A review by whathillarygraceread
The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell

dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was such an amazing Aardvark impulse choice. I’m definitely starting my 2024 reading off on a high note. Part wickedly funny satire, part mystery, and part examination of class and race with a subtle undercurrent of dark academia, this book had me hooked from the opening scenes (a debaucherous high brow birthday party in a McDonald’s play place - yes, really) and kept me chuckling throughout. I don’t know that the mystery itself is particularly fiendish or clever, but everything else in the plot makes up for that. 

A quick Google tells me that this is the first in a series and I already can’t wait for the second one. 
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