mlsweeten 's review for:

Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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What this book is about: “A lonely woman and a lonely dead girl together in New York. Ruby Jones and Alice Lee. Stuck in our tug-of-war between the living and the dead.” What makes the book unique is that Alice is telling the story after she’s been brutally murdered. This is not a typical mystery, although we do eventually find out who the murderer is. The first half of the book moves right along. The second half is a bit slow as it focuses on how Ruby was affected by finding Alice’s dead body.