865 reviews for:

Parents Weekend

Alex Finlay

3.51 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional mysterious tense

3.5 stars rounded up
Libby, Blane, Mark, Felix, and Stella, also known as the Five, are in their first year of college at a small college in Northern California. All of them have parents that come to visit during Parents Weekend. All 5 had planned to meet their families at a nearby restaurant. However, none of them show up. At first the parents think they are running late, and then they decide there must be at a party instead. However, when the kids are still missing hours later; the parents finally bring in the campus police, who kick off an investigation. This was such a fun, fast-paced story told from each family’s POV.
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was......something. I wish the book had a better ending. I wish the POVs were only of the kids, and not the Adults. I didn't give a fuck about the adults and their affairs and how, in general, shitty they were as humans. It was a boring read, with not a lot of twists.

Mystery and thriller light.
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes