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A review by fasmina
The Last Guests by J.P. Pomare
2.0
Unpopular opinion. I didn’t enjoy this book.
Having a promising premise of voyeurs watching livestream of holiday homes, through hidden secret cameras is a book I’d enjoy. But I didn’t. Mainly because the narrator/protagonist Lina is the world’s most underdeveloped character with the worst decision making skills.
The narration was good with regard to voyeurs. It was creepy and makes you wonder whether you’d go on holidays ever again. I was scared to read this while home alone. Or even in the night. The action-packed middle part of the book was interesting. But the rest was meh for me.
Lina and her love for the lake property wasn’t love, to me it felt like obsession. Her feelings towards the property was repeatedly registered but I never felt sad or empathetic towards her. She makes the world’s worst choices and I really do wonder whether the author proof read the book with a woman. Because, some things are really really unlikely.
The big reveal was made halfway through the book but I think the author just extended the book to re-reveal it again. By that time, it was proofing only one point: Lina is not the brightest person on earth.
There are some characters like Scotty who did not provide anything to the story, or acted as suspects even. Some loose ends were never tied, including how detectives were so old-fashioned (writing their phone number in a piece of paper???) and not detecting a SIM card when it was sending messages again? And Cain, a macho guy who thinks men should be men just forgave a cheating wife?
On top of everything, I wish and hope that nobody on earth justifies cheating on your partner the way this book did.
This wasn’t for me. Unfortunately.
Having a promising premise of voyeurs watching livestream of holiday homes, through hidden secret cameras is a book I’d enjoy. But I didn’t. Mainly because the narrator/protagonist Lina is the world’s most underdeveloped character with the worst decision making skills.
The narration was good with regard to voyeurs. It was creepy and makes you wonder whether you’d go on holidays ever again. I was scared to read this while home alone. Or even in the night. The action-packed middle part of the book was interesting. But the rest was meh for me.
Lina and her love for the lake property wasn’t love, to me it felt like obsession. Her feelings towards the property was repeatedly registered but I never felt sad or empathetic towards her. She makes the world’s worst choices and I really do wonder whether the author proof read the book with a woman. Because, some things are really really unlikely.
The big reveal was made halfway through the book but I think the author just extended the book to re-reveal it again. By that time, it was proofing only one point: Lina is not the brightest person on earth.
There are some characters like Scotty who did not provide anything to the story, or acted as suspects even. Some loose ends were never tied, including how detectives were so old-fashioned (writing their phone number in a piece of paper???) and not detecting a SIM card when it was sending messages again? And Cain, a macho guy who thinks men should be men just forgave a cheating wife?
On top of everything, I wish and hope that nobody on earth justifies cheating on your partner the way this book did.
This wasn’t for me. Unfortunately.