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A review by shinyharley
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Spoiler free:
This book is written in a documentary transcript style with intermittent photos, as well as articles and discussions from the public as each episodes aired. It was a really cool way to present the story which is about a true crime documentary being directed by the stepson of a murder victim trying to uncover the truth 20 years later. There were plenty of twists and turns to this story to keep you engaged (two nights of me staying up waaaay to late after everyone else was a sleep so I could read in peace attest to that.) I will say as someone who has read a lot of crime/ thriller/ mystery novels I did have the outcome predicted as one of my theories very early on but wasn't for sure till the one of the twists towards the end. The author did a really great job of throwing in enough red hearings and in my opinion perfectly timed revelations (which there are a lot of) to keep you guessing. I will forewarn this doesn't have a happy ending so if you prefer that in your books this may not be for you.
Also I know they are fictional but the poor Howard kids (adults at the time of the book) and the amount of traumas (not just with the murder) they all dealt with from such early ages made me feel so bad for each of them... even pretentious Rupert 🙄
This book is written in a documentary transcript style with intermittent photos, as well as articles and discussions from the public as each episodes aired. It was a really cool way to present the story which is about a true crime documentary being directed by the stepson of a murder victim trying to uncover the truth 20 years later. There were plenty of twists and turns to this story to keep you engaged (two nights of me staying up waaaay to late after everyone else was a sleep so I could read in peace attest to that.) I will say as someone who has read a lot of crime/ thriller/ mystery novels I did have the outcome predicted as one of my theories very early on but wasn't for sure till the one of the twists towards the end. The author did a really great job of throwing in enough red hearings and in my opinion perfectly timed revelations (which there are a lot of) to keep you guessing. I will forewarn this doesn't have a happy ending so if you prefer that in your books this may not be for you.
Also I know they are fictional but the poor Howard kids (adults at the time of the book) and the amount of traumas (not just with the murder) they all dealt with from such early ages made me feel so bad for each of them... even pretentious Rupert 🙄
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexism, Suicide, War
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury