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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh. I just finished this book and loved it. Was one of my favorite mysteries. [/quote]

What part was the mystery exactly? Nothing was solved. It was just a story.[/quote]

I think it answered who killed the girl (albeit with some degree of uncertainty). But that’s because it’s based on a true crime podcast. I enjoyed that aspect—in real life, in many cases, you never really know for sure. Who’s guilty is simply who’s guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, according the jury. And here, the reader is basically the jury.

Granted, in most mysteries you are rewarded with a completely unrealistic scene where the criminal confesses to everything (just to show off), or the plucky one legged detective finds a mountain of body parts in the killer’s murder den. But this book is about putting together a ton of circumstantial evidence to surmise the most likely murderer.

Anyway, I read it in 2 days and was surprised to see all the hate on here. I enjoyed that I could participate in this made-up “true crime” without being some nutter on Reddit or getting yelled at online for not believing women (or whatever the case may be). It felt very of the moment. [/quote]
One reason I like fiction is because at the end you get the answer. If I wanted uncertainty, I’d read true crime. The ambiguous ending is such a cop out. Authors need to do finish their stories![/quote]

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