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sciencequeen's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
dez_blair's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-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
3.75
mehsi's review
DNF-ed at 51%.
A big thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Or well, try. Haha.
I have had my eyes on this book for ages, sadly it was a Kobo exclusive (and I got a Kindle), so I was excited to see it up on Netgalley.
While I absolutely loved the murder mystery and how over the top it was. How Clue/Cluedo it was (including the chapter titles) How every characters was such a stereotype. Snowed-in in the middle of nowhere is my kind of thing in these kinds of novels. How I loved the cover.
But the marriage troubles? Just way too overly present. It was too much and I kept wondering how these two are still together given all of their problems, not just ones that came from Liza working hard or the shipping people do, but before that as well. There was just too many arguing and bitching. Sometimes we would have an epic part with a murder happening only to get 5 pages of marriage woes... No thank you.
Also I didn't like Hanna and Liza was also not really my cup of tea with how overly obsessed she was by murder. Someone freaking died, stop going into podcast mode.
A big thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Or well, try. Haha.
I have had my eyes on this book for ages, sadly it was a Kobo exclusive (and I got a Kindle), so I was excited to see it up on Netgalley.
While I absolutely loved the murder mystery and how over the top it was. How Clue/Cluedo it was (including the chapter titles) How every characters was such a stereotype. Snowed-in in the middle of nowhere is my kind of thing in these kinds of novels. How I loved the cover.
But the marriage troubles? Just way too overly present. It was too much and I kept wondering how these two are still together given all of their problems, not just ones that came from Liza working hard or the shipping people do, but before that as well. There was just too many arguing and bitching. Sometimes we would have an epic part with a murder happening only to get 5 pages of marriage woes... No thank you.
Also I didn't like Hanna and Liza was also not really my cup of tea with how overly obsessed she was by murder. Someone freaking died, stop going into podcast mode.
ebroeffle's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Sexism, Vomit, Suicide, Gun violence, and Classism
hamalee's review
3.75
Always fun to hear Sassenach tossed around as an insult. It's fun, it's exactly what it says on the tin. The end is anticlimactic because there's no other way for the formula to be.
Alexis Hall does marvelous things with side characters and they're at their fanciful best here.
Alexis Hall does marvelous things with side characters and they're at their fanciful best here.
beachykeen's review
3.0
I love Alexis Hall so much and this one just did not land for me!! (i do love married lesbians though)
bzliz's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
If you like Clue (the movie, not necessarily the game), you’ll probably like this. It was pure quirky, campy fun, plus a number 6 of non-graphic murders. The audiobook was pretty fun with all the voices. There’s a great balance of clues for people who like to try to solve it themselves and some complicated twists for people who like to be surprised.
I liked our main characters Liza and Hanna once it hit about the halfway point. My least favorite part was their marriage troubles. There were so many other things going on that I don’t think it was necessary to include unless there was going to be a point where one wife genuinely suspected there was a slim possibility that the other could be a murderer. In any case, an Easter vacation was probably not what their marriage needed; it was to genuinely just talk to each other.
I liked our main characters Liza and Hanna once it hit about the halfway point. My least favorite part was their marriage troubles. There were so many other things going on that I don’t think it was necessary to include unless there was going to be a point where one wife genuinely suspected there was a slim possibility that the other could be a murderer. In any case, an Easter vacation was probably not what their marriage needed; it was to genuinely just talk to each other.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Classism, Death, Gun violence, and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide
A note about suicide that contains spoilers about a character’s death: