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A review by redmond
Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
4.0
Stevie goes abroad! Honestly, I felt like the setup was so intriguing. Nine friends go off on a weekend getaway, seven come back. But when the idea was finally put onto paper, I feel like Johnson focused on a lot of the wrong things.
For what this book does right, most of the main cast from Ellingham are still great to read. They're all solid characters who are easy to root for and against. With that said, I felt like a lot of the story was focused on their in-group drama, rather than the actual mystery that they're supposed to be solving. In my opinion, the main culprit of this problem was Nate. I felt like so much of the novel focused on giving him more depth after being a part of the series for four whole books. And tbh, I actually really enjoyed learning more about him. However, so much of the novel was spent detailing with these side stories that barely any time was taken to flesh out the actual suspects of the murder. As a result, when the culprit was finally revealed, it felt like it came out of left field because we barely had any time to get to know the details about the different suspects.
Overall, I'm giving this book 4 stars because nothing about it was BAD per se, but rather it had the potential to be so much more engaging than it turned out to be.
For what this book does right, most of the main cast from Ellingham are still great to read. They're all solid characters who are easy to root for and against. With that said, I felt like a lot of the story was focused on their in-group drama, rather than the actual mystery that they're supposed to be solving. In my opinion, the main culprit of this problem was Nate. I felt like so much of the novel focused on giving him more depth after being a part of the series for four whole books. And tbh, I actually really enjoyed learning more about him. However, so much of the novel was spent detailing with these side stories that barely any time was taken to flesh out the actual suspects of the murder. As a result, when the culprit was finally revealed, it felt like it came out of left field because we barely had any time to get to know the details about the different suspects.
Overall, I'm giving this book 4 stars because nothing about it was BAD per se, but rather it had the potential to be so much more engaging than it turned out to be.