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Pretty as a Picture
by Elizabeth Little
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
I had no strong feelings about this book. It was the B&N Thriller pick of the month. I probably wouldn't have picked it up otherwise. It follows a movie editor as she works on a movie about a murder that took place on an island. The director is difficult and eccentric and she tries to figure out what is going on, and why multiple editors have already quit, but not before signing ironclad NDAs. Each chapter also ends with an interview portion of the characters looking back on their time
Pros:
- each character has a distinct personality which makes the story more interesting, even the supporting characters that don't play a huge part
- the mystery actually lends into another mystery which raises the suspense
- the reader is led into paying so much attention to one thing that the plot twist works out
- the book doesn't really waste a lot of time, almost everything in the book pushes the story forward, so there isn't a lot of unnecessary filler
Cons:
- the main character is the most dull character
- the interviews at the end of each chapter pretty much tell you who is already going to make it out, so the suspense is dulled
- the ending reveal makes the entire film seem like a nonsensical idea
- there is an unnecessary semi-romantic subplot that has no payoff