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The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

5 reviews

vj_thompson's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I would totally read a spin-off series where Carly solves missing persons cases. Overall loved the writing and the story. There were so many good moments, and I was on the edge of my seat reading this book. Will be reading more of Simone St. James’s novels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Death of parent

jmkendall0218's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Death of parent

emeraldsanto's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

libraryghost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Terminal illness

ruruxxi's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was an interesting read. A mystery-thriller with a twinge of horror, The Sun Down Motel executes its story in dual perspectives: one set in the past and one set in the present. What's mind-boggling is the present perspective is just basically retracing the steps of the one set in the past, giving you a sense of déjà vu in a bad way: you're basically reading the same events twice. However despite some head scratching narrative choices and an incredibly slow start, The Sun Down Motel's narrative bones are compelling and it remains an edge-of-your-seat read, with something to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief