📕 Title: Murder Your Employer
✏️ Author: Rupert Holmes
📖 Genre: Fiction
⭐ Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Fun Fact: The author, Rubert Holmes, is the the very same man known for the hit song Escape (The Piña Colada Song).

BOOK BLURB

After Cliff Iverson fails to murder his employer, he is recruited to attend The McMasters Conservatory, a school that teaches its students the art of homicide.

REVIEW

I loved the vibes and writing style; the conservatory felt like something that could have existed in the world of A Series of Unfortunate Events. The conservatory focused portion of the book was my favorite and the most interesting.

Unfortunately, the story was drawn out and felt rather tedious and repetitive after a certain point. When Cliff finally initiates his plan to murder his employer using the skills he learned the conservatory, it should have been the most interesting part of the story. Instead, it was a slow and dull grind that left me grumbling, “get to the point already!” Who would think it’s possible for murder to be so boring?

Another issue I had was Cliff’s crush on another student names Gemma, which was cringey and weirdly possessive, as though being nice should entitle him to her attention or affection. Maybe I’m over analyzing but the way Cliff wrote about her bothered me.

Ultimately, the novelty of the story fizzled out long before the halfway mark. It was a real struggle not to DNF and I wish it had been more concise, as there was a tendency to over explain things.