Review: Mystery mixed with social commentary/satire
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 9, 2013
Enter To Win is as much a commentary on the current regrettable trend towards bare-all, tell-all reality programming as it is a murder mystery. Told using first person multiple point of view, the contestants tell their individual stories, explaining how they came to take part in a reality show contest that ends up being an ongoing murder investigation after the show's director is found murdered on the set of cheesy soap opera "Crystal Falls." The contestants, who are thrown together in a mansion, are vying for a large cash prize--basically competing with each other over who's got the most compelling life story with the winner's life eventually being written into the soap.For me, this was a unique premise, and I thought the author did a good job interweaving the individuals' stories while developing their characters. I found myself smiling at some of their insights and incisive commentary while trying to guess the killer's identity. (I didn't.)Enter To Win overall is an entertaining read that kept me turning the pages. The ending had a nice twist.