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jillann's review

3.0
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The ending was a lot of fun. 
adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious

I had fun reading it and it was silly in a good way. Depending on my mood, I could have hated it though.

cassierc's review

3.75
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

It started slow but really picked up at around the 45% mark. The twists and turns were quite something and that ending…Overall, a good read.

aleban93's review

3.0
adventurous funny medium-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

Junk food for the brain. Mystery, revenge, phallic jokes, and Americans being Americans in Scotland. 

dementomstie's review

4.0

I liked this, but I really liked the third act.
Once the third act begins it really kicks up and not only is everything wrapped up well but the characters have really fun story beats.
funny mysterious sad slow-paced
adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I wanted to love this mystery. The plot is great and the premise has a lot of potential. I think where it fell short was the 3 - author perspective.  The positive of this approach was it did provide an interesting take where we see a character how they are seen by others in contrast to what's really going internally with them. On the negative side, it contributed to making this story far too drawn out. The middle draggggged and I wanted to be engaged and we just kept switching POVs with not a lot of action. 
After the first half, things picked up some but at that point I was just ready for it too be over. The book winks a lot at the idea of how the things happening seems like they would only happen in a book, but it doesn't quite pull of this tongue-in-cheek approach. 
I don't think I would recommend this book. It is an okay read but did not live up to it's potential. 
adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sandra7h's review

3.5
fast-paced