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Book: The Sun Down Motel
Author: Simone St. James
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Paranormal, Adult
Synopsis: 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…
What I thought about it..
This was fun. I never thought I'd enjoy it this much. When I started reading it I was kinda doubtful because I'm in a reading slump and I'm not sure I will enjoy it. Also, because this was under Thriller / Horror genre, I thought that I will need to be super invested in reading this in order for me to feel the right feeling (e.g. be scared lol). I didn't feel scared though but I was still so into it that I stay up 'til 4 a.m. just to keep reading 'til the end.
The Story
It revolves around Carly's investigation about the mysterious disappearance of her auntie - Viv Delaney - thirty five years ago. It was narrated alternately between Viv's point of view way back in 1982 and Carly's that is the present day, 2017. I like this story because there was no character here that I get annoyed with, unlike with most of the mysteries I've read so far. They are nice and even the bad guys are portrayed well. Maybe what I don't like at first was how these young girls crack the crime and the police didn't. That's what I hate about mystery crimes, when the protagonist started to play amateur detective (as Alma Trent, a character from this book, puts it). But this was kinda okay and not exaggerated.
My Theory
By the time I finished this book and knew the ending, I realized how stupid my theories are. I was laughing to myself when I think about it. My theory is that the traveling salesman is a time traveler. He can travel through space and time and I was very sure of it when I've read on Carly's chapter during her first horrible run in with the ghosts of the motel, that there was a guest who signed up under the name James March but she didn't saw him. And I didn't read an explanation about it in the end, so who is it? Was it the traveling salesman's ghost or was it Viv who secretly went there and put her diary in the candy machine and sign his name instead of hers? Because towards the end when Carly actually saw the ghost and he checked-in, he didn't sign his name. So I thought, this is some kind of a horror and fantasy story because of the time traveling part lol.
My Verdict
Although I still have questions where the salesman do the crimes, I think this book is pretty decent and is keeping up with its 4+ stars on Goodreads. This is a good read... thrilling, nice.
MY RATING
★★★★☆
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