Book Review
So The Dead Friend Project sounded very much like my kind of book. It has an awesome cover and catchy title, Both Bookstagram and Booktok are going crazy about it. All good things. Unfortunately for me it just fell a little flat and had me going meh at the end.
First off I didn’t really feel that this was a crime fiction read. More book club contemporary with a light dashing of thriller (at a push). When Beth’s friend is killed whilst out running late at night. The fallout causes immense tension between the mummy friend group and school pick up becomes very hazardous.
Beth doesn’t think Charlotte was killed in an accident. As she spirals into playing a modern day Jessica Fletcher a whole host of unfortunate events unfollow. I started off liking Beth and having sympathy for her. The grief of loss consumes her every thought. I really did enjoy the school playgroup chapters. The awkward tension was superb. The book for me became a little farcical and far fetched the more I read. I began to really dislike Beth and in the end I did not care about the wrap up.
If you are looking for something to read on an afternoon for escapism, then it is perfect.
Go into it not too seriously and don’t try to play detective alongside Beht, just ghost alongside her.
I can see 100% why this book would be popular. I just prefer my thrillers to be a little more dark and my crime to be less on the cozy side.
I am always fair and honest with my reviews and on this occasion this wasn’t for me but there are thousands of other readers that this will be their book of the year.
Why not pick it up today and let me know what you think.
Thank you to the lovely, Rosie at Viper for my hardback gifted copy. Given to me in exchange for an honest review as part of the virtual book tour.
Blurb
Everyone needs a hobby…
Things haven’t been going well for Beth. Her husband has left her for one of her friends. Her fellow school mums judge her for swearing too much and not shifting the baby weight. And now she’s stuck in A&E after her son fell off the climbing wall on the first day of school.
In fact, things haven’t been going well for Beth since Charlotte died – her best friend, a favourite at the school pick-ups and the only person to ever run an interesting PTA meeting. But after being hit by a car while on an ill-timed evening jog, Charlotte is no longer there to help Beth pick up the pieces of her increasingly difficult life.
That is, until Beth discovers that Charlotte left her toddler alone in the house during that fatal run. The Charlotte she knew would never do something so irresponsible, and suddenly Beth is questioning whether Charlotte’s death was really an accident. With a newfound purpose and a glass of wine in hand, it’s time for Beth to uncover what really happened to her best friend. And what better place to start than the circle of chatty school mums, who can’t be as perfect as they pretend. But which of them is hiding something? Beth’s determined to find out. Once she’s put the kids to bed, of course…
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Very honest and fair review x
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