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A review by undervmountain
The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert
mysterious
medium-paced
2.0
The premise of this story was so strong, but as the story plodded along, picking up answers along the way, I grew less and less interested in the conclusion. I felt like all interest the story had in the other three missing people was gone by the half way mark, focusing instead on Nora and Becca's friendship.
I dislike books where the main character does little to nothing to solve the mystery, and that was the case here. Instead, we got a massive chunk of exposition right at the end from someone who revealed themselves to be involved.
I was kinda hoping this would be a sapphic relationship, but they establish a male love interest for Nora fairly early on. The final pages didn't give us much reason for the supernatural elements, and while I liked that we got a glimpse of the future for the characters, ultimately this wasn't a memorable read.
I dislike books where the main character does little to nothing to solve the mystery, and that was the case here. Instead, we got a massive chunk of exposition right at the end from someone who revealed themselves to be involved.
I was kinda hoping this would be a sapphic relationship, but they establish a male love interest for Nora fairly early on. The final pages didn't give us much reason for the supernatural elements, and while I liked that we got a glimpse of the future for the characters, ultimately this wasn't a memorable read.