h0neybeanz 's review for:

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

2.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I would have given this book a higher rating, but it had several technical issues. There were a handful of typos and wrongly used words that were missed in editing. I feel like a book needs to have proper spelling and grammar as a bare minimum. The quality of the writing suffered from heavy exposition early on, and in the latter half of the book, the author was so heavy-handed with the mystery that it seemed like he had no faith in the reader to ask questions or be interested in what was going on.

As a story, I found it to be a really fun read. The Last Murder at the End of the World is a really fresh take on the classic murder mystery, and it had me guessing as to who was responsible up until the last few chapters. I think the way the sci-fi elements were added gave the story a unique feel, and having the narrator be a character who interacts with the other characters in the story was a brilliant choice. I wish I could give this book a higher rating, but The Last Murder at the End of the World reads like a last-minute draft that was submitted the day before a deadline, and after reading the author's note at the end, I understand why.