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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 stars. Loved this return to The Fairway Players, this time with a panto theme! Whilst I think I have enjoyed Hallett’s previous novels more, I still really loved the twists and turns of this christmas story and would love to see more from The Fairway Players and Lockwood in the future!
this was very fun to read! definitely a good read to get out of a reading slump
Oh, my God, was this BORING! I LOVE me a good mystery, who-dun-it story, but this felt more like a really bad reality TV series.
The story is told through text messages and emails exchanged between the cast, crew, and people who are in charge of the theater presentations in that community, but you spend over half the story trying to get to know the way things work and who the people are. I understand that this is so the reader can get to know the characters and form their own opinion as to who the killer could be, but the body is discovered way too late in the story and the whole investigation is rushed and the reader doesn't take long to eventually find out who did it. The whole resolution was so rushed and had the stupidest reasoning behind it. The cause of death doesn't have to be out of this world, but when you spend so much time getting to know the cast, it felt like a waste of time to try to even know what happened. There was a small plot twist when it came to the death, but it wasn't enough to justify 2/3 of the story.
This is a novella and I understand there is a book before this one. I don't think you have to read the other one in order to understand this book. But one thing's for sure--I had wanted to read that previous book but after reading this one, I don't think I'll be reading that one at all.
The story is told through text messages and emails exchanged between the cast, crew, and people who are in charge of the theater presentations in that community, but you spend over half the story trying to get to know the way things work and who the people are. I understand that this is so the reader can get to know the characters and form their own opinion as to who the killer could be, but the body is discovered way too late in the story and the whole investigation is rushed and the reader doesn't take long to eventually find out who did it. The whole resolution was so rushed and had the stupidest reasoning behind it. The cause of death doesn't have to be out of this world, but when you spend so much time getting to know the cast, it felt like a waste of time to try to even know what happened. There was a small plot twist when it came to the death, but it wasn't enough to justify 2/3 of the story.
This is a novella and I understand there is a book before this one. I don't think you have to read the other one in order to understand this book. But one thing's for sure--I had wanted to read that previous book but after reading this one, I don't think I'll be reading that one at all.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
fast-paced
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was a really good follow up to The Appeal. It was an interesting way to revisit the mystery style that Janice championed. It is character driven, but there isn’t much character building because of the way the book is set up. That doesn’t matter though because the mystery is the heart of the book and all of the dialogue is pointing you to that end.