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Book Reviews of The Appeal

The Appeal
The Appeal
Author: Janice Hallett
ISBN-13: 9781788165303
ISBN-10: 1788165306
Publication Date: 7/1/2021
Pages: 447
Edition: Main
Rating:
  • Currently 2.7/5 Stars.
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2.7 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Viper
Book Type: Paperback
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2 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

maura853 avatar reviewed The Appeal on + 542 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I liked it a lot -- wickedly funny -- until she went and spoiled it all by solving the mystery.

With such a build-up, it was almost inevitable that the ending was a disappointment. The epistolary format, and the slowest of slow boils, was a brave choice by Hallett, but it made it hard to care whodunnit, or even particularly care what had been done ...
krystle avatar reviewed The Appeal on + 24 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Summary: We follow a group of amateur theater performers as they hold a cancer fundraiser and deal with a murder of one of their own. It is told through emails, messages, and police reports.

Overall: This epistolary novel builds little suspense.

Characters:3/10 I had a hard time keeping track of who was who. There was not any sort of physical descriptions. It may be handy to tab the cast of characters page if reading a physical copy.

Uniqueness: 8/10 I haven't read a crime book in the form before.

Plot: 5/10 I wondered how it would end, but getting there was painfully slow for around 80% of the book.

Concept: 8/10 I appreciated that we don't know who died until well into the book.

Absorbing: 2/10 I was tuning out the repetitive nature of the emails/headers.

Keeper/Re-Readability: 2/10

Enjoyment/Entertainment: 3/10 this was a great premise, but it wasn't for me.