I was in the mood for a decent crime novel and so pulled The Whole World off of my tbr and found it to be just the thing. Polly and Liv are Americans studying at Cambridge. They meet Nick, a graduate student and become a trio, only Live likes Nick and Nick like Polly. Then Nick disappears just after Polly's mother shows up and many secrets are revealed.

Winslow used to make up logic puzzles for a game magazine, so the plot is both intricate and fits together like a jigsaw puzzle. This is both a boon and a drawback to this novel; while it's refreshing to read a debut novel where the final answer lives up to the promise of the set-up, by the end of the book, all the details are resolved a bit too tidily. Still it was a fun book to spend an evening with and the writing was good, so I'd be happy enough to read another book by this author. ( )

This book looked promising, but I had difficulty in following the story. I can't read books where I can't find a sympathetic character, which was the case here. ( )

Choices, consequences and eloquent descriptions. Each of these elements permeates "The Whole World: A Novel" by Emily Winslow. The mystery that she creates is so elaborate and well-written that its final twists cannot even be imagined until the last pages of the story. An excellent first novel and I look forward to reading anything that she writes in the future. ( )

A mystery at Cambridge University. The point of view switches every few chapters, with each character telling part of the story. For each character the events they describe are their “whole world” and the story definitely revolves around them. Winslow explores confluence and perspective. ( )

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