A review by wenlingzhao
The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

• boring and so drawn-out it only sped up like 70% in
• if you read the blurb, the entire story and ‘plot twist’ is so obvious and completely spoiled
• Essie and Liv’s mum were the only good characters
• personally I didn’t like the writing style it was very tell not show
• most of the characters had to be completely stupid or gullible because there’s no way Liv got away with everything she was doing
• the alternate title they published for the book is much more fitting for the majority of the plot of the book
• overall it was underwhelming and Liv was just annoying