A review by tildahlia
Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng

2.0

I wanted to like this book, but found myself cringing at the writing, which felt amateurish and clunky. The characters felt a bit cliched and underdeveloped and the quality of the writing wasn't enough to carry a book essentially about ordinary people doing pretty ordinary things, which made it a bit of a snoozefest. I've heard she is a great short story writer (so I'll give Australia Day ago) - perhaps her talents didn't translate effectively into a novel format.