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A review by cross_a16
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book was tough for me to rate. There was a lot that I liked about it, and a bit I didn’t like about it, so I landed on 3.5.
I really love dystopian books and so this plot was a good fit for me. I found it intriguing, and I enjoyed the picture the author painted of the future world(even if it was not a good future 😳). There were plot twists that I thought were really clever, and I really loved the end. The last 2 minutes of the audiobook really enhanced the entire story.
However, I did find this book to be a bit difficult to follow. There are A LOT of characters with a lot of different relationships, and it was really difficult to keep everyone straight. I found myself having to piece the story together at times because I just couldn’t follow it all. I was confused for the first two thirds of the book because I could not figure out who the narrator was. There were certain aspects of this new world that I wish had been elaborated on a bit more, and some of the pacing was slow. The last quarter of the book felt like hot potato, and every single character felt like a suspect in this whodunnit.
The narrator did a good job, but I wish a female narrator had been chosen. It didn’t really make sense to me that a man was chosen to narrate this book!
Overall, this book was intriguing and entertaining. This was a highly anticipated release for me and I was a bit disappointed in the execution of this story, but I still enjoyed it, for the most part.
Thank you to Netgalley and Tantor Audio for the gifted copy of this audiobook!
I really love dystopian books and so this plot was a good fit for me. I found it intriguing, and I enjoyed the picture the author painted of the future world(even if it was not a good future 😳). There were plot twists that I thought were really clever, and I really loved the end. The last 2 minutes of the audiobook really enhanced the entire story.
However, I did find this book to be a bit difficult to follow. There are A LOT of characters with a lot of different relationships, and it was really difficult to keep everyone straight. I found myself having to piece the story together at times because I just couldn’t follow it all. I was confused for the first two thirds of the book because I could not figure out who the narrator was. There were certain aspects of this new world that I wish had been elaborated on a bit more, and some of the pacing was slow. The last quarter of the book felt like hot potato, and every single character felt like a suspect in this whodunnit.
The narrator did a good job, but I wish a female narrator had been chosen. It didn’t really make sense to me that a man was chosen to narrate this book!
Overall, this book was intriguing and entertaining. This was a highly anticipated release for me and I was a bit disappointed in the execution of this story, but I still enjoyed it, for the most part.
Thank you to Netgalley and Tantor Audio for the gifted copy of this audiobook!