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A review by jenbsbooks
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
5.0
It's been over a year since I read this (original review below). I have remembered it fondly, and it was picked as a book club pick, so I did a re-read. As much as I adored the audio, I went with the Kindle copy this round, so I could take notes as needed. I didn't remember everything, I had a vague memory of the "murder reveal" and the characters. Many things came back to me as I read.
I made some notes this time (easier with Kindle than audio) and also enjoyed looking over all the notes saved by others here on Goodreads. Posted a question regarding Oliver ... in Chap13 it indicates that he heard about Marshal and Julia's wedding after it happened and sent a card/didn't hear back. Then in chapter 33 as he's getting ready to dress up for dinner, he pulls out his suit that "he hadn't worn since Marshall and Julia's wedding" ...
It will be interesting to see how the book club discussion goes. I'm generally the most talkative! I do have all these notes now, Jen's Notebook (like Vera's notebook).
In audio - the chapters in the TOC showed the POV (Vera, Julia, Riki, Sana, Oliver - Vera's notebook). I really appreciate when authors include a header indicating the POV. Yes, the reader CAN figure it out eventually, but it's so much nicer when we know and have it documented! The TOC in Kindle showed the notebook sections (as they are between chapters, but then it's just a basic chronological listing of the chapters. I can't understand why the POV isn't also listed on the chapters in the Kindle copy. I don't have a physical copy ... my guess is it doesn't even have a TOC, as is the millennial style. In the olden days, books had a nice Table of Contents!
More proFanity than I remembered (Kindle count x 25) as well as some other more minor "swears".
Original review HERE
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8a0405cb-433d-4436-9643-9ceb507bab5c
I made some notes this time (easier with Kindle than audio) and also enjoyed looking over all the notes saved by others here on Goodreads. Posted a question regarding Oliver ... in Chap13 it indicates that he heard about Marshal and Julia's wedding after it happened and sent a card/didn't hear back. Then in chapter 33 as he's getting ready to dress up for dinner, he pulls out his suit that "he hadn't worn since Marshall and Julia's wedding" ...
It will be interesting to see how the book club discussion goes. I'm generally the most talkative! I do have all these notes now, Jen's Notebook (like Vera's notebook).
In audio - the chapters in the TOC showed the POV (Vera, Julia, Riki, Sana, Oliver - Vera's notebook). I really appreciate when authors include a header indicating the POV. Yes, the reader CAN figure it out eventually, but it's so much nicer when we know and have it documented! The TOC in Kindle showed the notebook sections (as they are between chapters, but then it's just a basic chronological listing of the chapters. I can't understand why the POV isn't also listed on the chapters in the Kindle copy. I don't have a physical copy ... my guess is it doesn't even have a TOC, as is the millennial style. In the olden days, books had a nice Table of Contents!
More proFanity than I remembered (Kindle count x 25) as well as some other more minor "swears".
Original review HERE
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8a0405cb-433d-4436-9643-9ceb507bab5c