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A review by honestlyyours77
Getting Away with Murder by Kathryn Foxfield
medium-paced
3.5
Rounding up isn’t my norm but I think the book was a decent enough read to recommend it to other YA readers who like escape rooms.
I am thankful for the ARC received from NetGalley and Sourcebooks. My honest review is voluntary and my own opinions. This book is for the future 11/24 US release of a book that was released in the UK in Nov 2023. From the reading of other reviews from the first release I have a feeling that the book may have gone through a major edit as it didn’t match up with the negative reviews to the same extent.
The prose itself was fine from a grammatical sense and not choppy at all. What was problematic was that it got a bit confusing at time with the various games and how character ended up in different places seeming out of the blue.
I don’t think teens would have acted how they did at all. There seems to be a disconnect with the author understanding her characters ages and motivations. This would have worked a bit better if she set the characters as a college age and marketed it as NA. The internships and the responsibilities each twin had at their internship would have made a lot more sense had they been in college.
But overall it was a mix of breakfast club, War Games and The Game by Lindsay Miller mixed into one. It’s not a literary masterpiece by far but it’s entertaining to think about when AI goes wrong. Although I wish the “voice” of the AI was fitting more with technology. It was too much like a real person to be plausible.
My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.
⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again
I am thankful for the ARC received from NetGalley and Sourcebooks. My honest review is voluntary and my own opinions. This book is for the future 11/24 US release of a book that was released in the UK in Nov 2023. From the reading of other reviews from the first release I have a feeling that the book may have gone through a major edit as it didn’t match up with the negative reviews to the same extent.
The prose itself was fine from a grammatical sense and not choppy at all. What was problematic was that it got a bit confusing at time with the various games and how character ended up in different places seeming out of the blue.
I don’t think teens would have acted how they did at all. There seems to be a disconnect with the author understanding her characters ages and motivations. This would have worked a bit better if she set the characters as a college age and marketed it as NA. The internships and the responsibilities each twin had at their internship would have made a lot more sense had they been in college.
But overall it was a mix of breakfast club, War Games and The Game by Lindsay Miller mixed into one. It’s not a literary masterpiece by far but it’s entertaining to think about when AI goes wrong. Although I wish the “voice” of the AI was fitting more with technology. It was too much like a real person to be plausible.
My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.
⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again