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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
Tuesday works as a researcher for a hospital. She researches rich donors to see what tactics might make them donate more money. She is a loner with 2 friends, the gay best friend, Dex, and the precocious teen, Dory, who idolizes her. At a charity even a rich man, Vincent Pryce, dies in front of her and a city-wide scavenger hunt begins because he devises a game to give away his money. Tuesday has a black sheep of the family who has returned to town (and lived next to the dead man) as her scavenger hunt partner plus Dex and Dorry. Tuesday is good at this plus she and her crew have their own ghosts. (Here is when she was 16 her best friend disappeared). Her rich bad boy’s dad disappeared and Dorry’s mom died several years ago. The hunt is fun. The characters seem real even if a bit scripted.
This was exactly what I needed to read right now. Like a Westing Game for Gen X adults, filled with characters you forget are fictional and that you would love to be friends with in real life.
This book was not as fun as I hoped. The premise- eccentric Poe-loving billionaire sets up a scavenger hunt in his will- is good, but the game itself didn't live up to it's potential. There's a lot of character introspection, but nothing ever really got me invested in the characters.
The kind of book I always hope for when I open to page 1.
I had a great time listening to this book, which reminded me of a grown up version of [b:The Westing Game|902|The Westing Game|Ellen Raskin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1356850909l/902._SX50_.jpg|869832].
3.5 stars for an enjoyable, quirky romp. I picked it up because it seemed like it might be reminiscent of [b:The Westing Game|902|The Westing Game|Ellen Raskin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1356850909l/902._SX50_.jpg|869832], but it felt to me more like an episode of Warehouse 13. There's a lot going on and the ending is problematic, but overall a fun, distracting read that lifted my spirits.
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. By and large, the characters were very appealing and the plot well paced. I had hoped for a little more development of the characters, but it enjoyable nonetheless.
I blew thru this book in about 3 days, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I have seen it referred to in the same breath as The Westing Game, and I can see that, but it's more about what it means to have friends as an adult, and how hard and how important that is. Yes, the story is based around a puzzle, and yes, it has to sacrifice some clockwork precision to the necessary machinations of, say, a plot, but it is a great read, especially at this slowly dusking time of year.
An adventure from beginning to end, surprises up until the last, vivid characters. A+
I picked this book up at my local library’s used book sale section for $1. It sounded so promising - a fmc in her 30’s with a black cat personality, a treasure hunt for the whole city, eccentric best friends, ghosts, the general spookiness of Boston in October (or at least what I imagine is the general spookiness of Boston in October)…. Anyway, it started off great but soon felt like too many cooks were in the kitchen and the writing style kept me from connecting to anyone or anything in this book. It didn’t feel cohesive and most of what I was reading didn’t feel relevant. When the big twists were revealed, my brain was too jumbled to care about them.
I will say that this was a cool concept for a book and that’s why I kept reading. Parts of it were pretty fun and humorous, others were (very briefly) deep and special.
I will say that this was a cool concept for a book and that’s why I kept reading. Parts of it were pretty fun and humorous, others were (very briefly) deep and special.