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A review by undervmountain
Let's Play Murder by Kesia Lupo
dark
tense
fast-paced
2.0
This story was going so well, the mash up of Ready Player One and Evelyn Hardcastle was incredibly well used, with a group of teenagers finding themselves trapped in a VR game, set in a mansion house with a murder mystery to solve before they can leave - potentially with a life changing amount of money.
Unfortunately, the ending let this book down so badly I was going to rate this 3 stars, until I started to mull over the other problems with this story and ended up deciding on a 2 star rating. The ending uses two of my least favourite tropes, and while I appreciated the Agatha Christie reference, I left feeling frustrated.
The other problem this story had was the complete lack of answers about how the game worked, who was running it, and exactly why the game seemed to be glitching so badly. I wanted more time spent on the actual mystery, but we only got a few scenes with the NPCs and I didn't feel the story wanted to be more of a slasher horror, whereas I wanted to stay and fully immerse myself in the game.
Unfortunately, the ending let this book down so badly I was going to rate this 3 stars, until I started to mull over the other problems with this story and ended up deciding on a 2 star rating. The ending uses two of my least favourite tropes, and while I appreciated the Agatha Christie reference, I left feeling frustrated.
The other problem this story had was the complete lack of answers about how the game worked, who was running it, and exactly why the game seemed to be glitching so badly. I wanted more time spent on the actual mystery, but we only got a few scenes with the NPCs and I didn't feel the story wanted to be more of a slasher horror, whereas I wanted to stay and fully immerse myself in the game.