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A review by novelsatnorthanger
Murder at the Mansion by Sheila Connolly
1.0
Is two stars too generous? The more I think about this book, the angrier I get. Kate is probably the most annoying, condescending, snob of a character I have ever read. All she did the entire book was (in her inner monologue) make fun of those who stayed in her hometown and look down on her "best" friend Lisbeth.
And the beef that this MC had with the person who was murdered was so dumb - HIGH SCHOOL WAS LIKE 15 PLUS YEARS AGO, GET OVER IT.
The only part I even remotely enjoyed of this was the historical aspect and even that was patchy at best. There were so many contradictions throughout the story and if you think about it too much the whole thing just crumbles. Also, why in the freaking world did everything have to be spoon-fed to our MC, you literally grew up in this town, and yet you remember NOTHING. Is this town freaking Derry from IT? Like, what is going on?????
The number of times I heard "no one knows what they made in the old factory in town" was ASTRONOMICAL. You're going to the library and doing research, if it was that prevalent to you, you should have searched it up. Or ask the "aging" library who is all of TWO YEARS older than you. You're in your 30s for Pete's sake!!!!!
DID I MENTION HOW RUDE OUR MAIN CHARACTER IS?
I think I just talked myself into one star.
And the beef that this MC had with the person who was murdered was so dumb - HIGH SCHOOL WAS LIKE 15 PLUS YEARS AGO, GET OVER IT.
The only part I even remotely enjoyed of this was the historical aspect and even that was patchy at best. There were so many contradictions throughout the story and if you think about it too much the whole thing just crumbles. Also, why in the freaking world did everything have to be spoon-fed to our MC, you literally grew up in this town, and yet you remember NOTHING. Is this town freaking Derry from IT? Like, what is going on?????
The number of times I heard "no one knows what they made in the old factory in town" was ASTRONOMICAL. You're going to the library and doing research, if it was that prevalent to you, you should have searched it up. Or ask the "aging" library who is all of TWO YEARS older than you. You're in your 30s for Pete's sake!!!!!
DID I MENTION HOW RUDE OUR MAIN CHARACTER IS?
I think I just talked myself into one star.