saturnus 's review for:

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

2.0

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pretty mediocre twists and writing. it's on me that i expected a more exciting story because i read the tags that said "mystery" and "thriller", and those two aren't my usual genre preferences so it was another new experience and i was hoping to be welcomed by a good story at least. this book kept me guessing and guessing yes it's true, but in the end, the revealing part was poorly executed and i couldn't shake the feeling that i was disappointed. besides, the background story of literally everything sounded a bit feeble and not strong enough to be added to the plot, it made me less assured and doubtful. thanks to the gripping start of the book, it dissuaded me from giving a 1 star rating. although i'm not familiar with mystery books, i still think that hwfa lacked some thrilling points that many mystery books have, it'd be much better if it has well-built plot and twists.