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What a Way to Go

Bella Mackie

3.48 AVERAGE

dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Disappointing!

I haven't read Bella's other (and more popular/successful book) "How to Kill Your Family" and thought I'd start here...

I felt the book was a little underwhelming given what I was expecting. 

A relatively simple story of a death in the family wrapped up in a murder case; and the ensuing family fued over their money and estate.

The characters weren't likeable (but that was the idea) and the story did feel a little laboured.  I did enjoy the addition of The Sleuth and felt that more could have been done with her character. 

A decent read. I will be visiting Bella's other book "HTKYF" to see if the Hype is real...
lighthearted medium-paced
funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This just didn’t grip me. The ‘watching from the afterlife’ was sort of interesting but mostly just felt like a tool to write in different scenes revealing information, not very interesting.
The main ‘murder’ didn’t have a solution at all really, and overall this book just left me mildly interested in the answers but largely not that bothered.
dark funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes