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A review by missjodi3
This Is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs
3.0
When they all have motive and opportunity… an elite team of academic researchers are thrown into a tailspin to prove themselves innocent when two of their own are murdered on campus. The threads slowly unravel as secrets are revealed through out the investigation …
I really enjoyed this book once I got into it! The first few chapters (maybe about the first 25% or so) took me a minute to get into the story as I struggled a bit to follow all the characters (there are so many haha!) and how they were all connected to each other, but once the murders actually took place it was gripping and fast paced to the finish and I couldn’t put it down!
I’m a sucker for a locked room murder mystery and I have become quite fond of the academia setting in novels too so this one seemed to check all the boxes! I thought the concept was great, the characters were interesting and execution of unravelling the twists was very well done.
I just personally got quite confused attempting to keep up with all the different characters and POVs which detracted from my overall enjoyment of the story. I also thought the ending was somewhat predictable (I sort of had a hunch about 75% of the way in) and thus not was thrillingly suspenseful as it probably could have been.
I would definitely categorise this as more of a Mystery than a Thriller.
All in all it was a good, solid read that any murder mystery fan would be satisfied with.
Thank You to NetGalley for the opportunity to enjoy this e-arc in exchange for my honest review.
I really enjoyed this book once I got into it! The first few chapters (maybe about the first 25% or so) took me a minute to get into the story as I struggled a bit to follow all the characters (there are so many haha!) and how they were all connected to each other, but once the murders actually took place it was gripping and fast paced to the finish and I couldn’t put it down!
I’m a sucker for a locked room murder mystery and I have become quite fond of the academia setting in novels too so this one seemed to check all the boxes! I thought the concept was great, the characters were interesting and execution of unravelling the twists was very well done.
I just personally got quite confused attempting to keep up with all the different characters and POVs which detracted from my overall enjoyment of the story. I also thought the ending was somewhat predictable (I sort of had a hunch about 75% of the way in) and thus not was thrillingly suspenseful as it probably could have been.
I would definitely categorise this as more of a Mystery than a Thriller.
All in all it was a good, solid read that any murder mystery fan would be satisfied with.
Thank You to NetGalley for the opportunity to enjoy this e-arc in exchange for my honest review.