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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I found it significantly less gripping and witty than the original, HOWEVER, the original was my first Whodunnit and I've read/listened to a collective 200 books in between Everyone In My Family and Everyone On This Train, so it is more than possible that my standards have risen.
Mixed feelings, can't give this a rating because on one hand I did enjoy the mystery, but on the other I thought some of the twists were a bit too ludicrous. Also, the narrator was insufferable and I felt like this book really tried to be feminist but just failed...
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wasn’t sure it would be able to beat the first, but it did, and it left me with the emotional, exhilarated feel at the end. What an absolutely delightful read. The breaking of the fourth wall in a mystery book is so much fun, and Ernst continues to be a delightful protagonist. Absolutely loving Stevenson’s work and I cannot wait for more.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to Netgallery for giving me an early release copy of Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson, this book will be available for purchase on January 30th of 2024.
Everyone on This Train is A Suspect has lot of characters for us to learn about, while I was grateful for the time to be properly introduced to all of them I thought the start of the book was rather slow. I wasn’t a fan of any of the characters but still enjoyed the way that they were being written.
The story doesn’t really pick up for me until the first murder. The first murder method was rather anticlimactic,I thought the character reactions to someone literally dropping dead were poor. At the trains next stop, they literally just relaxed and drank, I think I expecting some of the characters to act just a little shaken up at the event that transpired. It doesn’t help that Ernst does something with the love interest (can’t state for spoilers) during this time that just makes the reactions seem even more unnatural.
The second murder was more interesting to read, the investigation was attention grabbing as the clues came together and the murderer was revealed. The ending was satisfying but the story just felt like it was trying to do too much, the constant forth wall breaking was annoying as I just wanted to follow the story,( it made it less immersive) the romance while sweet was unnecessary, and the writing was complicated to follow at time with how many clues/motives were involved.
I haven’t read the first book in this series but this book can be read as a standalone, there are brief mentions of the first book in here, I think Ernst mentions a body count of eight for the first book but there’s little to no mentions traumas following the evens of the book.
Everyone on This Train is A Suspect has lot of characters for us to learn about, while I was grateful for the time to be properly introduced to all of them I thought the start of the book was rather slow. I wasn’t a fan of any of the characters but still enjoyed the way that they were being written.
The story doesn’t really pick up for me until the first murder. The first murder method was rather anticlimactic,I thought the character reactions to someone literally dropping dead were poor. At the trains next stop, they literally just relaxed and drank, I think I expecting some of the characters to act just a little shaken up at the event that transpired. It doesn’t help that Ernst does something with the love interest (can’t state for spoilers) during this time that just makes the reactions seem even more unnatural.
The second murder was more interesting to read, the investigation was attention grabbing as the clues came together and the murderer was revealed. The ending was satisfying but the story just felt like it was trying to do too much, the constant forth wall breaking was annoying as I just wanted to follow the story,( it made it less immersive) the romance while sweet was unnecessary, and the writing was complicated to follow at time with how many clues/motives were involved.
I haven’t read the first book in this series but this book can be read as a standalone, there are brief mentions of the first book in here, I think Ernst mentions a body count of eight for the first book but there’s little to no mentions traumas following the evens of the book.