Peter Manus

I know they say you should never judge a book by its cover but I'll be honest- I do. Quite frequently, in fact. This book was no exception in that sense. Although the cover wasn't extremely exciting, there was something about the title, "Fickle, " and the fact that this is one of my favorite genres - mystery, that intrigued me enough to check out the synopsis and decide to read this book. I've never before read anything by Peter Manus, in fact I believe this is actually his debut novel but I was certainly impressed by him and will look forward to, hopefully, reading his future publications. This was a book unlike anything I've ever read before and it was so creative and so unique in the way he created the format of the story, set up as different blog posts and comments with characters consisting of the blogging community. How very cool! Being an avid blogger myself, and a huge fan and followers of other blogs, I could easily relate to, and appreciate, this format and I have a lot of respect for Peter Manus because he was able to create such a compelling and very complex novel, within the limits of blog posts- very impressive and nicely done.

This story is about a woman who is known in the blogging community as "fickle" who witnesses what appears to be a suicide at a Boston subway and there is suspicion around her connection, if any, with the deceased and weather or not she is in anyway responsible for the untimely death. I don't want to give much more away then that but I will say this is a very complex novel with a lot of layers and depth. I really enjoyed this book and I wasn't sure that I was going to, considering the format, but again, it was wonderfully executed and I give it a four out of five star rating and highly recommend it.

I received an ARC of Fickle from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

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Fickle is a book that's written entirely in the form of blog posts from an anonymous twenty-something year old blogger who goes by the nickname "L.G. Fickle".

The plot starts off with Fickle blogging about witnessing a suicide at the train station. The man who killed himself she dubs Mr. Suicide, and she describes how he jumped onto the tracks of an oncoming train.

As you get deeper into the novel, Fickle reveals that the man's suicide is being investigated by the police who think that it was possible that the man was pushed onto the tracks and didn't in fact take his own life. While going through the man's flicker account the police find many pictures of Fickle.. which seems odd to them since Fickle told the police that she didn't know the man.

Things keep getting weirder and weirder as more evidence ties Fickle to Mr. Suicide. Then, people around Fickle start dieing, leaving the reader wondering if Fickle is perhaps the guilty party all along or if someone is stalking her and trying to put the blame of Mr. Suicide's death on her.

Overall, I thought that this book was a decent read. There are lots of plot twists, and the narrator is unreliable, which adds yet another twist.

Parts of this book seemed to drag on a bit, and personally, I thought the ending was a bit confusing. It definitely has a strong plot, and was overall a fun read.. but I do have to say that the ending was a disappointment to me.… (más)