Tina P. Verified Buyer Puzzled by the puzzle. We have done many of Hunt a Killer's games before and enjoyed several of them. I'd recommend several other box sets before this one. Here is our take on some of the key aspects:
Story: We've always loved the writing for Hunt-a-Killer's stories and this time is no different. The setup is fairly straight forward and of course all the suspects have a motive. The extra tidbits from the detective are cute too.
Puzzle: The idea of a puzzle is great and our family likes putting together puzzles, but this is a 1000 piece that gives you no guidance whatsoever (no picture/box/frame/etc) on what you're putting together. It is definitely not a single night activity unless you're avid puzzlers.
I think they didn't provide a picture so you couldn't see the whole picture before you solved the puzzle, but the lack of a picture made it very frustrating to make progress. The puzzle is beautiful and colorful, but the same or similar colors will be used in half a dozen separate places so you're never sure whether things should go together or a piece belongs in a whole other section.
Puzzle Payoff: This is probably where we were most disappointed. We finally completed the puzzle and it felt there was almost no benefit to the case. In order to get the puzzle pieces that hold critical clues you need to answer questions about the case. But if you are able to answer the questions in the book to get the puzzle pieces then you have pretty much already solved the case.
Overall: We did enjoy discussing the case even if we got the wrong answer in the end. The puzzle was more effort than it was worth, but I think it could work in the future. Was this review helpful? Yes No (0/0)
