majasmine02 's review for:

This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead

4.0

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This book had me engaged from the start. The voice of the narrator brought a diverse structure to the book which prevented any boredom from setting in. I really felt like I got to know her as a person and was working alongside her to solve the crime. This said, I don’t feel like other characters ever really had their own voice. Additionally, while the majority of characters did have independent aspects which helped to flesh them out as people, some were clearly lacking in backstory. This meant that I’d guessed the big twist about halfway through the book. However, I was still thoroughly on edge right until the end and was deeply interested to see exactly how everything would be tied up. On top of this main narrative, there were also some truly interesting discussions about true crime and the way police treat marginalised groups. This did flop in some places with the discussion becoming far too much of a binary to actually discuss why certain groups feel certain ways but I understand fitting in a full discussion of issues was not the aim of this book. This goes hand in hand with my only other criticism; I’m a little tired of the footnote craze. I think it makes authors take their books too seriously when they’re not actually doing anything overly serious while also just being incredibly annoying to read. These issues were all minor in comparison to the wider plot. Overall, a very good read