I loved the plot and I typically like poetic writing but the style for this didn’t fully work for me, it was almost overwritten or felt like they were trying too hard to be poetic. Some of the sentences felt clunky and didn’t flow very well.

If it was executed better I would love it, still enjoyed reading though!

I’ve seen this happening because of marketing too, something marketed as “the x Bridget Jones” and gets bad reviews because it isn’t like Bridget Jones. Something marketed as a mystery that got bad reviews because there wasn’t a big mystery element. I liked both books myself and usually go in without expectations.