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A review by garnetofeden
Only The Good Die Young by Chris Marie Green
1.0
I WANTED to like this. The premise sounded so good. A murdered ghost helping solve crimes and solving the mystery of her own death in the process? Check my urban-fantasy- and mystery-loving boxes!
However, it quickly went downhill. Exhibit A: "(...) the Internet said that he had made a mint creating video games, and I'm not talking Ms. Pac-Man or Donkey Kong, either. From my marathon TV and computer binges, I noticed that a lot of modern game play basically trained a person to mutilate and butcher. And guess what. Our suspect in Elizabeth Dalton's murder had gifted society with Blood and Blades about four years ago. Coincidence?" This is followed by the two characters concluding that his game shows that he's violent. WHAT?!
Okay, well, maybe she'll learn about video games not defining people that way as we go on? I mean, OBVIOUSLY Gavin won't really be the killer because that would be, well, too obvious. And then, Exhibit B: "Actually, she seemed Asian-a kind of cool nerd with a pink streak down the side of her hair." A couple paragraphs later, this character is referred to as a 'geek' for wanting to study instead of party. Her appearance and academic ambitions couldn't be described without resorting to racial stereotypes?
This was followed shortly by further exhibits as I started scanning ahead to desperately see if there was anything that sounded redeeming. As I have historically had a bad habit of giving books multiple chances, ballooning my to-read list, this time I am sticking to my guns, marking this as "did not finish", and moving on...
Rating reviewed 12/26/2022.
However, it quickly went downhill. Exhibit A: "(...) the Internet said that he had made a mint creating video games, and I'm not talking Ms. Pac-Man or Donkey Kong, either. From my marathon TV and computer binges, I noticed that a lot of modern game play basically trained a person to mutilate and butcher. And guess what. Our suspect in Elizabeth Dalton's murder had gifted society with Blood and Blades about four years ago. Coincidence?" This is followed by the two characters concluding that his game shows that he's violent. WHAT?!
Okay, well, maybe she'll learn about video games not defining people that way as we go on? I mean, OBVIOUSLY Gavin won't really be the killer because that would be, well, too obvious. And then, Exhibit B: "Actually, she seemed Asian-a kind of cool nerd with a pink streak down the side of her hair." A couple paragraphs later, this character is referred to as a 'geek' for wanting to study instead of party. Her appearance and academic ambitions couldn't be described without resorting to racial stereotypes?
This was followed shortly by further exhibits as I started scanning ahead to desperately see if there was anything that sounded redeeming. As I have historically had a bad habit of giving books multiple chances, ballooning my to-read list, this time I am sticking to my guns, marking this as "did not finish", and moving on...
Rating reviewed 12/26/2022.