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A review by the_peg
The Bone Jar by S.W. Kane
3.0
Leaning between 2 & 3 stars. It was okay but not great. It's a fast paced crime mystery set in an instantly interested setting of an abandoned asylum that has all of the hallmarks of a haunted place. I appreciated the scene setting and how as the investigation progressed we opened more questions. It was gratifying that almost all of the questions raised were answered.
My only compliant was that while there were relatively few characters, they were REALLY intertwined. You really did have to pay attention to who was who, who was sleeping with who, who was whose father/mother/sister/cousin/child, who killed who and why... etc. So while the end was twisty and validating to get to the conclusion... there were a couple of loops that frankly felt unnecessarily and complicated for the sake of having "another twist".
I didn't realize that this was the first of a series when I started, so it makes sense that that we ended on more of a cliff hanger about the detective that felt wholly unnecessary at the time. I don't know if I'll return to the series, but it was a quick and captivating read.
My only compliant was that while there were relatively few characters, they were REALLY intertwined. You really did have to pay attention to who was who, who was sleeping with who, who was whose father/mother/sister/cousin/child, who killed who and why... etc. So while the end was twisty and validating to get to the conclusion... there were a couple of loops that frankly felt unnecessarily and complicated for the sake of having "another twist".
I didn't realize that this was the first of a series when I started, so it makes sense that that we ended on more of a cliff hanger about the detective that felt wholly unnecessary at the time. I don't know if I'll return to the series, but it was a quick and captivating read.