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A review by stormlightreader
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
3.0
Murder in the Family is a mixed media thriller (a format I believe is pretty standard for Hunter). I do like this format and I think this may be the biggest thing that appealed to me. It is fast-paced and the full cast audio is a strong point of my reading experience. However, the intrigue felt almost non-existent and instead, it just felt like exposition followed by more exposition, with low stakes twists. I also figured out the killer early on and that's never good for my enjoyment of a book, because I'm not intelligent when it comes to figuring out book plots.
I don't know whether it was the mixed media format or just the execution, but I was never really invested in the plot, however, it was a quick read and what I needed at the time. The mixed media format was good in speeding up scenes with conversations, meaning that sentences are not constantly being broken up with "they said" or "they shouted". I also think that some of the cutaways to interviews felt a bit stilted and this added to the lack of intrigue.
I don't know whether it was the mixed media format or just the execution, but I was never really invested in the plot, however, it was a quick read and what I needed at the time. The mixed media format was good in speeding up scenes with conversations, meaning that sentences are not constantly being broken up with "they said" or "they shouted". I also think that some of the cutaways to interviews felt a bit stilted and this added to the lack of intrigue.