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Thank you to netgalley for this arc.

I was interested in this book because of the setting, but I wasn't sure about the plot because it seems like a murder mystery, which I usually don't care for. Split was a murder mystery in a way, but not really in the traditional sense. This book takes place over a week in Split, starting with characters finding the body of a local man. We have such an interesting cast of characters, including a German film crew, communists, Italian fascists, freemasons and more. It was interesting to read about this very precarious time period, and the slow murder investigation that is happening. It's also interesting to read about what was happening in Split at the time.

On the other hand, this book felt so long for a 250 page book. There are so many characters I often lost track of who was who and what group they were part of. There is a list of characters in the beginning of the book but it's troublesome to flip back and forth to check who these characters were. Also, I don't want to spoil the ending, (view spoiler)[ but it wasn't satisfying for me. I guess it was realistic but I'm bummed out now. (hide spoiler)]