A review by holdenkillfield
The Family Bones by Elle Marr

1.0

This is a book which the premise is so promising that once in it, the expectations quickly become disappointing as it does not deliver. The author was trying to do too many devices (having multiple POVs, flashbacks through diary entries and newspapers, no cellphones, a storm blocking the roads, complex family tree.) With back and forth POVs and storylines and the multiple characters, the plot got very muddled very quickly. It also gets very boring as the storylines are dragging to finally come together in a very confusing manner that overall it doesn’t provide the effect of surprise of the final reveal that might’ve been intended. I was bored as it was getting very tiresome as the storyline of the Eriksens’ jumped erratically to some nonsense drama that just didn’t feel rooted in anything and the final reveal is a “huh??” moment.