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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
So intriguing! A rich man dies and leaves a game for people to play to get his inheritance. We meet 4 main characters who play the game together...and separately. The book is tangled in their individual motives, and no loose ends are left at the end of the book. The audiobook reader is really good, too.
Good book. Good knowledge of Boston/Somerville/ Cambridge, but the rest of the towns are pronounced wrong.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Just a very pleasant read. The characters were loveable and interesting and the plot is fun.
funny
mysterious
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
I wanted to love this book. I really, truly did. Humor, mystery, scandalous lives of rich people, grown up goth girls- this should have been my jam. What I found instead was a clever story that lost itself in a messy web of well intended hope and optimism. It was trying to do too much, too many messages, be too many genres rolled into one book.
It’s a personal irritant of mine when a mystery is solved by what seems to be mere chance. That just the right people were there, at the right time, and at the right place. Had any element played out differently, it wouldn’t have worked; which, admittedly can be a great way to conclude a mystery tale, but this book simply did not set up this story to achieve that. It felt like a lazy move on an authors part, and cheapens the experience of reading and working out a puzzle. I’m left trying to understand why I read 300+ pages of puzzles, history, pop culture references, all to find out that the conclusion of this book sums up to be the equivalent of some cheesy musing like, “the answer was inside you all the time”.
It’s a personal irritant of mine when a mystery is solved by what seems to be mere chance. That just the right people were there, at the right time, and at the right place. Had any element played out differently, it wouldn’t have worked; which, admittedly can be a great way to conclude a mystery tale, but this book simply did not set up this story to achieve that. It felt like a lazy move on an authors part, and cheapens the experience of reading and working out a puzzle. I’m left trying to understand why I read 300+ pages of puzzles, history, pop culture references, all to find out that the conclusion of this book sums up to be the equivalent of some cheesy musing like, “the answer was inside you all the time”.
Tuesday Mooney Wore Black is a novel about what happens an eccentric billionaire creates a game for people to try and win his fortune after his death. Tuesday Mooney is weird, a woman who wears black and works investigating donors for a hospital. She's closed off even from her closest friend Dex, who works in finance but really loves karaoke and performing. When Tuesday finds out about the game, she can't help but be drawn into the puzzle, but as well as the game, there's the mysterious eldest son of a wealthy Boston family who had a strange connection to the dead man to investigate, but who also seems to have teamed up with Tuesday to try and solve it all. Surely everyone can't find what they're looking for in the game?
The novel was a surprise, something that was a lot more fun and gripping to read than it seemed it might be. Tuesday is a notable protagonist, but it was the supporting characters—Dex, Archie, Dorry—who felt most interesting, and it was good to get insights into their lives and thoughts as the novel unfolded. The narrative follows the playing of the game, but beneath the quirky surface of the unraveling secrets and weird characters, there's an undercurrent of emotion, looking at grief, coping methods, and finding and being yourself. The writing style is light and readable, and it's the kind of book that allows you to escape into the story and characters.
Full of revelations and a literary reference game around Boston, this is a book that makes a good light read, with an enjoyable plot and characters. In some ways, it feels like it takes some of the elements of a YA novel, like character and detail, and transport them into an adult novel where the characters are still a bit lost, but just no longer as teenagers. Its quirkiness might feel a bit forced to some, but it's a good testament to people being who they want to be.
The novel was a surprise, something that was a lot more fun and gripping to read than it seemed it might be. Tuesday is a notable protagonist, but it was the supporting characters—Dex, Archie, Dorry—who felt most interesting, and it was good to get insights into their lives and thoughts as the novel unfolded. The narrative follows the playing of the game, but beneath the quirky surface of the unraveling secrets and weird characters, there's an undercurrent of emotion, looking at grief, coping methods, and finding and being yourself. The writing style is light and readable, and it's the kind of book that allows you to escape into the story and characters.
Full of revelations and a literary reference game around Boston, this is a book that makes a good light read, with an enjoyable plot and characters. In some ways, it feels like it takes some of the elements of a YA novel, like character and detail, and transport them into an adult novel where the characters are still a bit lost, but just no longer as teenagers. Its quirkiness might feel a bit forced to some, but it's a good testament to people being who they want to be.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No