Girls and Their Horses

"2 Stars<br/>Cover 4 Stars<br/><br/>WWTQ: Who died?<br/><br/>Answer: I won't spoil it. But boy is it dumb.<br/><br/>This is classified as a mystery/thriller but the big mystery isn't who killed the victim, but who died. Most of the book takes place as a flashback to the months leading up to the death. There is a detective/police portion that does nothing to move the story forward, since the investigation occurs off-page and the conclusion is reported in an unnecessary and ludicrous epilogue. <br/><br/>I couldn't get behind the writing. The POV was omniscient third-person narration, but it changed who we were watching each chapter so often we get the same action from multiple perspectives, which made the book drag in parts. The chapters were short though.<br/><br/>Because the book doesn't reveal who died, why, or who killed them (even though all the twists were predictable) the payoff is underwhelming and I felt a bit cheated. If I'd known who died in the first 20 percent of the book I'd have quit because (1) it was obvious why, and (2) the victim is a terrible person who probably had it coming. I don't think that it was much of a mystery who the killer was - but that they're a sort of low-key serial killer was an odd choice. The killer had apparently been murdering people for somewhat nebulous reasons for decades, and no one noticed or cared, until this death. <br/><br/>I don't know, this just wasn't the right vibe for me. <br/><br/><br/><br/>"