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FROM EDGAR-WINNING NOVELIST AND PLAYWRIGHT RUPERT HOLMES
COMES A THRILLER WITH A KILLER CONCEPT: THE …
I'm going to preface all of this with the fact that murder mysteries are not my usual genre. This book had been recommended to me by a friend as "similar to Hitchhikers Guide." While the written wit does start similarly, I found myself struggling to feel absorbed into this world and invested in the characters.
It reads like "a series of events." The events were neither dramatic, joyous, or interesting in any manner to me. I understand that the main character, and thus you, are supposed to be thrust into a confusing and antithetical to "normal" life world. But every action that had even a minor tinge of drama and excitement was heavily underscored by the "but since we're in school, there was never any danger" excuse.
I actually put this book down at the end of a chapter where the character is yet again hurtling to his death, because …
I'm going to preface all of this with the fact that murder mysteries are not my usual genre. This book had been recommended to me by a friend as "similar to Hitchhikers Guide." While the written wit does start similarly, I found myself struggling to feel absorbed into this world and invested in the characters.
It reads like "a series of events." The events were neither dramatic, joyous, or interesting in any manner to me. I understand that the main character, and thus you, are supposed to be thrust into a confusing and antithetical to "normal" life world. But every action that had even a minor tinge of drama and excitement was heavily underscored by the "but since we're in school, there was never any danger" excuse.
I actually put this book down at the end of a chapter where the character is yet again hurtling to his death, because I just feel like nothing was of consequence anymore in that book.
Linus is an uptight caseworker with a heart of gold working for the department in …
Going to start reading this one while I fight the children for Murder Your Employer at my local library. Can't wait for the kids to go back to school so the hold times decrease again. But so happy the children are reading.