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alouette 's review for:
An Unwanted Guest
by Shari Lapena
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2.25 stars
enough intrigue to keep me reading until the end, but it almost felt like there were *too many* red herrings. i think that when a mystery has to be explained so much that the entire last chapter reads like one big expository essay, it maybe isn’t a good mystery. one could read the last two chapters and bam, they know everything that’s happened- everything else, including the bland characters and the aforementioned red herrings, doesn’t matter. i found no enjoyment or surprise when the culprit was revealed, which is unfortunate, because i thought this story so reminiscent of And Then There Were None had lots of potential.
enough intrigue to keep me reading until the end, but it almost felt like there were *too many* red herrings. i think that when a mystery has to be explained so much that the entire last chapter reads like one big expository essay, it maybe isn’t a good mystery. one could read the last two chapters and bam, they know everything that’s happened- everything else, including the bland characters and the aforementioned red herrings, doesn’t matter. i found no enjoyment or surprise when the culprit was revealed, which is unfortunate, because i thought this story so reminiscent of And Then There Were None had lots of potential.