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The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 by Otto Penzler, C.J. Box

holl3640's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A

3.5

diannaobrien's review against another edition

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2.0

Several of the selections were not mysteries at all but simply violent crime short stories. I am still trying to figure out what the mystery was in the mafia hit man killing of a younger hit man. Nothing to solve or figure out just a lot of killing. I was extremely disappointed by the violence rather than the crafting of a mystery in many of the pieces.

kateoclaire's review against another edition

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2.0

I'll be honest, I didn't read all the stories. The ones I read were ... meh. I don't understand the "mystery" categorization for most of them.

mermaidmoonqueen's review

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slow-paced

2.5

hollie313's review

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A

3.5

tjcanfield's review

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

Didn’t feel like there was any real mysteries going on 
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