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A review by sarahfindsmorethanbooks
The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club: Three jilted lovers. One dead ex. Let the investigation begin by Gloria Chao
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club was just as hilarious of a cozy mystery as the name implies. With its trio of eccentric in their own way characters, a balance of quirky idioms and puns, an unhinged podcast, and an ending with such a twist, I didn’t even see it coming.
The body in the closet was going to be a problem. Kathryn Hu knew it. Yes, Tucker Jones was a cheating scumbag, and yes, she’d agreed to meet Olivia and Elle—Tucker’s other girlfriends—to exact revenge for all he’d put them through… But then they found him. Dead.
Do they look guilty? Yes.
Do they feel guilty for having wished him dead just hours before? Maybe a little.
But—solid motive and a crime scene covered in their DNA aside—they’re innocent. They swear.
To clear their names, Kat, Olivia, and Elle team up to find the real killer. But as they go undercover and lie to everyone, including the hot detective working the case, they realize that every person in their ex's life had a reason to want him dead. Will they uncover the truth before they go down for a murder they didn't commit?
About the story:
Honestly, this one had me laughing at the ridiculousness of, well, everything, from page one all the way to the end. The characters were great and well developed. The story was perfect. There was a definite theme of finding friendship in the most unexpected places, when the characters needed it the most. There was an unexpected (and possibly unethical) meet-cute love story that developed too. There was even an underlying theme of the main character coming into her own (and to some extent, all the characters had a moment of growth and clarity). It was an enjoyable cozy mystery with a shocking ending that I just didn’t want to end.
About the Audio:
The audio was great, it brought the characters to life in a unique way. At first, I didn’t like the way Carolyn portrayed the main character, Kat. She seemed too young, too whiney, too sad, but then I realized, she is young, and she had reason to be whiney and sad, the situation she found herself in would have made everyone feel that way. The only thing I couldn’t get over, is even when the character was trying to be funny or confident, the narrator kept her same sad tone, and I think that took away from the audio version a bit. It was the only thing I would have changed. Carolyn seemed to be able to really encapsulate the characters as Gloria had written them, and bring them to life, which isn’t always easy to do when working with so many characters that all have such different and unique characteristics, and she did it without giving any hints to the twist at the end. The flow of the narration seemed to match the flow of the book, granted I tend to listen to audiobooks at a faster than normal rate because I read at a faster than normal speaking rate and tend to read along with the audio a lot to help me focus, and honestly this audio version was perfect as a read along or just a listen.
The body in the closet was going to be a problem. Kathryn Hu knew it. Yes, Tucker Jones was a cheating scumbag, and yes, she’d agreed to meet Olivia and Elle—Tucker’s other girlfriends—to exact revenge for all he’d put them through… But then they found him. Dead.
Do they look guilty? Yes.
Do they feel guilty for having wished him dead just hours before? Maybe a little.
But—solid motive and a crime scene covered in their DNA aside—they’re innocent. They swear.
To clear their names, Kat, Olivia, and Elle team up to find the real killer. But as they go undercover and lie to everyone, including the hot detective working the case, they realize that every person in their ex's life had a reason to want him dead. Will they uncover the truth before they go down for a murder they didn't commit?
About the story:
Honestly, this one had me laughing at the ridiculousness of, well, everything, from page one all the way to the end. The characters were great and well developed. The story was perfect. There was a definite theme of finding friendship in the most unexpected places, when the characters needed it the most. There was an unexpected (and possibly unethical) meet-cute love story that developed too. There was even an underlying theme of the main character coming into her own (and to some extent, all the characters had a moment of growth and clarity). It was an enjoyable cozy mystery with a shocking ending that I just didn’t want to end.
About the Audio:
The audio was great, it brought the characters to life in a unique way. At first, I didn’t like the way Carolyn portrayed the main character, Kat. She seemed too young, too whiney, too sad, but then I realized, she is young, and she had reason to be whiney and sad, the situation she found herself in would have made everyone feel that way. The only thing I couldn’t get over, is even when the character was trying to be funny or confident, the narrator kept her same sad tone, and I think that took away from the audio version a bit. It was the only thing I would have changed. Carolyn seemed to be able to really encapsulate the characters as Gloria had written them, and bring them to life, which isn’t always easy to do when working with so many characters that all have such different and unique characteristics, and she did it without giving any hints to the twist at the end. The flow of the narration seemed to match the flow of the book, granted I tend to listen to audiobooks at a faster than normal rate because I read at a faster than normal speaking rate and tend to read along with the audio a lot to help me focus, and honestly this audio version was perfect as a read along or just a listen.