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A review by happytreereads
This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber
If I had been in a different mood, or it had been Tuesday instead of Wednesday, my opinion of this book might look decidedly different. But lucky for the book, it came along just at the right time, and I can find no fault in it.
Well, heh, that's not strictly true.
All of the male characters felt like carbon-copies of each other. Corpses are found and then just apparently forgotten about (Y'ALL...???) The villains were, now that I think about it, somewhat unbelievable? Contrived? The ending felt rushed and abrupt, and Sam and Mabel just disappeared and they were kinda my favorite characters so I'm a little peeved about that. They better come back in later books. The ending with Max was a little weird. Is it normal to say (and I paraphrase) "hey, yo, I know we can't be a thing right now but if your marriage goes south, hit me up, I'll be waiting around". ?? like wut. Ew. Characters did not act in entirely believable ways. And once the finer details of the mystery were revealed, and the histories recited, I found I was a bit skeptical and found it all a bit lackluster and underwhelming.
But I low-key don't care about the inconsistencies and weird/random/annoying plot choices. I wanted something quick and fun and I got it and I'm just over here having a GOOD TIME.
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P.S.
My man S better get his sweet little duckies in a row and soon or Verity is gonna leave him and I'll support her the whole way out the door.
Well, heh, that's not strictly true.
All of the male characters felt like carbon-copies of each other. Corpses are found and then just apparently forgotten about (Y'ALL...???) The villains were, now that I think about it, somewhat unbelievable? Contrived? The ending felt rushed and abrupt, and Sam and Mabel just disappeared and they were kinda my favorite characters so I'm a little peeved about that. They better come back in later books. The ending with Max was a little weird. Is it normal to say (and I paraphrase) "hey, yo, I know we can't be a thing right now but if your marriage goes south, hit me up, I'll be waiting around". ?? like wut. Ew. Characters did not act in entirely believable ways. And once the finer details of the mystery were revealed, and the histories recited, I found I was a bit skeptical and found it all a bit lackluster and underwhelming.
But I low-key don't care about the inconsistencies and weird/random/annoying plot choices. I wanted something quick and fun and I got it and I'm just over here having a GOOD TIME.
.
.
.
P.S.
My man S better get his sweet little duckies in a row and soon or Verity is gonna leave him and I'll support her the whole way out the door.