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A review by eriinmaureenn
What Never Happened by Rachel Howzell Hall
Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
DNF @ 62%. I just can't keep going. I wanted to finish it off since KU said I had ~1.5 hours left, but I'm so bored. All the characters in this book are unlikeable. Coco? Annoying. Gwen? Annoying. Maddy? Annoying. [Insert Name Here]? Annoying.
The premise is interesting and the book started with a bang but instantly slowed down. I knew I needed to DNF when I started looking up spoilers. I never look up spoilers.
I wanted more about the obituaries. I wanted less "this old lady died of a heart attack but actually I think she was murdered" and more "huh, this lady was clearly murdered but nothing is documented to say so. Is someone falsifying documents?" Also, the pandemic has no place in this book, seems like the author just wanted to include it to say "this book talks about the pandemic." Overall, the pacing sucks. Don't bother.
The premise is interesting and the book started with a bang but instantly slowed down. I knew I needed to DNF when I started looking up spoilers. I never look up spoilers.
I wanted more about the obituaries. I wanted less "this old lady died of a heart attack but actually I think she was murdered" and more "huh, this lady was clearly murdered but nothing is documented to say so. Is someone falsifying documents?" Also, the pandemic has no place in this book, seems like the author just wanted to include it to say "this book talks about the pandemic." Overall, the pacing sucks. Don't bother.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder and Pandemic/Epidemic