Welcome to Litsy!

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- a university mystery
- with only a splash of thrills
- multiple POVs

My biggest issue was the choice for only one narrator, she was nowhere good enough to hold her own with this many characters. It made the story difficult to stay in and unfortunately, even when I did…I found the story to be quite bland. The only action was in the last 45 min. of the audio. Those two things combined made this a very blah kind of book.

This was quite entertaining and went well with my treadmill time. While I did guess the killer, it was a very solid story development.

We are very grateful to welcome back author, R.J. Jacobs back onto the podcast this week. His fantastic new dark academia murder mystery novel, “This is How We End Things,“ was recently released and we had a great time discussing the newest book and all things writing. We think you'll enjoy this one. Thanks for listening and happy reading.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Pzp6tuoHCdpOjF3KmJjoj

We were thrilled to have RJ Jacobs, author of the wonderful thriller This is How We End Things, on the show. We talk books, writing, and the publishing biz, among other things. It was a fun discussion and I highly recommend the book. Enjoy!

https://spotify.link/dpxw8KuPnDb

This thriller moves along quickly across multiple perspectives set in a North Carolina college campus. A group of graduate students under Professor Lyons work on a deception study with experiments that raise ethical issues— and when violence takes place, it somehow only seems to escalate from there. Fast-paced and with an unpredictable plot, this makes for a quick listen. A smaller cast size may have allowed more room for character development.

⭐️⭐️ Simultaneously too confusing, yet somehow not complex enough. The lack of depth and development led to a lack of caring about the outcome. If there had been more time for everything to build up then unfold - if reworked as more of a slow burn - this would‘ve been a hit instead of a miss.

PUB: 9.12.23 #netgalley #coverlove