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A review by directorpurry
Who Done It? by Jon Scieszka
3.0
Who Done It? is a quick, light anthology about murder.
Specifically one murder - all the authors are suspects of murdering their editor. Filled with YA stars, you're bound to recognize at least a couple of names from the list of over 80 authors.
Much of this anthology felt like a writing exercise. Each author was given the victim and a place and needed to write their alibi around that. But there was no given cause of death, so it varied from piece to piece. It was fun to read once but I doubt I would feel the need to pick this up again - definitely a grab from your library rather than a purchase. For what it is, short pieces with minimal prompts in a charitable publication, it's enjoyable. But the story isn't that deep and the facts don't overlap. You couldn't "solve" the murder if you wanted to (Which I think would have been a ton of fun!). More to the point, as someone who isn't especially versed in contemporary YA (I'm more of a paranormal YA person tbh.) there were a LOT of names I didn't recognize or had never read. I only knew about 7 or 8 of the authors, where as if I had know 20 or 30, I would have had a really good time.
Overall, it's enjoyable, especially if you're a big fan of any of the authors, but don't go looking for anything too deep.
Specifically one murder - all the authors are suspects of murdering their editor. Filled with YA stars, you're bound to recognize at least a couple of names from the list of over 80 authors.
Much of this anthology felt like a writing exercise. Each author was given the victim and a place and needed to write their alibi around that. But there was no given cause of death, so it varied from piece to piece. It was fun to read once but I doubt I would feel the need to pick this up again - definitely a grab from your library rather than a purchase. For what it is, short pieces with minimal prompts in a charitable publication, it's enjoyable. But the story isn't that deep and the facts don't overlap. You couldn't "solve" the murder if you wanted to (Which I think would have been a ton of fun!). More to the point, as someone who isn't especially versed in contemporary YA (I'm more of a paranormal YA person tbh.) there were a LOT of names I didn't recognize or had never read. I only knew about 7 or 8 of the authors, where as if I had know 20 or 30, I would have had a really good time.
Overall, it's enjoyable, especially if you're a big fan of any of the authors, but don't go looking for anything too deep.