Mis-genred

I seldom roll my eyes or sarcastically talk back to audiobooks, but this was an exception, for these reasons:

1. This is not a mystery. It would beggar imagination to call it one. The murderer
practically wears a flashing sign saying “it’s me” throughout. There’s no one else it could be.

2. This is, in fact, a pulpy romance novel. Of
course mysteries esp cosies have romance. This is nothing but endless banging on about how they all feel about each other. It’s listening to a 7 hour text string between 6 15 year olds.

3. If you choose a specialty to write about, know something about it. The mystery allegedly centers around Egyptian archeological restoration - the female
Protagonist is an “expert”, who never demonstrates any knowledge of her subject. Someone looked up the pyramid inch on Wikipedia - that’s it.
4. This is the absolute most enraging part - the story centres around 2 unmarried sisters, with careers, who, even in the context of the late 19th century, have less agency than I think I’ve ever seen. They spend the entire novel fighting over men, an agonizingly drawn out pseudo drama that finally made me want to drown my phone.

I did not enjoy it. Narration was good, though.

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