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DNFing at 42%
What the actual heck was this book even? I was hoping for something comparable to Clue or And Then There Were None but this was just a dumpster fire. The only redeeming quality is Janina Edwards narrating it.
The writing is all over the place and I think the author was intending to make Miriam an unreliable narrator but it was done too obviously and takes away from the scenes that I think were meant to be intense or sort of suspicious or scary. The writing isn't atmospheric enough to get me pulled in and worried about what happens to these (pretty dang awful) characters. I hate the slurs and random nastiness from so many of the characters. I get we probably aren't supposed to like them but this was just so poorly done and made very obvious and usually, I can vibe with a story that has bad characters but this just isn't it.
Everything is too obvious and that takes away from the supposed suspense of it all. I just don't like it, and the writing style in general just isn't for me. It's sort of confusing and I just can't follow it. I honestly think this could've been a good story but we are almost 50% through and nothing has happened and therefore I can't force myself to carry on with it.
Also, if I had been reading this physically, I wouldn't have been able to get as far as I did without giving up.
What the actual heck was this book even? I was hoping for something comparable to Clue or And Then There Were None but this was just a dumpster fire. The only redeeming quality is Janina Edwards narrating it.
The writing is all over the place and I think the author was intending to make Miriam an unreliable narrator but it was done too obviously and takes away from the scenes that I think were meant to be intense or sort of suspicious or scary. The writing isn't atmospheric enough to get me pulled in and worried about what happens to these (pretty dang awful) characters. I hate the slurs and random nastiness from so many of the characters. I get we probably aren't supposed to like them but this was just so poorly done and made very obvious and usually, I can vibe with a story that has bad characters but this just isn't it.
Everything is too obvious and that takes away from the supposed suspense of it all. I just don't like it, and the writing style in general just isn't for me. It's sort of confusing and I just can't follow it. I honestly think this could've been a good story but we are almost 50% through and nothing has happened and therefore I can't force myself to carry on with it.
Also, if I had been reading this physically, I wouldn't have been able to get as far as I did without giving up.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism
Minor: Death