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A review by strawberrymivvy
The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This was not my favourite of this author's books that I've read, but as the first in a new series I think there is potential and will try more.
I enjoy a flawed protagonist, particularly in crime novels, but there was something about Ffion that I just didn't warm to, maybe I just need to get to know her more.
A man is found dead in a lake on a New Year's Day "polar plunge" swim, and with the lake right on the Welsh/English border, 2 police forces become involved. There is the small Welsh village where everybody knows everybody and outsiders are not welcomed, and the exclusive cottage resort across the lake where the outsiders keep themselves to themselves. We learn the supposed hero of the village is not the man everyone thought he was, and there are so many people with a reason to want him dead...
I enjoy a flawed protagonist, particularly in crime novels, but there was something about Ffion that I just didn't warm to, maybe I just need to get to know her more.
A man is found dead in a lake on a New Year's Day "polar plunge" swim, and with the lake right on the Welsh/English border, 2 police forces become involved. There is the small Welsh village where everybody knows everybody and outsiders are not welcomed, and the exclusive cottage resort across the lake where the outsiders keep themselves to themselves. We learn the supposed hero of the village is not the man everyone thought he was, and there are so many people with a reason to want him dead...