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A review by celenac
The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
3.0
The first half of the book was interesting and kept me wanting to read more to find out the reason behind everyone's behavior. However, the storyline started to go downhill during the second half. Things started getting revealed so quickly that it started to feel unnatural and cringe-y. The dialogue became kind of corny, and the coincidences and connections gradually got more predictable.
I didn't understand the motives of the characters. How the organizers of the "murder mystery game" thought to gather everyone they wanted to seems like it'd be ineffective in the real world. Their plans for what they wanted to do with their guests were also questionable and juvenile.
I am fine that this was more of a tame, family mystery than a supernatural, psychopathic mystery novel; and I really did enjoy the first half. The beginning had so much potential and was paced perfectly, but the way things unfolded in the second half was so disappointing. The back story of Beth and Nina was good, but I think it needed more depth. I felt like everything in the end was just sloppily tied together.
I didn't understand the motives of the characters. How the organizers of the "murder mystery game" thought to gather everyone they wanted to seems like it'd be ineffective in the real world. Their plans for what they wanted to do with their guests were also questionable and juvenile.
I am fine that this was more of a tame, family mystery than a supernatural, psychopathic mystery novel; and I really did enjoy the first half. The beginning had so much potential and was paced perfectly, but the way things unfolded in the second half was so disappointing. The back story of Beth and Nina was good, but I think it needed more depth. I felt like everything in the end was just sloppily tied together.