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Don't Swipe Right by L.M. Chilton

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bexbooksandstuff's review against another edition

3.0

I read this book through the pigeonhole app and found it to be a light, entertaining and fun read.

It wasn't a complex thriller and it seemed extremely far fetched a lot of the time. Podcast lover or not I find it hard to believe that our protagonist would have found herself at so many of the crime scenes before the police figured it out.

However if you can suspend belief for a while then this was an entertaining read.

reads_eats_explores's review against another edition

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funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

If negotiating the dating scene with the use of apps ever gives you pause for thought, this debut novel from LM Chilton will most likely have you wanting to delete all apps, including your social media accounts, and maybe even ditching your smartphone altogether.

Gwen Turner, 29, entrepreneur, part-time barista, true crime podcast enthusiast and newly single, is on a mission to find fun via a very Tinderesque dating app, Connector - all she has to do is swipe right to connect.

All good fun, right? Or maybe not, given the calibre of men Gwen is matching with! She sure knows how to pick a dud, or perhaps there are more underhand tactics at work. Such ill-fated liaisons, however, fail to deter the determined Gwen from constantly scrolling, even at her best friend's Hen party, where she connects with the mysterious Parker, and her already chaotic world becomes utterly surreal.

They say romance is dead, but when her dates start getting murdered, that couldn't be nearer the truth. What's worse is the bodies are turning up at or very close to the location of their dates with Gwen, making her the prime suspect.

Enter a couple of highly unconvincing detectives, and after a quick chat down ‘the nick’ Gwen is allowed to join in as amateur sleuth extraordinaire, and this becomes a cat-and-mouse style hunt across Eastbourne.

Don't Swipe Right is a fast-paced mystery with plenty of red herrings to throw you off the scent. I confess I figured out who our perpetrator was, but I was a good bit into the book, which had minimal impact on my overall enjoyment.

If you're going into this wanting a serious police procedural / crime thriller, you'll be disappointed, but if you can suspend belief for a while, this is a blackly comic cosy (yes, I know cosy and murder are not words usually combined but trust me) read that will have you laughing until you cry.

Overall, it is a quick romp of a read that deserves you taking a chance and metaphorically ‘swiping right’. 3.5⭐

Many thanks to NetGalley and Head of Zeus for the opportunity to read an advance copy. As always, this is an honest review.

bethashcroft's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.5

traceyroberts's review against another edition

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medium-paced

2.0

This one just didn't work for me. It could be a fun read for some, but I thought it was bordering on the ridiculous. I put it down for a few months and came back to it to finish the story but I just couldn't connect with it at all.