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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
informative
sad
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
When death comes knocking on your door,
you’ll think you’ve seen his face before.
When he comes creeping up your stairs,
you’ll know him from your dark nightmares.
If you hold up a mirror, you shall see
that he is you and you are he.
I thoroughly enjoyed this sweet little horror story by Jennifer McMahon. This is the second book I have read by her, the first being The Winter People, and I think she is one of my new favorite authors.
This story takes place in three different time settings: the 1950s-1961, the summer of 1989 and 2013. In the 50s, we meet Rose and Sylvie, two sisters living on their family farm turned motel in Vermont. There are multiple dark secrets lingering between the two sisters, and the ramifications of these secrets seep into the summer of 1989, with Rose's daughter Amy. Amy has two best friends, sisters Margo and Piper. Throughout that fateful summer, they seek to uncover some of the secrets that lie within the long defunct motel. What they discover tears the friendship into shreds. In 2013, we meet up with Amy, Margo and Piper as adults. A murder draws the three back together to finally uncover all of the darkness that surrounds the motel that changed the lives of Rose, Sylvie, Amy, Margo and Piper.
McMahon does an amazing job of creating an eerie setting for the motel throughout the decades, and I was on the edge of my seat to find out what had really been going on all those years. If you are a fan of juicy, scandalous horror, I highly recommend you pick this one up.
you’ll think you’ve seen his face before.
When he comes creeping up your stairs,
you’ll know him from your dark nightmares.
If you hold up a mirror, you shall see
that he is you and you are he.
I thoroughly enjoyed this sweet little horror story by Jennifer McMahon. This is the second book I have read by her, the first being The Winter People, and I think she is one of my new favorite authors.
This story takes place in three different time settings: the 1950s-1961, the summer of 1989 and 2013. In the 50s, we meet Rose and Sylvie, two sisters living on their family farm turned motel in Vermont. There are multiple dark secrets lingering between the two sisters, and the ramifications of these secrets seep into the summer of 1989, with Rose's daughter Amy. Amy has two best friends, sisters Margo and Piper. Throughout that fateful summer, they seek to uncover some of the secrets that lie within the long defunct motel. What they discover tears the friendship into shreds. In 2013, we meet up with Amy, Margo and Piper as adults. A murder draws the three back together to finally uncover all of the darkness that surrounds the motel that changed the lives of Rose, Sylvie, Amy, Margo and Piper.
McMahon does an amazing job of creating an eerie setting for the motel throughout the decades, and I was on the edge of my seat to find out what had really been going on all those years. If you are a fan of juicy, scandalous horror, I highly recommend you pick this one up.
This was pretty good for the most part.
Jennifer McMahon tells a mysterious story surrounding the history of a rundown motel in rural Vermont. This was made a compelling read by telling the story via three alternating timelines: 1961, 1989 and present day.
McMahon's character development is stellar. Most stories of this style depend on fully realized child characters and this is where the story really excels.
I was fully gripped in the story up until the final 30 pages or so. I guess I was a bit disappointed for the book really being what she intended it to be,
a shape-shifting monster story,
and I can't really blame her for setting out to do this from the onset.
Despite that not really being something that interests me, this is still a very engaging read, and quite a quick one. So very much worth anyone's time.
Jennifer McMahon tells a mysterious story surrounding the history of a rundown motel in rural Vermont. This was made a compelling read by telling the story via three alternating timelines: 1961, 1989 and present day.
McMahon's character development is stellar. Most stories of this style depend on fully realized child characters and this is where the story really excels.
I was fully gripped in the story up until the final 30 pages or so. I guess I was a bit disappointed for the book really being what she intended it to be,
Spoiler
a shape-shifting monster story,
and I can't really blame her for setting out to do this from the onset.
Despite that not really being something that interests me, this is still a very engaging read, and quite a quick one. So very much worth anyone's time.
The basic plot idea is ok if rather predictable, but the character development is unbalanced and poorly executed. There's a lot of stereotyping that causes the reveals to be obvious from a hundred pages away.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel to the point where I spent too much of my weekend reading it. McMahon does a superior job of mixing the stories from three separate time frames: 1961, 1989, and 2013—I never felt like I lost the story's pace when moving between the stories.
There were plenty of times when I wondered if everyone imagined certain events. Is there really something supernatural lurking at the Tower Motel or have certain characters talked themselves into believing in the impossible? So well done!
McMahon ties everything together in the end and man, I was crying too hard to read at a few points. I planned to pitch a fit if McHanon let what could happen play out but she uses verbal safety brakes to save the day and supplies a satisfying ending. Don't get me wrong—there's still plenty of death and mayhem. This isn't a tame book, not at all.
If you like plenty or twists and turns mixed into your supernatural tale, I highly recommend this novel.
And no, I only read it once. Goodreads is being silly.
There were plenty of times when I wondered if everyone imagined certain events. Is there really something supernatural lurking at the Tower Motel or have certain characters talked themselves into believing in the impossible? So well done!
McMahon ties everything together in the end and man, I was crying too hard to read at a few points. I planned to pitch a fit if McHanon let what could happen play out but she uses verbal safety brakes to save the day and supplies a satisfying ending. Don't get me wrong—there's still plenty of death and mayhem. This isn't a tame book, not at all.
If you like plenty or twists and turns mixed into your supernatural tale, I highly recommend this novel.
And no, I only read it once. Goodreads is being silly.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes