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sarai0410 's review for:
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
by Benjamin Stevenson
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Immediately (and I mean this quite literally) after finishing Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone I went to the library and grabbed the next in the Ernest Cunningham series. I can confidently say that Stevenson is now one of my favorite authors based on these two books alone - they are seriously that good.
Ernest is back with another issue on his hands - taking the leap and writing a fiction murder mystery - and hoping to make an impression on his fellow writers while aboard the Ghan for the Australian Mystery Writers' Festival. Trouble obviously boards with them and it's up to our earnest, budding detective to solve the case.
While it took me a bit to get into the sequel to Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, once I did, it had me absolutely hooked. Filled with the same humor, sarcasm, and fourth wall breaks that made me love it's predecessor, Everyone on This Train is a Suspect made me laugh, gasp, and even cry. Twists and reveals that I truly wasn't expecting and a writing style that keeps you hooked even after the Grand Reveal.
Ernest is back with another issue on his hands - taking the leap and writing a fiction murder mystery - and hoping to make an impression on his fellow writers while aboard the Ghan for the Australian Mystery Writers' Festival. Trouble obviously boards with them and it's up to our earnest, budding detective to solve the case.
While it took me a bit to get into the sequel to Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, once I did, it had me absolutely hooked. Filled with the same humor, sarcasm, and fourth wall breaks that made me love it's predecessor, Everyone on This Train is a Suspect made me laugh, gasp, and even cry. Twists and reveals that I truly wasn't expecting and a writing style that keeps you hooked even after the Grand Reveal.
But legacy isn't a stamp left by the people with ink. It's not about leaving your fingerprints, it's about having fingerprints left on you. In the case of books, the legacy isn't created by writing it, it's created by the people who pick it up, who expand and enrich and enlighten your words with how they reinterpret, remember and relive them. It's passion, it's tears... A book isn't a book until it's read.