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A review by amycoles
Broomsticks and Burials by Lily Webb
2.0
Since I was looking for a light mystery to listen to on my way to work, I thought that a cozy mystery could be perfect (this was my first ever cozy mystery)!
I kinda saw this coming, but I wasn't a huge fan. For one, I kept forgetting that the MC was 21 years old - she just seriously sounded like she was written by an older person trying to sound young. The host of cliches and outdated expressions used just really made me feel disconnected from the story and MC in general. In addition, the MC's personality was annoyingly headstrong - in a way where she was consistently pushy and every other character would say "this girl's persistent - I like that", when that pushiness often came across as arrogant, misplaced, or straight up rude.
I did, however, enjoy how fast paced and simply plotted the mystery was. There were lots of plot conveniences and not-completely-believable logic jumps. Sometimes characters would confidently come to a conclusion about a clue, when there could really be so many other possibilities, and at other times characters would be so obtuse about seeing what's right in front of them!
Overall, this was okay, but much too cliche and convenient for my taste. Maybe cozy mysteries just aren't my thing.
2/5
I kinda saw this coming, but I wasn't a huge fan. For one, I kept forgetting that the MC was 21 years old - she just seriously sounded like she was written by an older person trying to sound young. The host of cliches and outdated expressions used just really made me feel disconnected from the story and MC in general. In addition, the MC's personality was annoyingly headstrong - in a way where she was consistently pushy and every other character would say "this girl's persistent - I like that", when that pushiness often came across as arrogant, misplaced, or straight up rude.
I did, however, enjoy how fast paced and simply plotted the mystery was. There were lots of plot conveniences and not-completely-believable logic jumps. Sometimes characters would confidently come to a conclusion about a clue, when there could really be so many other possibilities, and at other times characters would be so obtuse about seeing what's right in front of them!
Overall, this was okay, but much too cliche and convenient for my taste. Maybe cozy mysteries just aren't my thing.
2/5