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The Christmas Guest

Peter Swanson

3.56 AVERAGE

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Cute and dark, this was a fun read.

I was with this thriller until the ghost appeared at the end. Then it felt like two different stories mashed up together.

Predictable, boring and too much focus on the romantic subplot. If this book wasn't so short, it definitely would've been a DNF.
dark mysterious fast-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
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
dark 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

This wasn't for me, but at least it was a fast read.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was just fine. I didn't find to to be particularly compelling and overall pretty predictable. I have heard such great things about Peter Swanson but this has honestly made me not really want to pick up anymore of his novels. I didn't find this to be twisty or that interesting at all. I suppose there are worse ways to spend an afternoon but I wouldn't necessarily recommend picking this one up.