This was a bit of a disappointment for me, but I still had an overall good time with it. I don’t understand why Holly Jackson keeps writing books about Americans when she is very British. (Nothing of hers has hit for me like A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.) There was also a key moment at the end of the book that was totally dumb and out of character, which I’m deducting 0.25 stars for.
But the mystery was very well plotted and intricate, and the idea behind the book—that Jet is solving her own murder—is such a good one; that part of the book was very well done. I did have a very rare moment of everything coming together for me before the reveal, which was nice. Normally I’m out here having no clue or flailing around making guesses based on hunches that are in turn based on feeeeelings.
In terms of characters, I liked the relationship that (re)developed between Jet and Billy. I basically hated everyone else. This book did get me very emotionally involved, so I can’t give it a low rating. I just know it could have been a little different and I would have given it five stars.
It probably doesn’t help that I did the audiobook, and I didn’t like the narrator’s style or the voice that she used for one of the most important characters. I probably would have liked the reading experience better reading with my eyeballs.
[3.75 stars, rounded up]
CBR BINGO: ‘N’ (self-explanatory)
