Not that I could tell

Let me start of by saying, I enjoyed this book, I really did but I think because I've been reading so many similar books lately, I almost didn't give this book a fair review. I guess I'm getting to the point where I have a greater appreciation for what I find makes the book the most compelling in my eyes and it's not as easy to give a stellar review anymore. However, even though I have more books to compare from, this book really was well written and a good story in its entirety.

First of, the plot was good. It wasn't the most exciting plot in the world but it definitely was nowhere near bad and was very complete with just enough in the beginning, the middle and the end. Some books don't give enough time for the reader to work through everything that happened and cut the ending very abruptly but this novel did a good job at tying everything in and just bringing it all to a good place. I am more of a fan of plots where the villain isn't so obvious and takes me by surprise but because this story was so well written and orchestrated, I almost didn't mind that here.

Further on, the style of the writing is not my favorite but it works for this book and it got the story across in a satisfactory way. I usually prefer writing that takes us directly into the person's psyche and is more personal from each character's point of view but nevertheless this style was adequate for me and I didn't have much issues with finding the drive to finish the novel all the way through.

In addition, the characterization was also good but not great. I feel like I got a good sense of the characters but I would have liked to get to know them better, I feel like the book just scratched the surface of everything those people are. I think it goes back to the style of writing, first person point of view would have improved this book tremendously in my eyes. With that said, as far as second person point of views go, it was on the higher side.

All in all, this was not a bad book but it didn't wow me either. It was just, “eh”. I would recommend it to someone who wants a lighter, not really mystery novel that will be easy to read but also easy to forget. Definitely not one of the best I have read but also not the worst either. Just mediocre.