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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was an extremely fast read, filled with lots of twists and turns, way too many characters, and a super wealthy family with a lot of secrets, motives, and agendas.
I really enjoyed how local this was to me. I live in PG County, Maryland, and Aggie Blum Thompson’s novels take place in Bethesda and various places nearby in the DMV. Knowing that area and the types of people who live there, it was very easy for me to imagine the characters, their dynamics, and the types of secrets they hide in their insular communities.
However, as I mentioned before, this book has way too many characters. There are three adult kids, a husband, a wife, a fiancé, a baby, a maid, a mistress, a person who was dead ain’t really dead, the ex wife of one of the adult kids, a best friend, neighbors, police, dogs, and many, many more. Some part of me thinks the decision to distract by numbers has been intentionally executed by the authors of the thrillers I’ve read recently and had similar complaints about, but it gets to a point where the sheer number of characters completely snuffs out the attractiveness of a whodunit thriller. It starts to feel like who is doing this to *ME*? LOL.
Dramatics aside, I was completely engaged in the story and desperately trying to figure out who the wrongdoers were. The plus side of there being so many fingers pointing at different characters is that a handful of them do get held accountable for their crimes, and some of it was absolutely hilarious. But this could have been sharper, more bold if the characters had felt less one-dimensional and flighty.
3.5 ⭐️s
I really enjoyed how local this was to me. I live in PG County, Maryland, and Aggie Blum Thompson’s novels take place in Bethesda and various places nearby in the DMV. Knowing that area and the types of people who live there, it was very easy for me to imagine the characters, their dynamics, and the types of secrets they hide in their insular communities.
However, as I mentioned before, this book has way too many characters. There are three adult kids, a husband, a wife, a fiancé, a baby, a maid, a mistress, a person who was dead ain’t really dead, the ex wife of one of the adult kids, a best friend, neighbors, police, dogs, and many, many more. Some part of me thinks the decision to distract by numbers has been intentionally executed by the authors of the thrillers I’ve read recently and had similar complaints about, but it gets to a point where the sheer number of characters completely snuffs out the attractiveness of a whodunit thriller. It starts to feel like who is doing this to *ME*? LOL.
Dramatics aside, I was completely engaged in the story and desperately trying to figure out who the wrongdoers were. The plus side of there being so many fingers pointing at different characters is that a handful of them do get held accountable for their crimes, and some of it was absolutely hilarious. But this could have been sharper, more bold if the characters had felt less one-dimensional and flighty.
3.5 ⭐️s
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A