Emma Reads Crime

This Book Will Bury Me?! More like this book will bore me to death!

After Jane’s dad dies, she finds comfort in TheRealCrimeNetwork.com where she makes friends with amateur sleuths. When three college students are stabbed to death, her and her friends meet up in real life to try and solve the case.

This book was inspired by real-life crimes, including the Idaho State murders. I’m not going to comment  on that, but I know that it’s ruffled some feathers.

The book itself, I found incredibly dull. The first 20% and the last 10% were okay even though the last 10% was rushed. This is one I probably should have DNF’d.

I struggled to connect with the characters and I found the story was written in a confusing and clunky manner. I could see that it was done intentionally to try and give you that shocking twist moment, yet it just didn’t have that impact. It was all very predictable

I had high hopes for this one as I love true crime vibes but it unfortunately was not for me.

Please make sure to check the trigger warnings before reading this!

If you like the sound of this, it is available on Amazon here.

Do you watch/ listen to true crime? How do you feel about it being used as inspiration for fiction?