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A review by the_bookubus
The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
3.0
Every time Molly bleeds a duplicate version of her is created which she has to kill before it kills her.
While the concept of this story is brilliant I'm not sure if the story lived up to the concept and I ended up feeling like I wanted to like it more than I actually did. There were times when things didn't really make sense or things felt way too convenient. Also, the storytelling style is told in fragmented vignettes over a period of years which I found made it hard to connect with. These things frequently took me out of the story and I never got fully immersed in it. I wonder if the novella length really works for this story and if it might have worked better as either being stripped down to a short story or further developed into a novel. Even though there were some negative aspects for me there were still elements here that I really liked and I did still enjoy reading it overall so I would try more by this author.
While the concept of this story is brilliant I'm not sure if the story lived up to the concept and I ended up feeling like I wanted to like it more than I actually did. There were times when things didn't really make sense or things felt way too convenient. Also, the storytelling style is told in fragmented vignettes over a period of years which I found made it hard to connect with. These things frequently took me out of the story and I never got fully immersed in it. I wonder if the novella length really works for this story and if it might have worked better as either being stripped down to a short story or further developed into a novel. Even though there were some negative aspects for me there were still elements here that I really liked and I did still enjoy reading it overall so I would try more by this author.