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camidk 's review for:
The Christmas Guest
by Peter Swanson
This was such a good Christmas novella. Like it was surrounding a murder so I wouldn’t call it cute but it was a perfect read for rn.
Ashley was a giant red flag in how naïve she was but hey, we all know the stereotypical dumb girl in horror movies. Loved how she gave Sacramento representation and it was described as being a boring city 😭 Emma and Adam were also red flags (to be honest the whole set up was) and I get it was to set up the plot but like who in the right mind is going along with any part of this.
I didn’t feel the twisty-ness that mysteries usually have but that was fully welcomed since I could just turn my brain off and not try and figure out what happened. I loved that it was under 100 pages but we still got a full story that was satisfying. I have some mixed feelings on a majority being told through diary entries but I didn’t absolutely hate it. It was different from the normal first person pov and gave us an unreliable narrator vibe but I think I wanted a mysterious third factor.
3.75/5 - is this how the late 80s really were or…?
Ashley was a giant red flag in how naïve she was but hey, we all know the stereotypical dumb girl in horror movies. Loved how she gave Sacramento representation and it was described as being a boring city 😭 Emma and Adam were also red flags (to be honest the whole set up was) and I get it was to set up the plot but like who in the right mind is going along with any part of this.
I didn’t feel the twisty-ness that mysteries usually have but that was fully welcomed since I could just turn my brain off and not try and figure out what happened. I loved that it was under 100 pages but we still got a full story that was satisfying. I have some mixed feelings on a majority being told through diary entries but I didn’t absolutely hate it. It was different from the normal first person pov and gave us an unreliable narrator vibe but I think I wanted a mysterious third factor.
3.75/5 - is this how the late 80s really were or…?