A review by kmsander4
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
What an interesting writing style! Creating a round table true crime documentary, designed to solve a 20 year old murder to carry the story was ingenious. I absolutely ate it up.
My one critique is that I was fairly easily able to guess the murderer early on and even picked up on the majority of the surprises as we went. I think some of those could have been masked a bit better. However, I will say that the twist in the last couple of pages was done exceptionally well, I hadn't really expected that one at all.
100% would read plenty more books written just like this! Maybe my new favourite subgenre of true crime fiction.
My one critique is that I was fairly easily able to guess the murderer early on and even picked up on the majority of the surprises as we went. I think some of those could have been masked a bit better. However, I will say that the twist in the last couple of pages was done exceptionally well, I hadn't really expected that one at all.
100% would read plenty more books written just like this! Maybe my new favourite subgenre of true crime fiction.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Minor: Hate crime and Sexual assault