kchamp 's review for:

Greenglass House by Kate Milford

2.5

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After picking this book up in my library and reading the back cover, I thought I was going to like it, but I was disappointed. I quickly lost track of what the actual ‘mystery’ to be solved even was, and to be honest I didn’t care much by the end. This book was also way longer than it needed to be, and could have been edited down to be a more effective and focused narrative. So much of the dialogue felt unnecessary and did nothing to move the story along. Overall I didn’t feel like the author trusted the reader to put things together on their own, and over-explained everything. (Side note: the constant use of “he or she” when a singular “they” would do really grated on me.) Also, this book is so slow-paced and ‘cozy’ and then all of a sudden it escalates with gun violence at the end? What is that about?

I felt like I could see what the author was attempting, I just don’t think it was executed (or edited) that well.