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Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
3.5
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was a classic who-dun-it and it's always fun when the murder is about money and inheriting it. This was my first thriller by this author and it was decently good. It's super fast paced so I finished within a day. Extremely short chapters, so it really kept your attention. 

2 to 3 characters in this book seem extremely guilty and there's a ton of evidence that makes you think they did it. Because of this, it was pretty easy to guess who actually did it, which always sucks for me. I tend to try and guess the ending, but its always better when it surprises me. 

I think the book would have been improved if someone else had done it.
I was thinking Lisa specifically. It would have been huge twist and it would have made sense if they tweaked her character as she was suffering from the lack of money with Dan. Plus she was there when they treated the siblings awfully and it would have been the best surprise. The entire book rides on one of the children being the killer, so I wish it wasn't one of them so that I would have been shocked.