Saturday, November 13, 2021

The Guest Room by Rona Halsall


 

Review

It’s always hard to write an opinion about a thriller without telling anything about the story.  So most of all, I just write about my feelings about the book.  I have to admit that I didn’t like the first few chapters, I felt like this, too, would be just one of many average books that would knit together the usual cliches for thrillers, and add nothing to that.  But then the story started to get complicated, there was more and more action, I liked the characters and was excited about what was really going on, who was bad and who was good, and what was the driving force behind their actions. I confess, I soon realized who was behind the many bad things that had happened to Steph.  Yet it was exciting to read on because I was curious about the motives for the act and whether it was really the perpetrator I was thinking of.  The police work seemed a little strange to me, though I don’t live in England.  At my place of residence, the police would certainly not care if I reported that someone was visiting my house without my permission.  Maybe they would take such a report seriously if there was already blood.  But maybe not even then.  So based on that, England seems like a well-functioning country, but I’d rather assume that this detail doesn’t fully reflect reality.

The final conclusion is that it is an exciting and interesting story that maintained the tension to the last pages.  I’m sorry this was just the first book from the author’s pen I’ve read so far, I promise I’ll be a faithful follower of the writer after that.

Thanks to Netgalley for allowing me to read this book before its later official publication.


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