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A review by thiskiwi03
E-Girl Unplugged: A Fast-Paced British Crime Thriller by Adi Flynn, Adi Flynn
4.0
3.5stars
This is an arc and is due to be released in January, 2024. Thank you so much to the author for giving me a copy, I really appreciate it.
We follow a dual perspective and timeline to figure out what has happened to a kidnapped punk rock superstar spanning back and forwards within 11 months.
Charlie, Rebecca, Ashley, and Clive makeup the Charlie Chan & Co detective agency. It was fun and unique to read about this group of people in their 20s (and clive) solving these cases.
Positives: I thought it was a really fun read. I usually don’t like the whole dual perspective/timeline dynamic, but in this case it worked really well. I loved the banter between the team and think Ash is the best thing ever. For me the dynamic reminded me a bit of Nancy Drew, or even Famous Five grown up.
I liked the way the team figured out where Emefa was and I think Adi was clever in leaving little clues as to what would be the ultimate clue that led them to her.
The one critique I do have is that I felt like there were two adventures and stories being told. This distracted from the main story, at least from the blurb of the book. The team gets an ‘infidelity case’ which is investigated periodically throughout the book, which leads to something a whole lot bigger in the long run. However, it has nothing to do with this kidnapping case. And so in that way, I think it didn’t need to be there. I think that case should be its own book. The space could have been used to flesh out the characters a bit more, maybe speak more to Charlie’s side investigation…
Overall this was a really fun read. It came to me at the perfect time where I was in a bit of a reading slump, and it pulled me right out. I will do a re-read of this again in future!
Characters: 3
Plot: 4
World: 3
Re-readablility: 4
Average: 3.5
This is an arc and is due to be released in January, 2024. Thank you so much to the author for giving me a copy, I really appreciate it.
We follow a dual perspective and timeline to figure out what has happened to a kidnapped punk rock superstar spanning back and forwards within 11 months.
Charlie, Rebecca, Ashley, and Clive makeup the Charlie Chan & Co detective agency. It was fun and unique to read about this group of people in their 20s (and clive) solving these cases.
Positives: I thought it was a really fun read. I usually don’t like the whole dual perspective/timeline dynamic, but in this case it worked really well. I loved the banter between the team and think Ash is the best thing ever. For me the dynamic reminded me a bit of Nancy Drew, or even Famous Five grown up.
I liked the way the team figured out where Emefa was and I think Adi was clever in leaving little clues as to what would be the ultimate clue that led them to her.
The one critique I do have is that I felt like there were two adventures and stories being told. This distracted from the main story, at least from the blurb of the book. The team gets an ‘infidelity case’ which is investigated periodically throughout the book, which leads to something a whole lot bigger in the long run. However, it has nothing to do with this kidnapping case. And so in that way, I think it didn’t need to be there. I think that case should be its own book. The space could have been used to flesh out the characters a bit more, maybe speak more to Charlie’s side investigation…
Overall this was a really fun read. It came to me at the perfect time where I was in a bit of a reading slump, and it pulled me right out. I will do a re-read of this again in future!
Characters: 3
Plot: 4
World: 3
Re-readablility: 4
Average: 3.5