A review by austen_to_zafon
The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert

2.0

I enjoyed this novel, but had a sense as I kept going that the ending was going to be unsatisfying. It has many things going for it, including an 80+ obit writer in a small midwest town who knows a lot about everybody and has a keen & observant eye, a mystery, some family drama, and satire of the Harry Potter and Unfortunate Events franchises. I found each story line compelling in itself. What keeps me from giving more than the two stars that mean "it was okay" is that none of the stories comes to any conclusion. The mystery remains unresolved, as does the family drama. I feel cheated.