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skelewhor's review
3.0
It's not the greatest but trashy crime is a guilty pleasure of mine. The ghost story was pretty lazy and I did like the twist of who the killer is
jfbfsf's review
2.0
This book was unsatisfying.
The story felt muddled. The ending didn't really track for me - there was a little supernatural, a little deception, a little bad guy... just a little bit of a lot of ideas that kind of got mushed together into a story. So many moments/ developments felt unbelievable to me. It just felt like the author had a few good threads, and for some reason decided not to flesh any of them out, or work out the kinks in the narrative, but just jam them together into a novella. I also don't think I like the supernatural angle from this author - the other books I've read by her have been pretty straightforward crime/detective stories.
There were two readers; I thought one of them was miscast/ didn't love his interpretation. Then at the end I realized that the affect that I didn't like might have been on purpose... but that didn't make listening to it better. Also, all the other books I've listened to by this author have been read by a woman with a lovely Irish lilt - it's quite possible that this book might have been better if it were read by her.
The story felt muddled. The ending didn't really track for me - there was a little supernatural, a little deception, a little bad guy... just a little bit of a lot of ideas that kind of got mushed together into a story. So many moments/ developments felt unbelievable to me. It just felt like the author had a few good threads, and for some reason decided not to flesh any of them out, or work out the kinks in the narrative, but just jam them together into a novella. I also don't think I like the supernatural angle from this author - the other books I've read by her have been pretty straightforward crime/detective stories.
There were two readers; I thought one of them was miscast/ didn't love his interpretation. Then at the end I realized that the affect that I didn't like might have been on purpose... but that didn't make listening to it better. Also, all the other books I've listened to by this author have been read by a woman with a lovely Irish lilt - it's quite possible that this book might have been better if it were read by her.
ladylady's review
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
2.0
meeji's review
2.0
The kind of novella to listen to while you’re cleaning out the baking cupboard and trying to decide how to organise your flours.
It was fairly predictable and not particularly engrossing. 2.5 stars.
It was fairly predictable and not particularly engrossing. 2.5 stars.
myfavoritefiction's review
mysterious
medium-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
2.0
princessfee's review
2.0
I didn’t go into this book with any expectations or reviews of the novella and haven’t read anything from the author. I’ll try another book but this one didn’t really hook me in. I haven’t left a book as DNF and it was short so I pushed through. Didn’t like the ‘twist’ at the end which felt silly.
mbondlamberty's review
3.0
Well the title kind of indicates that there will red herrings.
Don't like all of the narrators so that colored my impression of the book.
And the "mystical" ending was also I felt a cheat but still I listened to the end and didn't regret it.
Don't like all of the narrators so that colored my impression of the book.
And the "mystical" ending was also I felt a cheat but still I listened to the end and didn't regret it.
gem_reads_too's review
challenging
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
sassyram's review
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
1.5