A review by poffalina
The Birthday Mystery by Joyce Cato, Faith Martin

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

This book is not very well written, which would have been fine for what I was looking for (an entertaining murder mystery, which would be silly and give me lots of room to make many suppositions about who did it), except that the ending just completely ruined my taste for the story. I had fun with following the amazing Juno-esque cook who is brilliant and gets everyone to like her as she stays ahead of the investigators every step of the way (and only eats real food, mind you), until the final chapter which explained the who how and why of it all. The reasoning there was just an absurd situation that seemed completely unreasonable, and broke my enjoyment of the story completely. If you are looking for a fun and silly murder mystery most of this book will do, but skip the reveal at the end and make up your own reasoning instead.

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