The big rewind

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The big rewind (2016)

241 pages

English language

Published Sept. 10, 2016

ISBN:
9780062403537
OCLC Number:
935711938

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4 stars (1 review)

"Listening to someone else's mix tapes is a huge breach of trust. But KitKat was dead ... and curiosity got the better of me"--Page 4 of cover.

Jett Bennett moved to New York to become a music journalist; she has a temp gig as a proofreader, but at least she's fitting in with the artists and musicians in the tragically hip Brooklyn neighborhood she calls home. When Jett opens up her mail and finds a mix tape meant for her neighbor, KitKat, a local queen bee renowned for her enhanced baked goods and retro videogame collection, everything changes. Now Jett is on the hunt for a killer-- and for the truths hidden within her own heart.

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4 stars

"Raymond Chandler meets Nick Hornby" was the pull quote that got me to read this. And it's apt, though I think it's more Hornby than Chandler.



It leans very heavily on High Fidelity, Jett isn't on a quest to revisit her old romances, but it happens in any case. Much of the focus switches between the murder mystery, Jett's love and work life and the revisits.



The mystery is probably the weakest part of it. I called the killer before they were introduced by name in the story, though I was hazy on the reasons until 3/4 of the way through. And it does suffer from the painful thing of character who wants the killer found doesn't tell the detective really important information that they're like "oh yeah, that would have been good to know".



There are some dumb bits, but I got dragged along for the ride and felt …

Subjects

  • Neighbors
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Audiocassettes
  • Friendship
  • Fiction

Places

  • Brooklyn
  • New York (State)
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • New York