Grave Expectations

I had high expectations on this book based on the general themes and topics. But it did disappoint me.  Let's first talk about what I loved: The comedy and fun stuff was really entertaining, if I were to rate it based off of entertainment, it'd probably be 4/5⭐.  The "trio" (living) of Basher, Alex and Claire plus Sophie was also really cool and made me smile a few times. Like a found family.  Now about what I didn't like: Oof did I not like Claire's persona. She was freaking 30 and acted like a teenager. Even Alex, a literal teen, was more an adult than she was. Of course being 30 doesn't mean you're like a wise old person but you at least have some kind of experience and wisdom. I have to say, I could not picture her being 30 at all. 23 or younger was my mental image throughout the book.  ⚠️(Spoilers ahead)  Another important note is that Claire seemed really clueless. She can see freaking ghosts and doesn't think of interrogating them?? Or talking to them about the case? Really?! She spent over 10+ years talking to ghosts and doesn't think of using this as a tool? That made no sense to me. ⚠️ Apart from that, the writing was also really cringe. Like a full body cringe. The LOLs and all that made me want to dnf this book sometimes. I'm happy I didn't but I was close.  The fact that we didn't find out much about the characters other than Claire made me a bit well... Sad. I wanted to know more about Figgy and some other characters.  To conclude, this book was funny when it came to dildos but it was slightly too "try hard" for me.

The book was very intriguing at the beginning and at the end. In between it sometimes was kind of boring. It had a character development and you could not really see what’s happening so it wasn’t that obvious. _______________ little spoiler ________________ I did like the main characters characteristics, but it would suits a teenager more because she doesn’t seem like a 30-year-old. But I assume that’s however, you preferred to be . But she definitely seems younger than she is in the books