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scarwilde's review
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was a favorite when I was a small child and I was reminded of it when watching a video on Frances Glessner Lee's miniature forensic dioramas.
I'd completely forgotten the MacGuffin that is Louanne, the disabled sister. I feel like Betty Ren Wright must've either had someone in the family or known someone closely with profound cognitive disabilities, because she nailed a certain toxic family dynamic extremely well.
The plot itself moves along at an incredible pace. The murders of the title are solved very easily and unrealistically.While being hunted by a gun-toting murderer, this severely arthritic old woman had time to run downstairs, barricade a door, hide a small child, AND write and hide a letter lamenting that this guy has decided to do this, when they were so fair to him? I think not.
But for all that, it's a charming little book, and third-grade me loved it very much.
I'd completely forgotten the MacGuffin that is Louanne, the disabled sister. I feel like Betty Ren Wright must've either had someone in the family or known someone closely with profound cognitive disabilities, because she nailed a certain toxic family dynamic extremely well.
The plot itself moves along at an incredible pace. The murders of the title are solved very easily and unrealistically.
But for all that, it's a charming little book, and third-grade me loved it very much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Ableism
Moderate: Death of parent
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