A review by _chelseachelsea
How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Cringey beginning, decently entertaining middle, TERRIBLE ending. Atrocious. Falls flat and leaves you unsatisfied in so many ways. I’m genuinely mad that I trudged through the over-drawn third act (that literally goes ON and ON) just to be slapped in the face with a rushed, RIDICULOUS and unearned final twist.

So many abandoned storylines! So many unneeded characters!

What emotional tie are we supposed to have to Millie and Eli when we barely interact with them the whole book? What happened to Wes if he wasn’t listed as one of Owen’s “victims” at the end? What the actual f*ck was going on with Final Girl? Why would Claire want to kill Millie and Eli anyway? She wasn’t displaying any controlling or obsessive behaviors toward her sister the whole book and then all of a sudden she’s Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction? And why spend an entire book building up this emotional conflict for Alice about whether it’s right to undo her sister’s death, just to yank the rug out from under any minute character development she achieved?

Do yourself a favor and just read a Kara Thomas book instead. This thing sucked.