Review by annoyedhumanoid - The Mystery Guest

annoyedhumanoid 's review for:

The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

2.75

hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

so slow paced. i didn't mind the timeline alternating between past and present, but maybe if there was actually anything happening in the present for the first half of the book it wouldn't have felt like a slog. i liked that this installment was more explicit about Molly being neurodivergent, rather than like "oh she's just a little quirky"; the representation was nice. other than that, i don't really see what the point was. i feel like we could have left things at the first book. it was weird that

Juan Manuel was absent the entire time, what was that for? i thought it was leading up to a reveal that he was evil. it felt like the author regretted making the two a couple at the end of the last book and dealt with it by just shipping him off to Mexico

. unfortunately i didn't get much out of this book

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