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A review by tylerericka
Confessions of a Murder Suspect by Maxine Paetro, James Patterson
2.0
1.5 - 2 stars
I picked this book up on a whim at the library. I don’t tend to read James Patterson books. I tried once in the past but I couldn’t get into it. Crime novels aren’t really my favorite so I tend to stay away from the whole genre. My mom’s a massive fan of his though and she’s constantly trying to get me into his books. So I figured this one’s here, it’s young adult, why not.
Reading this book was a mistake on my part. If you’re looking to get into James Patterson stay far away from this one. I’m just glad it wasn’t terribly long. I didn’t really expect much out of it given my previous experience with his books. For me personally I’m just not a fan of his writing style. I’d hoped that maybe his YA would be a bit more relatable or something. I was, of course, entirely wrong.
The book follows Tandoori Angel as she tries to figure out who murder her parents. You spend most of this book suspicious of everyone. And I mean, everyone. Tandoori included. Everyone has a motive to kill them and it all looks plausible.
My main issue with this book is that while you’re suspecting everyone Tandy is also telling you other things. She mentions stuff that her parents have done, things she can only vaguely remember but they have to be important and she just HAS to remember them, and other various random things that sound like maybe they’ll play into the story later. Spoiler alert, they don’t.
Almost nothing that’s brought up is extremely relevant to the ending. As a matter of fact I feel like this entire book is just completely pointless. You running in circles trying to figure out who did it and you get nowhere. Tandy keeps the same list of suspects the entire time without eliminating anyone. All she manages to do is uncover some of her parents secrets here and there.
In the end the murder mystery is solved in the most random way and it’s all very disappointing. I’m not sure what convinced James Patterson and Maxine Paetro that this was a fantastic story worthy of publication but whatever it was I hope they’re satisfied with it. I’m just glad I didn’t pay for this book.
I picked this book up on a whim at the library. I don’t tend to read James Patterson books. I tried once in the past but I couldn’t get into it. Crime novels aren’t really my favorite so I tend to stay away from the whole genre. My mom’s a massive fan of his though and she’s constantly trying to get me into his books. So I figured this one’s here, it’s young adult, why not.
Reading this book was a mistake on my part. If you’re looking to get into James Patterson stay far away from this one. I’m just glad it wasn’t terribly long. I didn’t really expect much out of it given my previous experience with his books. For me personally I’m just not a fan of his writing style. I’d hoped that maybe his YA would be a bit more relatable or something. I was, of course, entirely wrong.
The book follows Tandoori Angel as she tries to figure out who murder her parents. You spend most of this book suspicious of everyone. And I mean, everyone. Tandoori included. Everyone has a motive to kill them and it all looks plausible.
My main issue with this book is that while you’re suspecting everyone Tandy is also telling you other things. She mentions stuff that her parents have done, things she can only vaguely remember but they have to be important and she just HAS to remember them, and other various random things that sound like maybe they’ll play into the story later. Spoiler alert, they don’t.
Almost nothing that’s brought up is extremely relevant to the ending. As a matter of fact I feel like this entire book is just completely pointless. You running in circles trying to figure out who did it and you get nowhere. Tandy keeps the same list of suspects the entire time without eliminating anyone. All she manages to do is uncover some of her parents secrets here and there.
In the end the murder mystery is solved in the most random way and it’s all very disappointing. I’m not sure what convinced James Patterson and Maxine Paetro that this was a fantastic story worthy of publication but whatever it was I hope they’re satisfied with it. I’m just glad I didn’t pay for this book.