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alexatthelake 's review for:
A Death at the Party
by Amy Stuart
What the... what was this book? There were SO many things happening in the beginning of this book, yet it somehow felt so slow and boring I thought a few times I was going to quit. The prologue had immediately intrigued me and I obviously needed to know who did what and why, but I struggled to care through probably the first 70% of the book before it really started to get good.
A Death At The Party takes place over the course of a full day, which I'm thinking is a problem in itself for me and books, but it literally was A PLAY BY PLAY of every single thing the MC did during the day and I just wanted to skim through all of it. I guess it was buildup but it was boring and I felt like so much of it was unnecessary. The pay off with the reveal at the end was really good, even if it was fairly predictable, which is why I'm giving this book 3 stars and not 1.5. I'll definitely be giving this author another shot, but this one was not my favourite.
A Death At The Party takes place over the course of a full day, which I'm thinking is a problem in itself for me and books, but it literally was A PLAY BY PLAY of every single thing the MC did during the day and I just wanted to skim through all of it. I guess it was buildup but it was boring and I felt like so much of it was unnecessary. The pay off with the reveal at the end was really good, even if it was fairly predictable, which is why I'm giving this book 3 stars and not 1.5. I'll definitely be giving this author another shot, but this one was not my favourite.