A review by marisas1985
Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill

challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

3 stars. Got this as an ARC from Netgalley. It has some 13 characters named early on, a lot of French (ok on Kindle to translate but still a pain) and the names have no flow. As a result of so many characters plus their nicknames, it was hard to follow especially in the first 60%. I nearly DNF'd as a result of this. I'm happy I didn't as it was good once I finally was able to lock in, but it was somehow too much and too little all at once. A locked in murder mystery on the Orient Express infamous train with a lot of references to Hitchcock and Agatha Christie. It simply felt a bit like overkill or a remake of a Christie novel.