Reviews - The Christmas Party

268 reviews for:

The Christmas Party

Mikayla Davids

3.3 AVERAGE

lauraleest_be's review against another edition

4.0

4,5 ☆

statefossil's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The writing was clunky and the author used apostrophes instead of quotations for conversations which drives me nuts. It's wasn't like overtly awful, but it wasn't good either.

singerofstories's review against another edition

3.25

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: No

A family estranged for ten years reunites at a holiday party set in a secluded 5-star countryside hotel. All the elements of a classic popcorn thriller are here--the isolated hotel set in a blizzard. The family reunited for a decade of secrets to be revealed, or not. Multiple POV's (which ultimately gave way to me guessing involvement of characters in the story) as well as timelines.

There were points in this book where I was tearing through pages...and then times where I was tearing up from frustration or boredom. By the end, though, I will say I absolutely am intrigued about the next phase of the Bailey family secrets. The author has me guessing about that. This is labeled a "psychological thriller" and I wouldn't quite call it psychological but definitely popcorn. Something relatively short and set during the holidays, which was what I wanted to read.

all_bookedup19's review against another edition

3.0

3.25 Stars

Tropes:

Family Drama
Snowed In
Secrets and Lies

Multiple POV

I like thrillers and I like Christmas, so I thought I would love this book, but I didn't exactly love it.
I liked how we got past and present chapters. I liked that we got chapters from other people's POVs.

What I didn't like was the fact that there wasn't a lot of "Christmas" in this book. There were also a lot of characters and even more drama to try and keep up with.

The entire family was basically plotting against each other the entire time. There were times when things were repeated a few pages later. This was an okay read. I don't think the twist was "jaw dropping" but that's just me.

anniesbooknook's review against another edition

2.75

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

libsbooknook's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

So repetitive!!
Different POVs are one thing, but when you have multiple POVs about one situation and only change a few minor details or sentences, it’s basically rereading the same page over and over again. Not ideal.