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katelyn11 's review for:
A Most Puzzling Murder
by Bianca Marais
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
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:
Yes
I enjoyed this! It was a fun, immersive story that allowed the reader to join Destiny as she solves riddles and clues to find the murderer. The puzzles were adequately challenging, and the reveals were always within the reader’s grasp—just the right sort of mystery.
A Most Puzzling Murder was satisfying, oddly fun in its puzzle-solving, and deeply emotional as the reader joins its characters in their emotional responses to their various traumas. I appreciated that Destiny, though brilliant, was a physically average sort of person, representing the overweight population with sincerity.
The book deals with mature themes such as grief and loss, the death of a parent and child, mental illness, depression, murder, and eating disorders. For these reasons, an adult audience is recommended. Themes of power and control, grief and loss, and death and immortality run through the story with grace and tact.
Bianca Marais did well with this one. I would certainly recommend it to others. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.
A Most Puzzling Murder was satisfying, oddly fun in its puzzle-solving, and deeply emotional as the reader joins its characters in their emotional responses to their various traumas. I appreciated that Destiny, though brilliant, was a physically average sort of person, representing the overweight population with sincerity.
The book deals with mature themes such as grief and loss, the death of a parent and child, mental illness, depression, murder, and eating disorders. For these reasons, an adult audience is recommended. Themes of power and control, grief and loss, and death and immortality run through the story with grace and tact.
Bianca Marais did well with this one. I would certainly recommend it to others. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Pregnancy, Abandonment
Heavy emotional content including grief, loss, death of a parent, death of a child, mental illness, depression, and abandonment. Profanity: 2 uses of f*ck.