Book Review : The Truants by Kate Weinberg

By Murtaza Kuwarawala -
Title - The Truants

Author - Kate Weinberg

Genre - Coming of Age Fiction

Agatha Christie has always been one of my most favourite mystery authors and her books have always been my first recommendation to people who are looking for books in the genre.So when I found out the book 'The Truants' is a book where the plot involves Christie's book, I didn't hesitate even once to pick it up and here is my take on the same.

The Truants is a story mainly revolving around three people. Jess, Alec (Jess's friends boyfriend) and Lorna. Jess arrives at the university mainly bcoz she is in awe with Lorna and wants to take her classes. Though initially disappointed with the course she was enrolled in (Agatha Christie's course) she makes her way to one of Lorna's favorite student. A twist in tale involving them all puts their life upside down and what happens next forms the rest of the story.

While the book was pretty intriguing, you do keep going chapter to chapter wondering what's going to happen next, the book did leave a few loose ends that it had to tie up. The characters were pretty interesting to invest into, but then the book could have been a bit better had the loose ends had been tied. The central characters, Jess and Lorna, had been explored to really good depths but where the book lacked in is how the supporting characters were portrayed. Some of them kept creeping up when the time was pretty convenient.

The plot though revolves around Agatha Christie's book since one of the major characters is a professor in the topic, we could hardly relate much to her fiction novels. It felt at times except for certain elements, the book took the liberty of putting in few elements here and there so that it would keep Christie's fans interested.

Would I recommend this book? Ofcourse I would as it had been one of those books that I could not put down and had been well written. The only point off-putting were the loose ends which if tied up could have made this book even better.

My Ratings - 🌟🌟🌟1/2 out of 5 (3.5 out of 5)

Book in Few Words - Could have been Better

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