thoughts and what is been asked of them on trial. The tone of the book is amazing at making you feel like the characters.

This book is based on true events of a quintuple homicide in a french smalltown.

Anna and Constant Guillou have two kids together and live in Carmac a secluded village, where everyone knows one another. One day the family of five - the Langlois (the first black family in town) move in next door inside of the breathtaking chalet. All eyes are on them and the whole village envies them for their lavish lifestyle. The families get to know each other and after a not so easy start they become friendly. But soon the neighborly friendliness of Constant starts to quake and his decisions will not only destroy his own life, but rather those of every one in his surrounding.
The narrator of this story is Anna, the wife of the assassin Constant Guillou.
„People like them“ is a great character study of the mind of a perpetrator and the effects of the crime act. It’s interesting how the tipping point of an unhealthy mind can be so small to amount such a vicious and horrible crime.

Thank you NetGalley / Bloomsbury Publishing for providing me with this e-arc in return for a honest review.

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A good read.
Anna and Constant Guillot and their two daughters live in the remote mountain village of Carmac. Everyone in Carmac knows each other – that is until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children, the first black family to have lived in the village.The new family’s impressive chalet and expensive cars are in stark contrast with the modesty of those of their neighbours, yet despite their initial differences, the Langlois and the Guillots form an uneasy friendship. But when the Guillot's finances come under strain, the underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship come to a breaking point, and the unthinkable happens…
Thanks to NetGalley and Bloomsbury for giving me an advanced copy.