Emma Reads Crime

This has been described as The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets The Silent Patient. I think that’s clutching at straws a little bit, but sure… let’s go with that 😅

This was fine. It wasn’t bad enough to DNF but it was not really my cup of tea. I was never particularly excited to pick it up.

The writing felt a little disjointed and scatty and I felt it didn’t flow well while reading it. It’s mostly a slow burn style book with long chapters and I did struggle to engage at times.

There are lots of references to Tender is the Night which I’ve not read (and probably never will) and maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I knew what the hell everyone was talking about half the time!! 😂

I didn’t like the characters and I wasn’t invested enough to care about their stories. I also found the story as a whole a tad pretentious.

The ending was definitely the best bit for me. I thought it was the best written part (even though it was a bit stupid).

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

Do you read a lot of debut authors?