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lacanadienneinreads 's review for:
The Hitchcock Hotel
by Stephanie Wrobel
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
As a movie lover with an interest in thrillers and mysteries, I was excited by the premise of The Hitchcock Hotel. A group of old friends, distanced by time and secrets, gets locked together in a closed door style mystery. Despite its promise, overall, the novel felt very average to me. Unreliable narrators work for me, but the voice of this one was irksome. I think my personal pref rence for a closed door is one person uncovering information, rather than the multiple POVs in this book. Honestly, the ending dragged and was really lackluster for me. For a book that references Hitchcock's suspense, we did spend a lot of time in unsatisfying denouement - I didn't feel the karmik justice that was maybe intended .