A review by ellieb_reads
This Is Not a Game by Kelly Mullen

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

I’m really striking out on thrillers this year, yikes! This was a quick and easy read, which was good because I was quite bored. The writing was very basic—repetitive, frequently cringey and cheesy, and struggling to evoke any suspense and tension. Only one of the main characters was interesting to me, and I was totally disinterested in the video game subplot. I liked the Mackinac Island setting and I can see what the author was going for with the Agatha Christie comparison. But this was a just dud (sorry).