Title: Alice in Everville
Author: S.C. Langgle
Genre: Mystery, Young Adult
Format: ARC
Pages: 180
Reason Read: ARC Review
Rating:

My Thoughts

Even though ALICE IN EVERVILLE was self-published, I was excited to read it. The premise sounded like so much fun, but the execution wasn’t done well at all. The story and writing were lacking in so many areas, but most particularly in character and story development. It felt more like a rough draft than a finished story.

I didn’t feel the urgency and time crunch Alice felt about deciphering Sylvie Plate’s code in her poems. The story felt really contrived and the allusions lacked subtlety. It took me out of the story because I kept rolling my eyes.