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A review by michellethebookcritic
A Glimmer of Death by Valerie Wilson Wesley
3.0
A Glimmer of Death is a short, sweet cozy mystery revolving around a death of a cruel con man who had many enemies (need I say so myself).
It was an emergency goal of mine to look for the quickest entertainment I could find. After all, life does get boring, ya know? ;-;
Anyway, it was slow, (but) addicting to read. I finished it in a week and here are my thoughts that I've gathered:
Dessa is a good main character, she's not like your typical detective. She isn't smart asf and that's what makes her relatable. I gotta say as much as I love smart people and smartness in general, I couldn't understand them sometimes. It's just that feeling.
The mystery was kinda boring... I already sensed that the author would do that certain technique where she makes a certain person look guilty and then make it someone else entirely. This happens in most mystery books so I'm not surprised. I wasn't into it.
All in all, I rated it three stars because it was a decent book. Ofc not a masterpiece but not absolute trash either. Definitely pick it up if you're bored and you have nothing to do.
EDIT: The ending is actually pretty bad! Don't expect things to be resolved slowly- the ending is like 3 pages long and that's it. I honestly think the author could have done better.
After all, everyone seemed sus. It wasn't surprising to have the murderer be one of the sus people.
Too short of an ending and just not of a good one...
It was an emergency goal of mine to look for the quickest entertainment I could find. After all, life does get boring, ya know? ;-;
Anyway, it was slow, (but) addicting to read. I finished it in a week and here are my thoughts that I've gathered:
Dessa is a good main character, she's not like your typical detective. She isn't smart asf and that's what makes her relatable. I gotta say as much as I love smart people and smartness in general, I couldn't understand them sometimes. It's just that feeling.
The mystery was kinda boring... I already sensed that the author would do that certain technique where she makes a certain person look guilty and then make it someone else entirely. This happens in most mystery books so I'm not surprised. I wasn't into it.
All in all, I rated it three stars because it was a decent book. Ofc not a masterpiece but not absolute trash either. Definitely pick it up if you're bored and you have nothing to do.
EDIT: The ending is actually pretty bad! Don't expect things to be resolved slowly- the ending is like 3 pages long and that's it. I honestly think the author could have done better.
After all, everyone seemed sus. It wasn't surprising to have the murderer be one of the sus people.
Too short of an ending and just not of a good one...