The Ending Writes Itself
Best dedication ever.
The dedication is worth the price of the book, in itself.
Twisted take on the thriller/mystery genre, with some pointed pokes at subsets in the publishing industry.
Must be satire.
It starts with an unfinished manuscript and gathering a handful of mid-list writers on an island, so it’s essentially a locked room mystery, right? But wait, there’s more.
The characters themselves seem to resemble some standard mystery/thriller/romance tired tropes trotted out, with some banter, the dialogue, all seems to fit a pattern.
The story telling itself was a little jarring as there were interruptions, asides, flashbacks, and some of the material was engaging as another look at the seamy side of publishing.
Stayed up until four in the morning reading the last hundred pages, as in, to borrow a clichéd expression, “I just couldn’t put it down.”
