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A review by sirensaria
Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston
2.0
Okay, so I didn't HATE the book, but it definitely could have been better. I really wanted to like this book, really I did, but it was pretty hard to. While I knew going into the book that this was a feminist book, the feminism was all over the place and shoved down the reader's throat WAY too much. I found the sexism to be stereotypical to point of being ridiculous. It wasn't funny, it was just plain stupid. It grated on my nerves how over the top it was. In all honesty, I think I could have liked this book a whole lot more if it had been more subdued or more subtle. Literally the author hit you over the head with it repeatedly.
The characters were all pretty stereotypical, too. Heather was the popular girl who only cared about how she looked, blah blah blah... Colin and Audrey were kind of the stereotypical backstabbers. Adam was the stereotypical jock. Almost all of the characters were just some stereotype. And they weren't done very well. For the main character, Kerry, having anxiety, she really didn't act like it at all. That was rather annoying and pissed me off. As I have anxiety issues myself, I was excited to find anxiety being repped in the beginning, only to later learn that there really wasn't any rep except for the mention of it and the mention of medication. If Kerry had ACTUALLY really had anxiety issues, there is no way in hell she would have done half the shit she did in the book. And do NOT get me started on Annie. Annie was NOT a good friend at all to Kerry. Frankly, I actualy was kinda hoping someone would off Annie and relieve me of the major headache. Mr. C was an absolute joke of a character. Not entirely sure how they do it in Great Britain, but if he had pulled half of the stuff here, there would have been some reprimands at the very least. His character was so over the top that he just wasn't believable. I think the only characters I actually liked were Scott and Herb. And one of them happens to be a dog, like with four legs and furry.
The only good part about the book was the humor, but even then it was sometimes over the top. The amount of times that vagina was used was insane, and half of them weren't nearly as funny as they were supposed to be. Some of the jokes were just crude and disgusting. Some of the witty exchange was good, I will admit, but some was just downright horrible.
The "twists" in this book mostly came out of left field. Most good mystery books have some hints on the twists that some readers may pick up on, but there was literally NO WARNING before you were thrown into a twist at high speed with no seat belt. I was perpetually wondering WTF through almost ALL of the twists. There were no hints, no clues, no nothing. The twists made no sense and it seemed like they were just there for shock value.
I really wanted to give this one star, but I do have to admit there were some pretty good lines in the book. Also, the end wasn't THAT bad. This definitely could have been a lot better if it hadn't been so over the top. The best way I can explain the book is that it was almost purely slapstick comedy, and I REALLY don't like slapstick comedy. I can take some slapstick comedy, but in the end I am all about satirical humor. Other people may enjoy this book, but it really wasn't a book for me.
The characters were all pretty stereotypical, too. Heather was the popular girl who only cared about how she looked, blah blah blah... Colin and Audrey were kind of the stereotypical backstabbers. Adam was the stereotypical jock. Almost all of the characters were just some stereotype. And they weren't done very well. For the main character, Kerry, having anxiety, she really didn't act like it at all. That was rather annoying and pissed me off. As I have anxiety issues myself, I was excited to find anxiety being repped in the beginning, only to later learn that there really wasn't any rep except for the mention of it and the mention of medication. If Kerry had ACTUALLY really had anxiety issues, there is no way in hell she would have done half the shit she did in the book. And do NOT get me started on Annie. Annie was NOT a good friend at all to Kerry. Frankly, I actualy was kinda hoping someone would off Annie and relieve me of the major headache. Mr. C was an absolute joke of a character. Not entirely sure how they do it in Great Britain, but if he had pulled half of the stuff here, there would have been some reprimands at the very least. His character was so over the top that he just wasn't believable. I think the only characters I actually liked were Scott and Herb. And one of them happens to be a dog, like with four legs and furry.
The only good part about the book was the humor, but even then it was sometimes over the top. The amount of times that vagina was used was insane, and half of them weren't nearly as funny as they were supposed to be. Some of the jokes were just crude and disgusting. Some of the witty exchange was good, I will admit, but some was just downright horrible.
The "twists" in this book mostly came out of left field. Most good mystery books have some hints on the twists that some readers may pick up on, but there was literally NO WARNING before you were thrown into a twist at high speed with no seat belt. I was perpetually wondering WTF through almost ALL of the twists. There were no hints, no clues, no nothing. The twists made no sense and it seemed like they were just there for shock value.
I really wanted to give this one star, but I do have to admit there were some pretty good lines in the book. Also, the end wasn't THAT bad. This definitely could have been a lot better if it hadn't been so over the top. The best way I can explain the book is that it was almost purely slapstick comedy, and I REALLY don't like slapstick comedy. I can take some slapstick comedy, but in the end I am all about satirical humor. Other people may enjoy this book, but it really wasn't a book for me.