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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
This book is sooooooo slow. Absolutely nothing happens for hundreds of pages, and then it ends with a to be continued. Not worth the time!
I would have liked this book a lot more if there was any resolution at the end! I was unsatisfied at getting no closure, and I truly do not care about David’s dad. I enjoyed the book while reading it, but after it ended I wasn’t happy with how it turned out.
Fun, mostly worked for me. Stevie is weird and my favourite part of the book. The narrative works to reinforce her neuroatypical thought processes and quirks. Coupled with the overarching plot, the first half of the book is pretty fantastic. It cuts from Stevie going to the new school to the past when the murder she wants to solve as a sort of dissertation for the school. It clips along nicely.
Ironically, when a major subplot within her wheelhouse is introduced it gets a bit derailed and meandering. Stevie is likeable enough to me that I stuck with it, but it definitely ramps up the readers need to suspend disbelief and give the book some latitude to work with. Then the ending is pure setup for the second book, which I really hate. The subplot thread isn’t really fully resolved and then it drops a couple twists a leaves.
I’ll continue with it because my library has the audiobooks, which, btw, are fantastically narrated. I saw a review that said they didn’t like it because it’s a woman narrating and her male voices were bad but it’s really dependent on the reader and people are always polarized one way or the other. For me, I can’t stand men trying to narrate feminine voices, and find women can do masculine tones much better. It’s all a matter of taste on that front. You can tell the narrator is experienced because every character has their own mannerisms and inflection, which is hard to do. I thought it was fantastic. Pretty sure she won an award for it too so
Ironically, when a major subplot within her wheelhouse is introduced it gets a bit derailed and meandering. Stevie is likeable enough to me that I stuck with it, but it definitely ramps up the readers need to suspend disbelief and give the book some latitude to work with. Then the ending is pure setup for the second book, which I really hate. The subplot thread isn’t really fully resolved and then it drops a couple twists a leaves.
I’ll continue with it because my library has the audiobooks, which, btw, are fantastically narrated. I saw a review that said they didn’t like it because it’s a woman narrating and her male voices were bad but it’s really dependent on the reader and people are always polarized one way or the other. For me, I can’t stand men trying to narrate feminine voices, and find women can do masculine tones much better. It’s all a matter of taste on that front. You can tell the narrator is experienced because every character has their own mannerisms and inflection, which is hard to do. I thought it was fantastic. Pretty sure she won an award for it too so
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was an excellent start for the mystery series! I am excited to continue to the next book!
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Audiobook. I found it a bit confusing but (spoiler alert) it’s unresolved at the end so I’ll be continuing to the second book in the series. YA.
2.5 stars. The beginning was so boring. The second half of the book was definitely more interesting but I’m extremely unsatisfied with the ending :-/ not sure that I’ll continue the series.
To be fair, I think I was expecting a good girl’s guide type of series (same characters but different stories in each book).
To be fair, I think I was expecting a good girl’s guide type of series (same characters but different stories in each book).