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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
So...not what I was expecting. Which is too bad, because the story I thought I would read (you know, the one in the title and the description) would have been awesome. Instead this is a shaggy dog that at once doesn't totally fit together and at the same time is too tidy.
There are SO many moving parts, so many characters with tragic backstories, and also some rich people nonsense which makes money feel illusory and blunts the stakes of the treasure hunt at the center.
For instance - at one point there is a filing cabinet with a number of folders containing clues, plus in total well over half a million dollars...and the trustworthy people of Boston kindly only take one folder per team. I just couldn't buy it. A game like this would get so cutthroat (does anyone remember the first season of Survivor?!), but in the end the treasure hunt didn't matter much because the ending was so bizarre as to be completely unpredictable.
Ultimately, too literary and not quite enough of a mystery.
Received a copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
There are SO many moving parts, so many characters with tragic backstories, and also some rich people nonsense which makes money feel illusory and blunts the stakes of the treasure hunt at the center.
For instance - at one point there is a filing cabinet with a number of folders containing clues, plus in total well over half a million dollars...and the trustworthy people of Boston kindly only take one folder per team. I just couldn't buy it. A game like this would get so cutthroat (does anyone remember the first season of Survivor?!), but in the end the treasure hunt didn't matter much because the ending was so bizarre as to be completely unpredictable.
Ultimately, too literary and not quite enough of a mystery.
Received a copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
adventurous
mysterious
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a mystery novel with a lavish sprinkling of humour and spooky-ness thrown in. It’s really enjoyable.
Tuesday Mooney works in a hospital. She researches individuals, rich people, in order to enable the hospital to campaign, set up events targeting them as potential donors. She’s good at it, Tuesday loves a puzzle. That’s why she spends time taking part in quizzes with her ex-colleague and good friend Dev.
It’s at one such event that Vincent Pryce, one of the billionaires attending, drops dead. He was looking towards Tuesday and the man – Nathaniel Arches – she was talking to when it happened. Dev had just been chatting with him and his wife. He thought that Vince and Tuesday would get along so well.
Dev’s a lot of fun and he’s the one that tells Tuesday about the treasure hunt. A rather strange obituary for Vincent has stated that a number of the treasure hunters will find, ‘win’, part of his fortune! Dev knows Tuesday won’t be able to resist the idea of working out the clues.
Then the wealthy Nathaniel Arches, Archie – the man she was talking to at the event, contacts Tuesday to ‘partner’ up so they, along with a young neighbour of Tuesdays, start to solve the clues. And so it begins!
This book has humour, mystery, charm and yet is able to gently address various difficult relationship issues whilst still getting the issue across very well. More than this it is also about healing and building better relationships.
I really liked this book – the characters Tuesday, Dev etc., are very endearing. The plot is fun and yet is very tense in places. It moves along at a really good pace and has that bit of difference that makes the book worth reading. I look forward to reading more about Tuesday, Dev and the others and would recommend this book to anyone.
Thanks
I received an email from from Rachel Quin at HarperCollins – ‘I wanted to share an exclusive invite to read Tuesday Mooney Wore Black, the witty and riveting UK debut by Kate Racculia‘. Whilst, due to personal reasons, I wasn’t sure when I would be able to put up a post I was thrilled to receive an eBook* for review for which I would like to thank Rachel and HarperCollins.
(* I have also purchased a copy.)
Tuesday Mooney works in a hospital. She researches individuals, rich people, in order to enable the hospital to campaign, set up events targeting them as potential donors. She’s good at it, Tuesday loves a puzzle. That’s why she spends time taking part in quizzes with her ex-colleague and good friend Dev.
It’s at one such event that Vincent Pryce, one of the billionaires attending, drops dead. He was looking towards Tuesday and the man – Nathaniel Arches – she was talking to when it happened. Dev had just been chatting with him and his wife. He thought that Vince and Tuesday would get along so well.
Dev’s a lot of fun and he’s the one that tells Tuesday about the treasure hunt. A rather strange obituary for Vincent has stated that a number of the treasure hunters will find, ‘win’, part of his fortune! Dev knows Tuesday won’t be able to resist the idea of working out the clues.
Then the wealthy Nathaniel Arches, Archie – the man she was talking to at the event, contacts Tuesday to ‘partner’ up so they, along with a young neighbour of Tuesdays, start to solve the clues. And so it begins!
This book has humour, mystery, charm and yet is able to gently address various difficult relationship issues whilst still getting the issue across very well. More than this it is also about healing and building better relationships.
I really liked this book – the characters Tuesday, Dev etc., are very endearing. The plot is fun and yet is very tense in places. It moves along at a really good pace and has that bit of difference that makes the book worth reading. I look forward to reading more about Tuesday, Dev and the others and would recommend this book to anyone.
Thanks
I received an email from from Rachel Quin at HarperCollins – ‘I wanted to share an exclusive invite to read Tuesday Mooney Wore Black, the witty and riveting UK debut by Kate Racculia‘. Whilst, due to personal reasons, I wasn’t sure when I would be able to put up a post I was thrilled to receive an eBook* for review for which I would like to thank Rachel and HarperCollins.
(* I have also purchased a copy.)
emotional
funny
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:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Thanks to the publisher, via Netgalley, for an advance e-galley for honest review.
If you're looking for the perfect fall, slightly Halloween-y book, this is just the one to pick up. Tuesday is just slightly weird- an introvert with a secret ghost she talks to and few real life friends. But thanks to her job and her closest friend, Dex, she's about to get embroiled in a bizarre, Poe-influenced game set up by a recently deceased wealthy eccentric to possibly earn part of his fortune. It's slightly funny and slightly morbid and just thoroughly enjoyable. I found this to be entirely pleasant reading.
If you're looking for the perfect fall, slightly Halloween-y book, this is just the one to pick up. Tuesday is just slightly weird- an introvert with a secret ghost she talks to and few real life friends. But thanks to her job and her closest friend, Dex, she's about to get embroiled in a bizarre, Poe-influenced game set up by a recently deceased wealthy eccentric to possibly earn part of his fortune. It's slightly funny and slightly morbid and just thoroughly enjoyable. I found this to be entirely pleasant reading.