A review by hellokaley
The Resort by Sara Ochs

mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

A thriller has to be really great for me to love it and I just wasn’t a big fan of this one. The beginning was really slow and things picked up at about 65%. There are a lot of characters and there wasn’t anything specifically interesting about any of them which made the story a little hard to follow- “which one is Doug? Neil? Logan?”

As someone who traveled to Thailand years ago and attended a full moon party, some of the scenes felt nostalgic to me, but that’s really all I enjoyed. 

I personally prefer thrillers where I have an idea of what’s going on (even when my idea is misguided and will end up with a twist in the end), rather than the whole story being an unknown. I felt like the whole first half of the book had chapters that ended with “but they don’t know about my past” or “I have been lying all along”. And the constant whodunit just got a little old. 
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