Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - Murder in the Family

Really interesting format to tell this story, would definitely recommend listening to it!

The twists were really good and I didn't expect most of them. A bit disappointed in the ending just because I guessed the killer and I wish the ending was a bit longer.

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starglitters's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The actual murderer is not that surprising, especially if you apply Book Logic to it. However, for a book that markets itself with “can you solve it before they do?”, the revelation doesn’t really hinge on the actual evidences collected throughout the book.

Still pretty enjoyable.

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sophialib's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

SO GOOD! I really think listening to this helped me keep everything straight and made a huge difference; the audio cast was great. The writing format was super fun too. The only issue I had was there were so many red herrings and false conclusions, it definitely added to it like it was a real investigation and made it feel like reality tv, but it felt a bit like overkill at some points. Other than that I thought it was great!

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phil266's review against another edition

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dark mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Great book! Twists are insane. Liked the format of it being like a series of evidence. Fun read!

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pikkumarja's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The book was definitely something. The concept was new to me and I believe it would have worked even better with my first language.

I did find out the murderer before the experts but not long before.

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