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A review by obsidian_blue
Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
A friend said it best, this started off like a very good Hitchcock inspired "Psycho" but McFadden is going to McFadden. It just got really bad towards the 2nd act following Quinn's sister Claudia and then the book just ground to a halt when we shifted over to [redacted]. I was just disappointed with the whole thing. And the twist ending we get (again) made zero sense to the point I just went whatever.
"Do Not Disturb" follows Quinn who is running away in the dead of night from her home. She comes across a fairly decrepit motel called the Baxter Motel. Quinn knows she has to keep moving, but someone seems determined to keep her there and Quinn gets more worried as she finds out more about the motel's history and a woman who stayed there years earlier who was found murdered. Then the book shifts to Claudia who is determined to find her sister.
I think the book was really slow when we followed Quinn. Once again, we start off with her in a harrowing beginning scene and McFadden did not do a great job with keeping up with the tension of that and why Quinn was running away. Things got better when we shifted to Claudia I thought. She actually came more alive to me than Quinn did and it was fun following her. But the book shifted again to another character and then shifted again to another character and then back to a character and it slowed down to the point I was just forcing myself to finish this. I just felt like I was getting different versions of this book and none of them were good after a while.
The setting of the Baxter Motel in a snowstorm was a great mystery/thriller setting and McFadden didn't do enough with it.
The ending was a letdown and a half. I think McFadden gets so focused on her twists she doesn't do a great job with character development.
"Do Not Disturb" follows Quinn who is running away in the dead of night from her home. She comes across a fairly decrepit motel called the Baxter Motel. Quinn knows she has to keep moving, but someone seems determined to keep her there and Quinn gets more worried as she finds out more about the motel's history and a woman who stayed there years earlier who was found murdered. Then the book shifts to Claudia who is determined to find her sister.
I think the book was really slow when we followed Quinn. Once again, we start off with her in a harrowing beginning scene and McFadden did not do a great job with keeping up with the tension of that and why Quinn was running away. Things got better when we shifted to Claudia I thought. She actually came more alive to me than Quinn did and it was fun following her. But the book shifted again to another character and then shifted again to another character and then back to a character and it slowed down to the point I was just forcing myself to finish this. I just felt like I was getting different versions of this book and none of them were good after a while.
The setting of the Baxter Motel in a snowstorm was a great mystery/thriller setting and McFadden didn't do enough with it.
The ending was a letdown and a half. I think McFadden gets so focused on her twists she doesn't do a great job with character development.