Reviews

Mic Drop by Sharna Jackson

susannelucyluisa's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious

4.0

idreamofallthebooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

vanessasedgwick's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

coops456's review against another edition

4.0

Excellent follow-up to Nik and Norva's first investigation on the Triangle estate.

Rising pop star TrojKat returns to her Tri roots to film a music video - but someone close to her is plotting to ensure that she never leaves again.

The sibling sleuths are great characters and I'm really enjoying this series.

The editors or typesetters need to up their game, as there were occasional extraneous random characters inserted at the start or end of sentences, and some words repeated. Not frequent enough to disrupt one's reading, just sloppy.

bethanjane21's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious

3.75

misstufty's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

emily_mh's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Nik was definitely not overshadowed by Norva in this instalment, an issue I had with the first book. Her endearingly curmudgeonly personality was much more prominent, and I loved how organised she was. I also loved that George featured more this time around! He's funny, and his friendship with Norva is just superb. I like how Norva bosses him around a bit, and that they take each other as a given in their future lives. I especially appreciated no one was trying to ship them. Also, I forgot to mention in my review of the first book, but Jackson nails Nik and Norva's sibling relationship: utterly loyal to one another, hanging out a lot, yet still annoying each other. 

This instalment had an interesting plot structure in that the murder didn't happen until halfway through. While there were was a copious amount of investigating both before and after the murder, it was not my preferred mystery structure. But this was still a great read for me, the mystery keeping me guessing til the finale! I would definitely recommend this duology. 

Rep: Black MC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Racism, Drug use, Infidelity, Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Excrement

Moderate: loss of a loved one Minor: texturism, colourism

fern17's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

heathssm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.0

claire_84's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

4.0