This starts out as a 4 and rapidly declined to a 2 and I should have DNF. Though market as an adult thriller, it totally reads like a YA novel.
The premise -- a young woman is dying after an attack damages her brain and an aneurysm is due to burst and bleed within the week. She decides, after a completely lackluster life where she accomplished nothing, to solve her own murder. With the help of her childhood friend, Billy, (who of course in this trope of tropes secretly loves her), Jet (oh what a name and somehow a nickname for Margaret) tries to find some clues that will help them discover the identity of the killer.
The dialogue was sophomoric and the plot so very thin that within a few chapters you can guess correctly most all of the what, why, and who. The constant repetition of how much time Jet has left was annoying. The things Jet did in that week in her condition were quite preposterous and one needs to really suspend all disbelief as it really strains credulity. I can see by other reviews that I'm an outlier on this one. I'm sorry I wasted my time but I thought the unique perspective was going to be better executed. I appreciate receiving the ARC from the publisher.
I also tried to listen to the audio book but the narrator's (Alex McKenna) voice just made me cringe and emphasized all the points I made about the writing and the dialogue. I stopped.
This is a standalone and is not part of any series.
Tags and genre -- publisher markets as adult novel but reads like YA, trope filled mystery, boy next door, solve your own murder premise
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