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Famous Last Words by Katie Alender

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klilja's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

yodamom's review against another edition

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3.0

2.7- audiobook
A YA ghostly murder mystery with some twists and stars of Hollywood living. I thought it was a touch predictable but then it had me guessing the wrong bad guy a for a while so it wasn't cut and dry. The main characters where thinly developed but enough to carry the story. The adults were cardboard cutouts with no personality or awareness, thankfully they were hardly ever in the story. Overall it was a good audiobook, okay narration, entertaining.
I picked this up for the cover and the fact it was available from my library's digital system. I like reading a story blind with no expectations. I enjoy a book more when that way, surprise is my friend. I don't know if I would have enjoyed it as much if I had any idea what it was about.

probablyanna's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

jaxness's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5/5

cutenanya's review against another edition

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3.0

This book has an interesting premise and an awesome love interest Wyatt. The introduction of ghosts into a serial murder mystery partly took away the deduction part but it's really the lack of suspects that delivered the final blow and thus lowered my rating to a 3 instead of a 5.

Considering how the main character clammed up right in the beginning, I thought her back story would be very melodramatic, but wrong. Then again, considering the identity of the murderer, his back story is slim to none. There is not enough explanation, not enough analysis, not enough romance, and the only good thing about this book is the action and the atmosphere. Overall, a mediocre book which had so much potential of becoming a better one.