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3.04 AVERAGE
3.04 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
fast-paced
I did enjoy this one! Just felt like there could have been more! And I’m glad I didn’t do this one as an advent calendar, I feel like I would’ve been disappointed if I had!
dark
emotional
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
This was an Advent book, written with the idea that readers would read one chapter a day. And I tried, I really did. But by day six, I was getting bored with the story. There was nothing keeping me interested enough to keep coming back each day. So I decided to just finish it in one go and honestly I'm glad I did. Because I would have been incredibly disappointed if I'd stuck to one chapter a day.
It was an okay story, about two estranged sisters and their husbands staying at an isolated mountain retreat, trying to patch things up. A snowstorm starts, and the power goes out so both men head out to take a look at the generator. But only one comes back.
I felt that the writing wasn't great. Each person kept alluding to past events, and things going on in their lives, without actually telling us what was going on, trying to keep it mysterious. But when the reveals came, it was nothing exciting. The change in the characters during the snowstorm, just seemed to come out of nowhere, and honestly a lot of it didn't really make any sense. On top of that, the actual "thrilling" part felt like it was over and done so quickly. Then it was just sisters being all mushy and trying to reconnect, with the last couple chapters taking place in the future. I read thrillers for the excitement, not for mushy family talk.
It was an okay story, about two estranged sisters and their husbands staying at an isolated mountain retreat, trying to patch things up. A snowstorm starts, and the power goes out so both men head out to take a look at the generator. But only one comes back.
I felt that the writing wasn't great. Each person kept alluding to past events, and things going on in their lives, without actually telling us what was going on, trying to keep it mysterious. But when the reveals came, it was nothing exciting. The change in the characters during the snowstorm, just seemed to come out of nowhere, and honestly a lot of it didn't really make any sense. On top of that, the actual "thrilling" part felt like it was over and done so quickly. Then it was just sisters being all mushy and trying to reconnect, with the last couple chapters taking place in the future. I read thrillers for the excitement, not for mushy family talk.
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
too much foreshadowing for a novella and the writing was missing something. But being 25 chapters to read one/day leading up to Christmas is a unique idea and the plot was interesting enough. I didn’t entirely buy how all the characters reacted and changed at the halfway point, seemed like a stretch.
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
fast-paced