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This was fun! Tuesday Mooney was a weird kid, and guess what she’s a weird adult. But also super cool, obvi. And she’s occasionally haunted by the ghost of her childhood best friend who was murdered when they were 16.
I came for the premise, but stayed for the character development. Tuesday is the main character, but you also get the mystery told from multiple characters perspectives and they ALL got shit. (Maybe not murder shit but maybe yea murder shit)
Recommend if you’re here for weirdos in all shapes and sizes, and those weirdos leaning on each other to parse our their weird.

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3.0

3.5
Cute. Not exactly as advertised, but close enough. A little mish mash at the end portion, but all in all a cute little book.

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5.0

I will read every word that Kate Racculia writes. She has become one of my favorite authors. I loved every minute of this book (even when it rode perilously close to the plot line of Succession...)

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4.0

Slightly far-fetched but a fun read. Also mildly disappointed that there was never an 'answer' to the central mystery of what happened to her friend all those years ago, but given the tone of the book I suppose that makes sense. Ending was awfully happily-ever-after, but still believable. Thought the quirky characters were flawed and well executed. Would definitely read more from this author.

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4.0

Many thanks to HMH for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review
”A broken heart hurt like hell, but it kept beating. A lost mind was something else entirely.”

If Ninth House and Caraval had a baby, this book would be it. It was fantastic, funny, and scary!

So, what’s this book about?
Tuesday Mooney is alone but it doesn’t bother her! She loves being alone. Being alone allows her to be herself. She happily spends her time watching Twins Peaks and X-Files, working, and hanging out with her friend Dex when her world gets turned upside down. Well, more upside down than it already is.

During an auction, Pryce, the eccentric billionaire suddenly dies, things begin to get strange. Out of the blue, it is announced that Pryce’s dying wish was for people to play his game. This game is an Edgar Allen Poe inspired scavenger hunt.

Tuesday, along with her team of Dory, the mini-Tuesday, Dex, the gay best friend, and Archie, the hot and brooding heir, begins her adventure but finds that this game may not be as innocent as it seems on the surface. Along the way, Tuesday must find the courage to face the ghosts from the past, some of which are more vivid than others.

➵ Tuesday - Tuesday is literally me. Tuesday loves to be alone. At the same time, she uses this isolation as a shield. She tells herself that she is fine. Everything is okay and she doesn’t care. But telling yourself those lies will only work for so long. Trust me, I know. Tuesday is also cunning and resourceful but in spite of her genius, she is generally awkward(ish) with other people.

➵ Dex - I will say it, even though we all already know it, go ahead… say it with me. Dex has made it onto my fictional crushes list. Dex is the embodiment of Gay Best Friend, a trope that is both so fun and also needs to die. And because he was the GBF, I couldn’t help but imagine him as Casey Cott so….

Isn’t he just the cutest little bean? I have such a crush on him. Casey Cott, that is. Not Kevin Keller.

Goodreads has this marked as fantasy and it was generally marketed as so. This book is not a fantasy novel. Yes, there are most certainly supernatural aspects but this is not a fantasy. It would more accurately as magical realism. But if I had to choose one genre, I would call this a mystery thriller.

And it was super dark, too. There was talk of suicide. Murder is a heavy theme. It was just a plethora of darkness and gloominess. BUT. It was very well balanced with humor (mostly from Dex) so yay for that.

As a random final note, I really want to address how dumb this title and cover are. They are both so middle grade-y. If this was a middle-grade novel, they would have been perfect but this is NOT a middle grade and so they didn’t fit.

Bottom Line:
4.5 Stars
Age Rating: [ R ]
Content Screening (Spoilers) - Educational Value (0/0) ~ Positive Messages (3/5) - [Confronting your demons, teamwork, trust] ~ Sex (1/5) - [Off page sex, sexual themes and jokes] ~ Language (2/5) - [F**k, sh*t, b*tch, d*ck] ~ Drinking/Drugs (2/5) - [Alcohol consumption]
Trigger and Content Warning - Talk of suicide, Murder, Psychosis, Mild and severe injuries
Reps: [Gay, POC]
Cover: 3/5 ~ Characters: 5/5 ~ Plot: 4/5 ~ Audio: 4/5 (I love Lauren Fortgang)
Publication Date:
Publisher: HMH
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
[New] My Blurb: “Magical, funny, and scary, Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts is a tale of mystery that will ensnare every reader.”

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4.5 Stars (this may go up or down. We'll see) Ahhh! That was so good! And weird!

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so apparently, this is an adult book which is weird because that cover and title screams middle grade

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