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A review by kerryiscurrentlyreading
Murder Most Owl by Sarah Fox
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the arc of this book. The below is definitely my opinion freely given.
I cannot overstate how much I disliked this book.
The dialogue was uninspired and juvenile. The author should look into a thesaurus and a better wardrobe for her character ("My thin tshirt fluttered in the breeze" - Why are all her Tshirts so thin?)
I think my mine gripe of many is thats its first person. And there is a reason that not many authors end up going with a first person narrative. It makes it much harder to show and not tell. All this book does is tell. And its tells in a boring, predictable way.
Its the worst kind of insta love going....I bought his favourite beer....HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT HIS FAVOURITE BEER IS MA'AM? You have only had 3 conversations.
Shes so weak willed and ridiculous. He says one mediocre line to reassure her and he 'slips past her defences?' What defences? She only just thought of the concern (with zero evidence 🙄) and he says one thing and its all good? Infuriating
The fact that this is marketed as a cozy fantasy is offensive. Theres as much fantasy in this as there are aliens in The X Files. The magic is as ridiculous as the premise of the mystery.
Her 'investigation' amounts to a bunch of gossipy and overheard conversations and a few trips to the woods.
If I was a teacher and this was homework, it would be a D- with the comment 'Did you even try'.
Grrrr. This made me angry. I definitely rage read to the end. I should have dnf'd when the author used the phrase 'in broad daylight' about 4 times on one page and not ironically.
I cannot overstate how much I disliked this book.
The dialogue was uninspired and juvenile. The author should look into a thesaurus and a better wardrobe for her character ("My thin tshirt fluttered in the breeze" - Why are all her Tshirts so thin?)
I think my mine gripe of many is thats its first person. And there is a reason that not many authors end up going with a first person narrative. It makes it much harder to show and not tell. All this book does is tell. And its tells in a boring, predictable way.
Its the worst kind of insta love going....I bought his favourite beer....HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT HIS FAVOURITE BEER IS MA'AM? You have only had 3 conversations.
Shes so weak willed and ridiculous. He says one mediocre line to reassure her and he 'slips past her defences?' What defences? She only just thought of the concern (with zero evidence 🙄) and he says one thing and its all good? Infuriating
The fact that this is marketed as a cozy fantasy is offensive. Theres as much fantasy in this as there are aliens in The X Files. The magic is as ridiculous as the premise of the mystery.
Her 'investigation' amounts to a bunch of gossipy and overheard conversations and a few trips to the woods.
If I was a teacher and this was homework, it would be a D- with the comment 'Did you even try'.
Grrrr. This made me angry. I definitely rage read to the end. I should have dnf'd when the author used the phrase 'in broad daylight' about 4 times on one page and not ironically.