📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: The Sun Down Motel
AUTHOR: Simone St. James
@simonestjames
Publisher: Berkeley Publishing @berkleypub
Penguin Random House @penguinrandomhouse
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: February 18, 2020
I had seen a few people talking about this book and I had to get my hands on it to read it. It’s the story of a haunted hotel, 2 journeys; a woman and her niece, with the same experiences. The aunt speaks through a diary and the niece in first person, following in the footsteps of the woman who had disappeared.
What is really interesting about this book is the comparison between the two women, how they are both smart and perceptive, but yet different in their response to what happens at the hotel. To me, this book is not scary or creepy, but instead more like a mystery I had to solve.
I have to say that while I did see what was coming, the experience of the story was one I enjoyed a lot. The ending wraps up nicely, and the characters are deep and complex. I read this book over a day, and it was a nice way to spend getting away from life. Definitely recommend it if you like mysteries, and if you are scared of ghosts, this one probably won’t give you the heebies too much.
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Small Summary:
The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric suspense novel from the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.
Upstate NY, 1982. Every small town like Fell, New York, has a place like the Sun Down Motel. Some customers are from out of town, passing through on their way to someplace better. Some are locals, trying to hide their secrets. Viv Delaney works as the night clerk to pay for her move to New York City. But something isn’t right at the Sun Down, and before long she’s determined to uncover all of the secrets hidden…
*****
All thoughts and opinions are my own.