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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3⭐
I NEED YOU TO READ THIS✍🏻
Mystery (not a thriller!!!!)
Thank you, Atria Books for the #gifted copy!! Always so appreciated.
This was quite the unique premise for a mystery novel! A famous newspaper advice column looses their beloved writer. More like she was murdered... by who? We don't know. They never found who did it. So, Alex Marks decides to take a chance and apply for the position. Maybe it will be the fresh start she needs...
Cool idea right? But somehow this kinda all felt flat. It was all just fine. Alex as a main character was giving not much and I wanted more from her as a main character. I wish the author had dived in a bit more under the plot instead of keeping it surface level. I did do some of this on audio and highly recommend! It was done very well and entertaining.
💻short chapters
💻cozy mystery vibes
💻one dimensional characters
💻unreliable narrators
💻well written
💻publishing world
💻amazing cover
I NEED YOU TO READ THIS✍🏻
Mystery (not a thriller!!!!)
Thank you, Atria Books for the #gifted copy!! Always so appreciated.
This was quite the unique premise for a mystery novel! A famous newspaper advice column looses their beloved writer. More like she was murdered... by who? We don't know. They never found who did it. So, Alex Marks decides to take a chance and apply for the position. Maybe it will be the fresh start she needs...
Cool idea right? But somehow this kinda all felt flat. It was all just fine. Alex as a main character was giving not much and I wanted more from her as a main character. I wish the author had dived in a bit more under the plot instead of keeping it surface level. I did do some of this on audio and highly recommend! It was done very well and entertaining.
💻short chapters
💻cozy mystery vibes
💻one dimensional characters
💻unreliable narrators
💻well written
💻publishing world
💻amazing cover
mysterious
medium-paced
medium-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest and independent review.
Alex gets her dream job because the previous employee was murdered, which doesn't sound great, but she really needs to leave her previous job and desperately wants to take over the advice column that she feels so attached to. She's determined to be the best that she can be at it until she starts getting threatening letters. She's not quite sure if it's an enemy from her past, the killer of the previous columnist, or someone completely new.
Good concept, but not quite the best execution for me. This was a deeper introspection on Alex's character but at times I found I didn't really know why she was the way she was despite all the context. Usually I adore character studies, but this one was just a smidge lacking. The side characters also felt very one dimensional.
This also had a very slow pace and everything happened in the very last portion of the book. I felt like the main villain here was Alex's anxiety since that seemed to be what she had to overcome in the end mostly. I appreciate how different this was from most mysteries I have read especially with a good portion of it being epistolary, but it just fell a little flat for me.
3/5 ⭐
Alex gets her dream job because the previous employee was murdered, which doesn't sound great, but she really needs to leave her previous job and desperately wants to take over the advice column that she feels so attached to. She's determined to be the best that she can be at it until she starts getting threatening letters. She's not quite sure if it's an enemy from her past, the killer of the previous columnist, or someone completely new.
Good concept, but not quite the best execution for me. This was a deeper introspection on Alex's character but at times I found I didn't really know why she was the way she was despite all the context. Usually I adore character studies, but this one was just a smidge lacking. The side characters also felt very one dimensional.
This also had a very slow pace and everything happened in the very last portion of the book. I felt like the main villain here was Alex's anxiety since that seemed to be what she had to overcome in the end mostly. I appreciate how different this was from most mysteries I have read especially with a good portion of it being epistolary, but it just fell a little flat for me.
3/5 ⭐
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-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
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No