A review by nelesnotes
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this! The description of the cover "This book is comfort food for the soul" hits it pretty much for me. I loved the characters, the story and the character development. The way, each character has its flaws and struggles, and the way how this old asian lady and a murder brings them all together... I just loved it. I especially enjoyed the description of Vera making her teas and food - it sounded so good I could almost taste it!
Spoiler If there is one thing with the character development which I did not find super realistic, it was Julia's development. She has been in a very toxic and harmful relationship for over 10 years and after her husband's dead she just kind of wipes all of that away, like it was nothing. Which is of course what I wished for her and what I had hoped would happen, but in reality I think it would probably take years of therapy to get over her experience. But if it would have been like that, the story would've not been as enjoyable I guess, so I'm not mad at it at all. If someone's been through something like that and is sensitive to topics like toxic relationship etc I guess it's more critical to see.

If you like light, entertaining murder mysteries with a lovely old women (you wished you knew in real life) solving the case, this book is for you! 
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