JanB's Reviews > My Murder

I was completely invested in this one until the reveal at the end....

Can't say much without spoilers....but it was one of the worst endings I've come across.

FYI: Goodreads lists this as a mystery/thriller, but it is not. I like to check edelweiss for the proper genre, which lists this as women's fiction, which I think is correct.

Now that I've settled down, I'll jot down a few thoughts...

This was such an intriguing premise: the setting is the future, and women whose lives were cut short by a serial murderer are brought back to life through cloning. The women know they are clones and experience short term memory loss, including forgetting their murder. The women meet weekly in a support group.

The story is narrated by Lou (Louise), who is a wife and mother of a 9 mo old daughter. Meanwhile, a video game is produced that makes a game of her murder. While this is gruesome, I think it was meant to portray the public's fascination with true crime.

Lou also bans together with a group of amateur detectives who investigates cold cases. We know from the beginning that her murderer has been caught, but there are questions that arise, and Lou goes in search of answers. We, along with Lou, begin to question just who she can trust.

I really enjoyed the world building, especially the cloning and the emotional effects on the cloned women, as well as the futuristic world. I was invested in finding out just what happened to Lou, and then we come to the end and all questions are answered. Which ruined the entire book for me.

I felt the author jerked the reader around for the entire book only to pull out an ending out of her hat like a magic trick.