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A review by kaulhilo
The Fraud Squad by Kyla Zhao
1.0
this book is exactly like if gossip girl crashed and burned. it felt very abysmally unoriginal, an amateur fanfiction: which was just so disappointing because the cover and the synopsis are actually so intriguing it feels unfair to see it executed so poorly.
i could’ve forgiven the icky reverse derena-esque plotline if, at the very least, the writing was done well, but even that came off as entirely too artificial and robotic. the characters were odd, one dimensional, and a lot of the things happening felt a little too fluid and on the nose for me. i really have no idea why this has so many 5 stars ratings since i cannot find a single good thing to say about it, besides being somewhat blandly entertaining. thank you to berkley for the arc (1.5/5).
i could’ve forgiven the icky reverse derena-esque plotline if, at the very least, the writing was done well, but even that came off as entirely too artificial and robotic. the characters were odd, one dimensional, and a lot of the things happening felt a little too fluid and on the nose for me. i really have no idea why this has so many 5 stars ratings since i cannot find a single good thing to say about it, besides being somewhat blandly entertaining. thank you to berkley for the arc (1.5/5).