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The Christmas Guest

Peter Swanson

3.56 AVERAGE

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
dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

This just didn't work for me at all. The irregular timeline, the heavy reliance on diary entries for the first half, then a whole lot of nothing and then something. And then it ended. Meh.
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
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
dark mysterious tense
dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This Christmas-themed story was enjoyable and quick. The narration is lovely — a bit distracting at times with the page-turn effects, though. The diary-based approach gave us good insight into two views of the story with some interesting twists and reflections.
mysterious medium-paced
dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

There were some interesting twists in this one, and it left me more reflective than I expected!