Reviews with content warning for Suicide - The Mother-in-Law

For some reason, I found this hard to get into and a bit slow (unlike The Good Sister). Maybe because the characters are not endearing at all. But I liked the multiple POV and bouncing between past and present. So much mystery, but a sayisfying conclusion.

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emotional reflective sad

Strong character development? Yes

4.0

Really did not see that coming at all. I was flabbergasted.

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Having read several mysteries lately didn't really do this one any favors, as it suffers from a few bad habits common to the genre lately. Many of the problems tied to the mystery could be solved by a simple conversation, an issue I find frustrating in romance and infuriating in mysteries. I also find the "the narrator knows a lot more than they're saying to the audience and will dole out information slowly throughout flashbacks" frustrating as well.

This was slow to start and eventually I got invested enough in it, but so far, I'm disappointed in the list of recently-published mysteries that I've been working my way through.

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