The Truants

i think the pacing of this book started out brilliantly—slow moving, beautifully described, and a decent enough cast of characters to keep me invested. and then the latter part of the book moves in, where every character that isn't a part of the main trio is sidelined and forgotten and the plot just kind of...falls apart? i'm not entirely sure how to describe it, but i wouldn't have a problem if other characters were sidelined for the sake of main characters, if the main characters had more substance to them. beautifully written though, i'll give it that much.

A stilted attempt at dark academia. Students having affairs with their professors is definitely fucked up, but not fucked up enough to be surprising.

I'm still not sure what exactly this books wants to say. There is a set up of a crime and a wink at Agatha Christie, but nothing gets resolved in a way that feels murder mystery lover at all.