Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Rating Description:

1.0 - DNF/Despise

1.5 - Almost DNFed and wish I had

2.0 - Almost DNFed but had redeeming qualities/just boring

2.5 - Alright with lots of notes

3.0 - Alright with notes but I'm not raving about it

3.5 - Technically good but I'm not raving about it

4.0 - Love but with notes

4.5 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book but still with notes

5.0 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book and notes are very positive

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I considered DNFing this book.

1.

The summary basically sold this to me as a murder mystery. Well, there were murders and who committed them was a mystery however this was really more of a family drama.

There was hardly any investigation. Most of the book was about their family problems. It felt like the murder mystery plot was shoe horned in.

2.

I was not a fan of the writing style. At 1st it was fine. However, the inner monologues were too dramatic and long. I would have understood if it was just Nicole who has like that. But Beth was the same.

Example:

There was a scene were Beth saw her high school sweetheart at the door. Between seeing him and finally opening the door, she had this long inner monologue that made it seem like minutes passed. I kept picturing that guy seeing Beth see him and waited for minutes before she opened the door.

3.

Another issue with the writing style was that the author had a fondness for metaphors. I’m not opposed to that usually but it was over used. It also popped up in places where it seemed inappropriate because it took you out of the scene.

Example:

There’s a scene where they were all grabbing for a gun and the author wrote that they were fighting over it like it was their favorite toy.

The whole scene was supposed to give the readers this sense that things were frantic. That description pulled me out of that. It was so annoying.

I tried to get myself to finish this book by listening to the audiobook more. But I think it made things worse. The performances in the audiobook were not great.

If there were fewer inner monologues, I think I would have enjoyed this book. Personally, I think this might have worked better as a screenplay.