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A review by booksamongstfriends
Blood and Mascara by Colin Krainin
3.0
I was really looking forward to this read. The synopsis, title, and cover had me hooked and looking forward to some noir detective vibes! Unfortunately, I fell asleep every time I picked this read up. I did not finish this book.
This book felt like it had so much potential but burned way too slow and leaned too far into its noir-esque delivery at some points. I found myself losing interest. As we’re getting a story from different perspectives, some voices are stronger than others and even more distracting. I can say the author took their time to build out small moments with the characters. But in a book already running at a snail's pace, I think some of these moments should’ve been left out.
I think this could even be more interesting as a show. But for me, getting over 50% into the book and still feeling like I’m being presented with so much irrelevant information to sift through and still very little mystery or action has occurred was very disappointing.
Thanks to NetGalley & Pulp Lit for this digital ARC.
This book felt like it had so much potential but burned way too slow and leaned too far into its noir-esque delivery at some points. I found myself losing interest. As we’re getting a story from different perspectives, some voices are stronger than others and even more distracting. I can say the author took their time to build out small moments with the characters. But in a book already running at a snail's pace, I think some of these moments should’ve been left out.
I think this could even be more interesting as a show. But for me, getting over 50% into the book and still feeling like I’m being presented with so much irrelevant information to sift through and still very little mystery or action has occurred was very disappointing.
Thanks to NetGalley & Pulp Lit for this digital ARC.