I got this book through Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. I picked this one up because it is a mystery and that is one of my favorite genres. It also had some pretty good reviews. I was not sure what I was going to think of this since I have never read this author before and I gotta say, I did not care all that much for it to be honest. It was like it said though, not your normal mystery.
In this story you have Professor Snow who is being tried for a missing 17 year old named Madeleine. The jury thinks he did it, Adam says he did not. This is his account of the time he spent with Madeleine leading up to her disappearance.
The plot was an ok idea but it lacked depth, excitement and the actual mystery. Nothing really happened at all in the story. I think what was supposed to grab readers was the fact that he was a 40 year old professor and she just a teenager of 17. He narrates the entire thing, there is no investigation involved so I find it hard to even class as a mystery. There is a lot about art history in this book so that was interesting. Readers who have an interest in that topic may enjoy this story.
I did not really like any of the few characters in this book. I did not find them very relatable at all so that made them a bit unbelievable. The only character I found to be somewhat believable was probably Elsa, but even she had a rather strange thought process.
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