A startup company goes on a holiday working retreat with deadly outcomes in this rather boring murder mystery.
I found my first Ruth Ware novel to be rather boring and predictable. The set-up is nifty – what happens when coworkers with secrets to protect end up stranded alone in a ski chalet during their work retreat? Not much, apparently. The killer was rather obvious, the deaths themselves lackluster, and the conclusion underwhelming. Why is the overlooked mousey girl at the company the killer? So cliched it hurts. Erin and Danny, the two staff members of the chalet trapped with the tech company members, were by far the most interesting. It would have been pretty fun if they were the two narrators rather than Liz and Erin. Liz didn’t bring much to the table, and Erin was a little too Mary Sue to make it suspenseful. I’m still interested in trying another Ruth Ware novel!
tl;dr An underwhelming story with a lackluster mystery and boring characters.