artemisienne 's review for:

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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while the meta-murder mystery trope is an interesting one to explore, it was explored at the expense of robustness in the mysteries themselves. the "real-life" mystery, particularly, was so uninteresting to me (add to that the unlikability of the victim) that i wanted to skip past it to get back to the fictional one. good effort at trying something new in the genre, but execution leaves something to be desired.