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A review by lyrasbookshelf
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
1.5
TLDR: a 60-year-old woman who is often described as if she already has one foot in the grave (seriously, someone needs to let the author know that 60 is not elderly) tampers with a crime scene because she is bored out of her mind, as her only child is living his own life and isn't as filial as she thinks he should be, even though all she does is criticise him (and named him Tilbert (Tilly for short) for christ's sake). Said woman rudely worms her way into the lives of everyone she meets and causes chaos.
I think this book was supposed to be lighthearted and funny, but it was none of that for me. I found it incredibly juvenile and the way Vera's character was dumbed down annoyed me to no end. This book just felt rushed and the way it is put together didn't allow me to care about any of them. There are many POVs and all of them third person. I wish at least Vera's had been first person so I didn't always feel like a bystander.
I usually love found family in books, but I just didn't care about this one at all. It was especially difficult to feel anything for Sana, as she could have avoided her situation so easily by using her brain and not signing anything, as I'm sure her rich mother has taught her to do. Her excuse that the contracts were full of legalese, so she didn't understand anything, had me rolling my eyes. As if she didn't have the option of having any number of lawyers look over them.
The mystery that should have been the central aspect of the story was barely there. It was mostly just mundane life stuff that I just didn't care about whatsoever.
I think this book was supposed to be lighthearted and funny, but it was none of that for me. I found it incredibly juvenile and the way Vera's character was dumbed down annoyed me to no end. This book just felt rushed and the way it is put together didn't allow me to care about any of them. There are many POVs and all of them third person. I wish at least Vera's had been first person so I didn't always feel like a bystander.
I usually love found family in books, but I just didn't care about this one at all. It was especially difficult to feel anything for Sana, as she could have avoided her situation so easily by using her brain and not signing anything, as I'm sure her rich mother has taught her to do. Her excuse that the contracts were full of legalese, so she didn't understand anything, had me rolling my eyes. As if she didn't have the option of having any number of lawyers look over them.
The mystery that should have been the central aspect of the story was barely there. It was mostly just mundane life stuff that I just didn't care about whatsoever.