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librarianlayla 's review for:
Death Prefers Blondes
by Caleb Roehrig
2.5/3 stars.
I struggled so hard to get into this story. It had the premise of everything I love - espionage and drag queens - and yet, it fell short for me. I picked up and put this book down over and over again, if it hadn't been perfect for a readathon prompt, I may not have tried to pick it up again until next year.
I can see this being far more engaging if it were made perhaps into a cheesy movie, or a tv series. It just didn't do it for me, the writing tone at times was so juvenile, and it kept trying to be more adult by including as many casual sex/genital references as possible.
I loved that there was a wide variety of ethnicities, sexualities and gender identities. But the execution of it, really fell flat. The vast majority of the characters lacked any depth at all, especially the main character.
I struggled so hard to get into this story. It had the premise of everything I love - espionage and drag queens - and yet, it fell short for me. I picked up and put this book down over and over again, if it hadn't been perfect for a readathon prompt, I may not have tried to pick it up again until next year.
I can see this being far more engaging if it were made perhaps into a cheesy movie, or a tv series. It just didn't do it for me, the writing tone at times was so juvenile, and it kept trying to be more adult by including as many casual sex/genital references as possible.
I loved that there was a wide variety of ethnicities, sexualities and gender identities. But the execution of it, really fell flat. The vast majority of the characters lacked any depth at all, especially the main character.