A review by rwhickey
The Big Rewind by Libby Cudmore

2.0

Although this is a breezy read, it's not as fun as it should be, based on its premise. A Brooklyn-based hipster living in her grandmother's rent-controlled apartment intends to give her neighbor a mixed tape that she accidentally received, only to discover her body. She hopes to find killer through that tape, but her hunt sets her off on a journey through her own romantic past and its soundtrack. Unfortunately, the dual threads of the narrative lack drive and never really gel, while the setting and the narrator's voice feel forced. The name-dropping of locations and pop-culture references is over-the-top and kept throwing me out of the story instead of connecting me to it. And for an alleged music obsessive, amateur sleuth Jett has pretty pedestrian tastes.