A review by kalventure
The Agathas by Liz Lawson, Kathleen Glasgow

2.5

 This was okay, I guess. I almost DNF'd a few times but the mystery itself was plotted really well and I was interested enough to see what happened. I kind of found the main character's obsession with Agatha Christie a little insufferable, and the characters didn't feel fleshed out: they felt like a handful of characteristics in a trenchcoat rather than an actual person. Not to mention that Alice's motivations didn't feel strong enough for me to drive the plot.

"There are an awful lot of morally gray areas to being a detective."

THERE SHOULDN'T BE. And I would be remiss to not mention that it is WEIRD that an actual defense attorney breaks confidentiality to essentially work with a handful of teenagers because??? she babysat one of them? I can suspend my disbelief at the roundabout sharing of intel to find the truth but kind of draw the line at a murder board pizza party. Of course, take this with a grain of salt as I am an adult and not the target audience (but it's still weird af).

The reading experience was a definite 2 but the mystery was done well and it got a little better character-wise towards the end so I rounded up to 3. A sequel was just announced but I won't be continuing.