Still Lives. .
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“Never look for the what. Find the who. Who gets hurt. Who gains. Whose life will never be the same.”
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Thank you @harpercollinsus for sending this review copy! .
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There are many reviews going around saying that Still Lives is not a thriller that they expected it to be. And that’s true. .
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When the ultra genius artist Kim Lord goes missing during the opening night of her new collection called Still Lives, a storm stirs up. Kim features as the murdered women across the country in her new art, posing in self portraits. It causes a ripple throughout the audience. .
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Maggie Richter, an editor in the museum gets entangled in the missing case by being a suspect and also because her ex was Kim’s boyfriend. She tries resolving the mystery and is determined in catching the culprit. .
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When the cops declare Kim dead, Maggie gets more consumed in the case and realises that her life isn’t safe anymore. .
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This is one of the books that’s masterfully written and gives an insight about what goes on within the walls of a museum. It was refreshing and also informative. Initial pages of the story makes you want to finish the book fast so that you can reach the ending and figure out the mystery. But the story fell flat in the very end. .
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The characters were too tangled and lacked emotions. This book was skilfully written yet it missed to deliver the sense of climax by going limp. .
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I would rate this book 3/5.