crusoe's Reviews (239)

This was a very solid read. The mystery is intriguing, there are a lot of clues that both divert and lead you to the heart of the mystery, and you won't want to put this book down! However, as someone who loves mystery novels while disliking thrillers, I do wish that the clues hinting to the ending would've been more transparent.

Such as Pip actually showing us the different notes rather than just telling us about their contents so we could've picked up on the difference in handwriting or some behavioural clues in the two perpetrators. I understand why because Pip is a biased investigator who is involved personally with her suspects which makes her judgement about them emotional.

 

So, overall a solid read, I may just not be a fan of the genre. 

What irritates me most about this novel is that Grace has very little she fights for, except the death of her family. She hates everything equally, bringing everything and everyone down around her with overdone sarcasm that makes it hard to get a read on what she does care about. If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for? It makes her an intolerable MC and not in a 'character you love to hate' way. 

I did enjoy the first half of the book; it was interesting to read about how the murders took place, but there was no clear message to the book. Clearly, it was a not a feminist statement, nor did it make a clear statement about Grace becoming more like her father than she'd wanted. Although, I did not mind the twist as much, it was badly foreshadowed and muddied the message of the book even further.