The prose is beautiful and vivid, very image driven. The only thing that was really lacking for me was the dialogue, and the ending was a sad one but that's likely to be expected. This was a fictionalized account of a true crime, part of it an unsolved mystery. It's definitely worth the read just for the prose and descriptions. The characters and their motivations felt believable.
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Even though it's an interesting detective mystery and based on a true story, it isn't particularly well written and doesn't carry an important message.
The premise is fantastic but the writing did not grab my attention. The language was a little too simple for my taste. Despite this, the story held my attention all the way through.