Review of 'Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The cover review is right on: it's very "voice-y." It's also clever and fun and cute and just cozy as all get-out. And it's a clever premise and a snappy story and some really lovable characters (the titular Charlotte is a burnt-out gifted & talented young millennial, and her friend group are hilarious). Good story arc, too. And it's genuinely funny in several places.
Sure, at some points it feels like a debut novel. Which it is, that's allowed. Some of the dialogue and plot whips are a little tough to keep up with, though maybe as an elder millennial it's just going over my head?
But overall I had a great time with this. It felt like a book about the grown-up version of a kid detective I read when I was a kid and had just forgotten about.