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A review by litwithleigh
Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay
3.0
Writing: 4/5 | Plot: 3/5 | Ending: what in tf ????
THE PLOT
Famous Netflix doc, Making a Murderer + classic FBI procedural + a lil splish splash of everything else = Every Last Fear.
Matt is already struggling with his brother, Danny, being in jail for life for murdering his gf. But wait—how about the rest of your family being murdered in Mexico on vacation? Matt and the FBI dig into the murders of his family and Danny's past conviction to unravel the truth.
MY OPINION
I'm assuming this was inspired by the Making a Murderer doc? Correct me if I'm wrong. There are several parallels between the two, but enough differences as well (such as the whole family getting wiped out in Mexico).
Writing on point. Pacing on point. Intrigue on point. Ending....... on zero. This was a plane read and I was hooked from the start. (Poor Matt though, hope he gets free therapy for life). I wanted answers, but I didn't like them LOL.
OK I'M GOING TO WRITE ABOUT SOME SPOILERS SO THIS IS YOUR WARNING TO SCROLL FURIOUSLY TO THE END IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK.
Ok. Spoilers time. The whole Mexico thing was over the top. Why couldn't they be lured back to Nebraska where the mom already was? It seems extremely far-fetched that someone would intentionally lure a family to another country just to get rid of them. There's certainly easier ways to go about this. And even though this is fiction, the author didn't do a good enough job explaining WHY they needed to be killed in Mexico vs. a corn field in Nebraska.
Also.... I'm TIREDT of the motive being teenage/young college love from 20 years ago. Can you just MOVE ON already? Damn. Holding onto some lusty emotions from when your brain was underdeveloped and deciding to commit several 25-to-life felonies is played out. Pls come up with something new.
The ending was everything and the kitchen sink. We have a politician in a cover up because he knocked up a teen but also wanted to get rid of the husband of his high school sweetheart?? I'm confusion. We have two DL boys caught in the act who decide covering up a murder is less scary than coming out? We have sexual abuse and pedophilia. We have hit men. We have professional "fixers." We have financial crimes. We have sugar babies. Am I missing anything?
Despite the ending being extra, I'll definitely be reading more Finlay books.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: Good writing, good pacing, good mystery
Cons: Ending was doing way too much
THE PLOT
Famous Netflix doc, Making a Murderer + classic FBI procedural + a lil splish splash of everything else = Every Last Fear.
Matt is already struggling with his brother, Danny, being in jail for life for murdering his gf. But wait—how about the rest of your family being murdered in Mexico on vacation? Matt and the FBI dig into the murders of his family and Danny's past conviction to unravel the truth.
MY OPINION
I'm assuming this was inspired by the Making a Murderer doc? Correct me if I'm wrong. There are several parallels between the two, but enough differences as well (such as the whole family getting wiped out in Mexico).
Writing on point. Pacing on point. Intrigue on point. Ending....... on zero. This was a plane read and I was hooked from the start. (Poor Matt though, hope he gets free therapy for life). I wanted answers, but I didn't like them LOL.
OK I'M GOING TO WRITE ABOUT SOME SPOILERS SO THIS IS YOUR WARNING TO SCROLL FURIOUSLY TO THE END IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK.
Ok. Spoilers time. The whole Mexico thing was over the top. Why couldn't they be lured back to Nebraska where the mom already was? It seems extremely far-fetched that someone would intentionally lure a family to another country just to get rid of them. There's certainly easier ways to go about this. And even though this is fiction, the author didn't do a good enough job explaining WHY they needed to be killed in Mexico vs. a corn field in Nebraska.
Also.... I'm TIREDT of the motive being teenage/young college love from 20 years ago. Can you just MOVE ON already? Damn. Holding onto some lusty emotions from when your brain was underdeveloped and deciding to commit several 25-to-life felonies is played out. Pls come up with something new.
The ending was everything and the kitchen sink. We have a politician in a cover up because he knocked up a teen but also wanted to get rid of the husband of his high school sweetheart?? I'm confusion. We have two DL boys caught in the act who decide covering up a murder is less scary than coming out? We have sexual abuse and pedophilia. We have hit men. We have professional "fixers." We have financial crimes. We have sugar babies. Am I missing anything?
Despite the ending being extra, I'll definitely be reading more Finlay books.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: Good writing, good pacing, good mystery
Cons: Ending was doing way too much