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The crime itself did not seem that complicated but way the plot digs its backstory with bunch of red herrings trying to point on a suspect making it so unnecessarily convoluted and draggy. \n\nBit psycho related with tale of jealousy, wealth and revenge. Nothing suprising or twisty much though I can sense that the plot trying its hard to make it as a puzzling case. I was forced to change my role at times and the game instructions too felt demanding that I did not like the tone at all. Wish the characters can charmed me at least, yet their development were so lacked with nothing interesting, even the killer—despite his foreseen motive— barely intrigued me. I have read meta-mystery plot before but this one, frankly, just ain’t for me. Too wearisome, just glad that I did not quit and manage to read it until the end. 1.5\u002F5* \n\n(review copy courtesy of Times Reads)","none","rv-01kr814ged4j7cbt2zrhyjxexa",[],"2026-05-10T04:08:12.000000Z"]