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A review by manderzreadz
The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh
2.0
First off, thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Group Dutton for granting me early access to this book in exchange for an honest review.
The Night of the Storm feels like a discounted version of a locked room, whodunit mystery with familial tension. While the bones are good (ideal atmosphere, several characters with motives), the execution fell short. You never connect to the characters and the overall flow is bad changing between timelines to fill in the blanks of the characters' histories.
My biggest pet peeve was how the author ended the chapters. Each chapter she tried to end using suspense, acting like something big was going to happen so you would start the next chapter and turn the page....but nothing ever happened.
All in all, the last 40 pages helped redeem the book to 2 stars, but I would not recommend this book sadly.
The Night of the Storm feels like a discounted version of a locked room, whodunit mystery with familial tension. While the bones are good (ideal atmosphere, several characters with motives), the execution fell short. You never connect to the characters and the overall flow is bad changing between timelines to fill in the blanks of the characters' histories.
My biggest pet peeve was how the author ended the chapters. Each chapter she tried to end using suspense, acting like something big was going to happen so you would start the next chapter and turn the page....but nothing ever happened.
All in all, the last 40 pages helped redeem the book to 2 stars, but I would not recommend this book sadly.