I am always skeptical going into books with female protagonists written by men. Maybe I'm just basing this off of my experience reading Brandon Sanderson books, but I almost go in to them expecting a little misogyny. Thankfully, I don't think this book had any issues in that department. Although is didn't love Elizabeth by the end of the book, I didn't think she was written in a way that made it really obvious this is from a male author.
I really enjoyed the first 75% of this book. The plot was interesting, and it seemed to be going in a good direction. But the ending was just so abrupt, and I don't think it did any justice to all the buildup earlier in the book. It kind of felt like I was skipping to the end of the book after reading halfway through. It was just not at all satisfying.
On top of that, I don't really appreciate the long list of characters. I feel like they were only included to give a long list of suspects for us to puzzle over - but they ended up just making it more confusing. I didn't really connect with any of the characters how I wish I could have because of this.
Not a huge fan.
I really enjoyed the first 75% of this book. The plot was interesting, and it seemed to be going in a good direction. But the ending was just so abrupt, and I don't think it did any justice to all the buildup earlier in the book. It kind of felt like I was skipping to the end of the book after reading halfway through. It was just not at all satisfying.
On top of that, I don't really appreciate the long list of characters. I feel like they were only included to give a long list of suspects for us to puzzle over - but they ended up just making it more confusing. I didn't really connect with any of the characters how I wish I could have because of this.
Not a huge fan.