Jai M {Cat Crazy Dragon }'s Reviews > You're So Dead to Me

2.5 ⭐️DNF 39%. Not for me.

This is VERY British!
If you’re familiar with those old Britt sit-coms, the ones that use snarky comments as humour, bleak colours, and lots of tea? That’s this book. Think ‘Open all hours.’, ‘Are you being Served?’, etc..

Combine that with gapping holes in logic, to up the Britt humour and ridiculousness.

The FMC supposedly has been seeing and interacting with ghosts since she was 6, but still doesn’t know how to do so subtley. Instead draws as much attention as possible, and complains about the results. 🤨

While the entire neighbourhood knows about her ‘delusions’, she’s done nothing to prove herself, help others, make a business out of it, reach out to others (she’s a special snowflake - the only one she knows), or research that we know of (internet anyone??).

An incident when she was 15 occurred, which she flipped out over, and demanded her 3 ghost besties never speak or interact with her again.
They keep this promise for the next 2 years [after which she leaves to travel the world].

If they are that good at respecting her wishes, why couldn’t she talk to them, set healthy boundaries?

5yrs on, she returns and things become crazy again.
At least 50% can be blamed on her, and her failure to again set healthy boundaries, rather than needlessly dramatise, draw as much attention as possible, and then entirely blame the ghosts and people giving her shit (for talking to walls, waving her arms, yelling, etc…can’t imagine what anyones problem is 🙄🙄).

She’s face-timing her Dad, all upset about a health issue of his, how it’s going to affect her, how much she will miss him, and on and on (since the majority is about her, not feeling for her too much). She says she has to go, he’s trying to say I love you, she hangs up in the middle, with ‘bye Dad’.
Dramas happening in the background, and ‘she’s upset, cause she loves him sooo much, and is bemoaning all the lost time, past and future..’ 🥱😅

She just discovered a body, her neighbour-family friend, murdered, is talking to the police. The coroner is a friend from school, their happily chatting and making plans, cause they have so much to catch up on. Meantime, said neighbours ghost is understandably upset in background…😳 she however, is not upset. 😧🤷‍♀️

Then of course are the 3 ghost besties, who have known her since she was six, now perving on her bosoms constantly.. 😵‍💫

They are ridiculous, annoying, complete drama queens, behaving in ways that make them seem unintelligent, constantly causing problems like children, but we are supposed to consider them ‘hot’. ???

Like I said, it’s British humour. Never let logic get in the way of a good joke, or good taste, consideration, or basic empathy… 🤣😂

I LOVE sarcasm, but not poor taste, or a plot that doesn’t add up, particularly if it includes a murder mystery.

Someone out there will think this is ‘just bloody brilliant’.
Good luck to you and enjoy. 😬