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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's fine. It's not badly written but it's not great. I figured out what the mystery was around halfway through, which is not a bad thing but it all felt very pointless by the end. The twists were very Scream-coded actually haha.
This story was kind of “The Big Chill” meets “I Know What You Did Last Summer” with a blend of suspense and Hitchcock nostalgia. It worked through the characters’ backstories and buried secrets and twists and made it a fun read.
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Started off slow, became kind of tedious always hinting at some great mystery, had a good payoff I guess.
What a miss, other than the gorgeous, perfect cover I didn’t find a lot to love inside. 2024 continues to be a year of clunkers for me. This is really a campus mystery, set in a hotel for really not much of a reason. The setting is mostly lost in endless backstory, as is most everything else. After three nights of reading waiting for something to kick in to gear, I looked down at my reader and I was 60% through the book.
There’s lots of unnecessary description like, she sat down at the dark oak table, set with red linen napkins and gold plates…etc etc. early on there’s a ton of odd brand name dropping as well for absolutely no reason. “He put on his Nike t-shirt” “she used a CVS receipt as a bookmark” . There are also a lot of Hitchcock tidbits tossed in, but they also mostly don’t figure into the plot.
The dialogue and character’s behavior stretch any sort of believability as well. As we move along very slowly the book morphs from a thriller to a fairly straightforward procedural. By the time the ending came around I was feeling more Lifetime TV Mystery than Hitchcock film.
There’s lots of unnecessary description like, she sat down at the dark oak table, set with red linen napkins and gold plates…etc etc. early on there’s a ton of odd brand name dropping as well for absolutely no reason. “He put on his Nike t-shirt” “she used a CVS receipt as a bookmark” . There are also a lot of Hitchcock tidbits tossed in, but they also mostly don’t figure into the plot.
The dialogue and character’s behavior stretch any sort of believability as well. As we move along very slowly the book morphs from a thriller to a fairly straightforward procedural. By the time the ending came around I was feeling more Lifetime TV Mystery than Hitchcock film.
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:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Too many characters that I don't care about. The story was too boring for me
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes