| Title | : | The Cabin |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1492618551 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781492618553 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 327 |
| Publication | : | First published September 6, 2016 |
When Mackenzie treks to a secluded cabin in the woods with six friends, she expects a fun weekend of partying, drinking, and hookups. But when they wake to find two of their own dead and covered in blood, it's clear there's a killer among them.
As the police try to unravel the case, Mackenzie launches her own investigation. Before long secrets start to emerge, revealing a sinister web of sins among the original seven friends. The killer is still free. Every one of them is a suspect. And Mackenzie starts to realize that no one is innocent…
The Cabin Reviews
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Pronto en el canal mi opinión completa sobre la novela pero omg el final.
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They think they're invincible.
They think they can do and say whatever they want.
They think there are no consequences.
They've left me no choice.
It's time for them to pay for their sins.
From that prologue and the blurb, I thought I was going to love this book. It sounded like a B scary movie and I love those. As most of my friends on goodreads know, I very rarely 1 star a book, some 2 stars, but I always try to pick books I think I will like, but I missed the mark on this one.
I liked a couple of the character but even they started to get on my nerves.
Mackenzie, Aaron, Courtney, Megan, Kyle, Josh and Blake are all going out to Josh's cabin to hang out for a couple of days. They were all still sort of reeling over losing two of their best friends (Gigi and Tilly) in a car accident several months ago.
I was thinking, a cabin in the woods with a killer! Yes! NO..
There was a murder in the cabin but everything else takes place outside the cabin. After the cops came and took the bodies away, everyone went back to their lives. All of them were scarred even more than before.
Mackenzie decides to do a little investigating herself. She doesn't want to believe that anyone she knows or cares about killed others they cared about! Mackenzie does start to unravel all kinds of crazy stories. It seems her friends have lots of secrets.
When I find out the reasons behind the killings I had a hard time trying to figure out what I was feeling. On the one hand, I can see how the person would want to kill them. And I say that only because of the way there was some mocking going on with certain deaths. But it still wasn't all that exciting for me. And I so very much wanted to like this book!!! I think it was more of the - YOU DID IT - NO YOU DID IT - WAIT GO BACK, YOU DID IT.
The book did remind me of some books I read and loved as a child so don't let anyone's review deter you from reading a book. You might just find your own gem!
**I would like to thank Netgalley and Sourcebooks Fire for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.**
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“If you don’t trust anyone, then no one can screw you over. You’re going to find that out the hard way,”
Could this be one of the worst books I've ever read? Yes, yes I think it may be in that slim pile of books that managed to offend and anger me just about every step of the way. RANT REVIEW incoming because oh boy, this one was a doozy. Mild spoilers ahead.
TRIGGER WARNINGS: Slut Shaming (mostly unchallenged), Sexism (unchallenged), Sexual Assault (Not only unchallenged but is never called rape).
Natasha, it's not me - it's you. I'm sorry but it's true. This is my second time trying Natasha Preston's writing and both times I couldn't believe half the stuff I was reading. This was considerably worse than "The Celler" but I think it's safe to say that Natasha's books and I need to part ways...
I'm not even sure where to start on this mess of a book. The premise sounds fun, kind of like a 90's slasher or something but it doesn't play out that way. We have a bunch of 18 year old's, heading out to one of their rich friend's cabin for a weekend of fun and it turns into a double murder right off the bat with no one trusting anyone and lots of suspects. Like I said, this should've been fun and easy read but it soon turned into one of the hot messes I've had the misfortune to read.
To start off, none of these characters are even remotely likable or redeemable. I mean these are just dumb, horrible kids and I honestly wish it was a 90s slasher so I could've had the pleasure of watching each one of them die horribly. I don't even want to get into all the characters, it's all basic tropes, you won't recall their names at the end. They are just a mish mash of basic horror tropes - loyal but stupid main girl, jock, rich kid, school slut, mysterious new boy and so on. Right off the bat, our main girl is intrigued by the mysterious new boy, who happens to be the rich kid's estranged brother. Everyone is telling her to stay away from him but of course that makes her jump into bed with him even faster. After a hard night of partying - very hard, they all wake up for find two of them have been horribly murdered and conveniently no one heard it happen and obviously no one is fessing up either.
For a book that is called The Cabin, it barely takes place there. That would've been a cooler setting but it's just the murder taking place there and then they all return to their normal lives where they start accusing each other of everything and slowly all their dirty secrets come out.
Ok, so this sounds like a basic run-of-the mill book, so why offensive? Oh, don't worry I'm getting there. These characters are all horrible people and not in a fun way - they are not enjoyable to read about it even remotely. The romance between the lead girl and the mysterious new boy is maddening. He is distant, jerky and constantly saying that he doesn't know how to deal with "emotional" or "hysterical" women. He's a charmer. The huge problem here is it is 100% unchallenged. The main girl sees this as just him hiding his true wonderful self and basically sees his constant blatant sexism as sweet because she knows who he is deep down (Yes, I just threw up a little in my mouth too).
The book shows one of the characters that supposedly loves another spending a good deal of the time calling the them horrible names and slut shaming. Again, this character is pretty much unchallenged. The most that is said is that you don't mean that but it's mostly just seen as his way of grieving. It's also mostly acceptable because he is hurting that she cheated on him. Dude, comes off as a violent, psychopath who we are supposed to believe has a heart of gold.
Then we have another character confess that they had a relationship with another person in secret, but that they only hooked up when they were both drunk. The person then goes on to say that the night of a car wreck that killed a couple of their friends (different friends - the plot is over-complicated) they spiked the drink of the person they had been sleeping with on the side. They said they just wanted to get laid and that is the only way the person ever slept with them - when they were drunk. The reaction to this is one of shock but mostly because it wasn't right to drug them. It seems to be that since they slept together drunk in the past, that it means you are now allowed to take away their choice. THAT IS CALLED RAPE. It's not just something to glaze over and nope, it's never called out and never referred to as a sexual assault. I was so angry at this point, I have no idea why I kept reading - I guess train wreck syndrome. This kind of incredibly toxic behavior going unchallenged is all through-out the book.
As for the story, it's a big hot mess of plot holes and convenience. We have a moronic detective that goes around harassing the kids and saying cryptic strange shit for no actual reason. It almost felt like a parody of a detective - it was just weird. We also get a red herring thrown in for good measure but it's the laziest red herring I've ever seen. The character committing the crime makes Z.E.R.O. sense, the author did not throw a wrench in the plot and make me second guess with this, she just made me hardcore side eye at the book. UGH!
Then we make it to the end and holy shit do we get a shit show of plot holes and bullshit. It made no f*cking sense whatsoever. There is supposed to be a big twist, but I saw it coming a mile away because I had a feeling the author was going to be a complete cheat and go there and low and behold, she sure did. You can't just throw shit around when it will never ever add up - not even if you get real creative. A twist is supposed to be something that when the reveal happens and you think back through the story, you are shook and all you can think is "well played." Yeah, well all I could think of was CHEATER CHEATER PUMPKIN EATER!
Obviously, I do not recommend this book. The book is offensive, problematic and just poorly done. There isn't anything positive to say and I wouldn't put this in the hands of a teen for anything. It shows toxic masculinity at it's worse and the girls seem to think it's charming. I can't stress enough how much I despised this book. I have no idea how this was published. I should've known better since in the last book I read of hers had rape as a trope. Just all sorts of no. -
The book itself wasn’t awful. But wtf was that ending?
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I really liked Natasha Preston's "The Cellar", but this book was just an o.k read. Neither the murder mystery, the characters, or even the romance angle made this very memorable.
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1/5
Es un libro malo, mediocre, aburrido, estereotipado... El Thriller juvenil está en decadencia total. Que pena que este tipo de libros tan comerciales sean los que tengan visibilidad, cuando hay thrillers desconocidos mucho mejores. Le doy el 1 porque se lee rápido. Un sinsentido absoluto.
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“They’re dead. They’re dead! No, no, no, no!”
This was a YA mystery story, in which 2 teens were murdered in a cabin in the woods.
Mackenzie was an okay character, and I could understand why she didn’t want to believe that one of her friends was capable of murder. She did stand up and try and find the murderer herself though, even if she did put herself in danger because of it.
The storyline in this was about Mackenzie finding two of her friends murdered in the cabin in which they were staying, and trying to figure out which of her friends had done it. I had no idea that this book was a re-write though, of the previously published ‘Covert’, and I’d have been pretty annoyed if I’d already read that previous to this. I did enjoy the mystery in this though, and it did take me a while to work out who the killer was.
We did also get a bit of romance between Mackenzie and the dead boy’s brother, and this did take the front seat at times.
The ending to this was a bit messy, and we got thrown a bit of misinformation, and then a cliff-hanger type ending which I didn’t really appreciate.
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OH. MY. GOD. All I’m going to say is I love natasha’s work and I cannot stand this ending. It literally ripped my heart out of my chest and feels like someone stomped on me
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DNF at 40%
I loved the premise of this and was so eager to get to it. Sadly I was annoyed by the characters right from the beginning.
Mackenzie could be a decent MC. She's loyal and positive and actively tries to see the good side to things. She is also wildly dramatic and her inner monologue was a hot mess. There are several other characters, but in the amount I read, none of them stood out to me.
The idea of waking up to a murder in a locked house is 1000% up my alley. To be completely honest, as soon as 2 of the 3 most annoying characters were dead, I was hopeful it would get better and excited to keep going. Unfortunately it never turned around for me.
I did skip to the ending and what I found there was quite intriguing {and maybe a little infuriating}, but not nearly enough to get me to go back and read the remainder. I can see how people will like this, but it just wasn't for me.
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No sé por qué lo sigo intentando con ésta escritora. Creo que son sus portadas que sin duda alguna, son lo mejor de sus novelas.
Si El Sótano ya me pareció demasiado infantil y plano éste no se queda atrás.
Nos encontramos con el típico libro de jóvenes que se van de fin de semana a emborracharse a una cabaña aislada. Ya sabemos lo que nos podemos encontrar, y hasta cierto punto he encontrado la lectura previsible, salvo en las últimas 10 páginas que es cuando se viene a resolver todo el meollo y me topé con alguna sorpresa. Pero fue todo demasiado abrupto y ese final abierto no me gustó nada. Además de todos los cabos sueltos que deja.
La narración se centra en Mackenzie que es quien nos narra todo desde su punto de vista y es ella quien intenta desentrañar lo que está pasando. Todo ello unido a algo que sucedió en el pasado y repercute sobre toda la pandilla de amigos en el presente. Donde se van destapando los secretos de cada uno de ellos...
Los personajes los he encontrado demasiado planos salvo Mackenzie (Kenz para los amigos 😄) y Blake que son sobre los que recae el mayor peso de la trama y los que mejor construidos están.
El inspector Wright es un intento de parecer un personaje carismático y no me lo he creído en ningún momento. Ni siquiera sabe hacer bien su trabajo. Creo que no se salva nadie. Me gustó algo la determinación de nuestra protagonista pero se deja llevar demasiado por los demás.
En fin, es una lectura perfecta si tienes 16 años 😂 o si te gustan las novelas que son un intento de domestic noir repleto de hormonas jajajaja. Le puse dos estrellas porque no está mal escrita pero no está hecha para mi. Leeré El anónimo también porque soy tan impulsiva que me gustó la portada y lo compré 😅
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DNF at 10%—writing style and characters irritated me 🤷♀️
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Not a bad book. There was a slight twist at the end and the person I thought did it was the guilty one after all.
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This book.... Wow I can't even describe it...
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“The Cabin” was a solid four-star thriller up until the very end. That doesn’t stop it from being enjoyable in a B horror movie sort of way.
The characters are the stereotypical mix that you come to expect from horror movies and fun, fast reading thrillers. There were some plot surprises and enough creepy things to give you some chills. Just. The ending. I can’t quite forgive that one.
Overall, “The Cabin” is a fun read for the Halloween season or any other time you’re feeling like a fun and breezy thriller.
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La principal diferencia del nuevo libro de Natasha Preston respecto al primero es que "La cabaña" es mucho más juvenil. Sus tramas están centradas en adolescentes y en sus líos amorosos al más puro estilo Pretty Little Liars. Con esta serie tiene también en común la llegada de mensajes del asesino al grupo de amigos y que entre ellos se encuentre el culpable, con toda la desconfianza que esto implica.
El planteamiento del libro es bastante sencillo y también su desarrollo, pero a pesar de ello, no deja de ser una historia entretenida para pasar alguna buena tarde leyendo. No esperéis un gran thriller porque no lo es, eso sí, es una buena novela de personajes por las relaciones que se establecen entre ellos y todas las tramas amorosas que esconden.
El principal problema del libro es que la autora le da mil vueltas a los mismos temas y la historia no avanza demasiado. La incredulidad de la protagonista al saber que entre sus amigos está el asesino, es algo que se refleja hasta la saciedad.
Hay varios detalles en la historia que la hacen poco creíble. Sabiendo que entre ellos está el asesino, no es normal que sigan quedando y viéndose, ya que lo lógico sería que por lo menos alguno de ellos se distancie y no quiera saber nada. Además, la policía toma nota de todo al comienzo, pero mientras el grupo de amigos sigue investigando, ellos apenas hacen ningún progreso y aparecen en contadas ocasiones sin aportar nada nuevo.
El final me ha parecido un poco apresurado y poco convincente, con un giro que más o menos se ve venir y sin estar demasiado justificado. -
4,5
La cabaña era el único libro que me quedaba por leer de la autora, al menos de los publicados en España. Como los otros dos, es un libro que sorprende bastante y que es altamente adictivo ya que te deja constantemente con ganas de más, con ganas de saber la verdad y como acabará todo. El misterio en si, está bastante bien llevado, aunque hay algunas cosas un poco cogidas con pinzas. Algunas reacciones o formas de actuar de los personajes chocan un poco, pero al final no podemos olvidar que es un thriller juvenil y por lo tanto, los personajes actúan como lo que son: prácticamente unos adolescentes. Sobre los propios personajes hay poco que decir, están correctos y cada uno cumple su función, pero me habría gustado saber algo más de ellos pues creo que les falta profundidad a la gran mayoría. El amor tiene bastante presencia, más de la que me gustaría, aunque tampoco es algo que moleste en exceso. Y bien, llegamos al final. Por un lado, la resolucion de todo me ha parecido muy inesperada ya que a pesar de que tenía mi teoría, he fallado. La autora explica medianamente bien los motivos y como ocurrió todo, pero definitivamente, no sabe hacer finales. Lo dije con los otros dos libros y lo mantengo con este, no sabe concluir las historias. Si bien es cierto que saber quien es el culpable lo sabemos, el final es tremendamente abierto y deja demasiados cabos sueltos y cosas por explicar. Es una verdadera pena porque la autora crea historias, que si bien pueden pecar de ser demasiado juveniles, se leen en un suspiro y enganchan mucho, pero nunca las sabe terminar. -
Seven teenagers venture to a remote cabin for a weekend of fun and frivolities, but the atmosphere soon sours when two of the party are discovered murdered on the kitchen floor. Who among the survivors is responsible? And what secrets are going to be uncovered as they each hunt for the truth?
I enjoyed this story's set-up as isolated settings always intrigue me in fiction. I also remained interested enough in the characters' interpersonal relationships to ferret out what really occurred between them all, prior to the novel's opening. I was eager to discover what each individual was hiding and how exactly this fraught friendship group came to join together on the fateful night that two of their number lost their lives.
Where this novel failed for me was in the drama-filled sequences that took central focus instead of a return to the crime committed. I cared little for the romantic angst that dominated and remained only ever eager to solve the double-murder this opened with. I found that the ultimate twist was one that I had previously guessed at and so I did not, unfortunately, remain impressed at this novel's close, either. -
La verdad es que no tenía muchas expectativas con este libro y me he sorprendido cuándo... No, la verdad es que no las a superado. El 75% del libro se me a hecho un poco pesado, lo estaba leyendo porque sentía curiosidad por saber quién era el asesino, pero no sentí casi nada de empatía por los personajes, y encima me a parecido demasiado surrealista el motivo por el cual pasa todo, y la forma... Como forzado. No es aburrido, pero sí un poco cansino. Pero eso sí, me a sorprendido el final. No tiene mucho sentido en general, pero me a sorprendido.
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(Nota: no voy a hacer ningún spoiler muy importante sobre el libro, pero sí que voy a mencionar algunas cosas relevantes acerca de la trama que quizás tú como lector/a prefieras no saber, así que lee bajo tu propia responsabilidad)
Uf... tengo sentimientos encontrados con este libro, y es que empezó muy bien, pero acabó un poco... meh.
La premisa es bastante sencilla: un grupo de amigos organiza una escapa un fin de semana, pero en el segundo día de su excursión dos de ellos aparecen muertos. La cosa está en que, según indica todo, tuvo que ser uno de ellos el asesino.
La autora, aunque no ha llevado mal del todo la historia, podría haberlo llevado mejor (en mi opinión, por supuesto). Ya desde el principio tenemos al "asesino obvio", ese personaje que parece ser la solución más clara para el crimen por x motivos. Pero la cosa está en que sería algo tan obvio que directamente ni piensas si quiera que puede ser ese personaje. La protagonista, por supuesto, no puede ser tampoco, pues el libro está narrado en primera persona por ella misma y lo sabríamos de ser así (y lo cual no tendría sentido ninguno). Así pues, nos quedan tres personajes sospechosos, Y aquí es donde comienza mi problema.
A lo largo del libro vamos descubriendo cosas sobre estos tres personajes que nos dan a entender que tienen motivos suficientes como para haber querido matar a sus amigos, pero la autora parecía olvidarse en momentos de algunos de ellos, y hacía hincapié en alguno más que en otro. Quiero decir, no paraba de dar información de relevancia sobre cierto personaje que resultó ser inocente, pero sin embargo del asesino real apenas decía nada, lo que me pareció, no sé, ¿algo forzado y sin sentido? Quizás en cierta manera eso está bien, pues logra despistarte y que pienses que ese personaje del que tantas cosas cuenta es el verdadero asesino, pero no sé, por alguna razón no me convence del todo; para mí debería dar información relevante lo más equitativamente posible sobre todos los sospechosos para que de verdad funcione la dinámica. Y a esto se le suma el que te meta un cuarto sospechoso que no tiene nada que ver y que estaba más que claro que no era culpable del crimen (de hecho, a los pocos capítulos acabó por desaparecer).
Y ahora lo más importante sobre lo que quiero hablar: el final. Al final del libro hay un plot twist que a mí, sinceramente, no sé si me dejó loca y me voló la cabeza o si me pareció de lo más ridículo y surrealista que he leído nunca. Y creo que fue justamente eso; creo que la autora quiso meter al final tal giro sorprendente de los acontecimientos que resultó quedando un poco raro. Para mí no tuvo demasiado sentido en relación con otros aspectos de la trama y, además, me molestó mucho que acabase tan de sopetón. No es un final abierto como tal, pero igualmente se quedó algo a medias para ser un libro autoconclusivo.
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En cualquier caso, el libro me ha resultado muy entretenido. Había momentos en los que estaba muy enganchada con la historia y no podía parar de leer (ayer lo acabé a las 2 de la mañana). No se me hizo para nada aburrido ni pesado (las cosas que me han acabo chirriando un poco han sido más bien a posteriori), y tenía momentos muy interesantes. Además de la trama principal sobre el asesinato que ocurrió al principio, tenemos una trama secundaria de amor que le añadió algo más de gracia e interés a la historia. Aunque no resulte nada del otro mundo y el final acabe siendo algo decepcionante -quizás incluso fuera de contexto-, lo recomiendo mucho para pasar el rato pues se lee enseguida, pero no esperéis un thriller que os vuele la cabeza.
Actualización 2 meses después:
Le bajo la nota porque cuanto más lo pienso más surrealista, absurdo y sin sentido encuentro ese fin. Para mí se cargó completamente el libro; carecía de justificación y sentido alguno. Totalmente surrealista y poco creíble 🤷🏻♀️ -
Me han fallado varias cosas, cosas que me hacían poner los ojos en blanco, y también un poco esa historia de amor que se crea, aunque ha llegado un momento que he entendido el motivo de que existiera. Me ha mantenido muuuuuuy atrapada, porque de verdad que estaba perdidísima! siempre cambiaba de opinión sobre quién era el asesino!! Por lo que lo he leído bastante rápido. Me ha creado tensión, suspense, rabia, y algo de miedo.
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I WAS gonna give this book 3 stars, some parts made me consider 4 (it fluctuated), but the ending killed it. It was STUPID!! There's no excuses for how DUMB it was. The ending reminded me why I DON'T like YA books. Yet, while I was reading I was honestly considering a decent positive rating. It's because of those bits of enjoyment my rating is two stars and not one.
Despite this book's weak dialogue and lack of editing such as spelling errors and bad sentence structures, I was willing to overlook all of that because I really loved the chemistry between Mackenzie and Blake. I found myself laughing or chuckling outloud and loved Blake's dialogue the best followed by Mackenzie. Everyone else's dialogue was meh. I was even willing to forgive how the investigation was written and portrayed.
Everyone knows there are good cops and bad cops. Some real life cops out right suck! Inspector Wright is leading the murder investigation and I can't tell if his character is intentionally written to be bad at his job, therefore, he's a bad cop OR if Natasha Preston hasn't done enough research about police investigations. Which coincidentally, Mackenzie admits she truly doesn't know anything about police investigations and crime shows were never her thing. Okay, fine. That's fair and reasonable for Mackenzie's character. However....
Natasha Preston the author needs to know. I'm truly convinced she didn't do enough research and the Inspector was not purposefully written to be bad at his job. Which means he's a joke. The entire investigation is a joke.
Look, I'm all for drama in my books so without stating any spoilers the the mental gymnastics Mackenzie does and everyone's understanding about crime, the law, Proving Guilt and Innocence, LACK of understanding how Evidence works (NOT just finding it, how it works) ESPECIALLY at the heart wrenching ending because drama....even though there's a SCIENCE that can PROVE the opposite........uuuuuuuugggghhhh. Stop it.😑
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Only a mystery could go from a 4 to 1 star in the last three pages.
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Oh Natasha.....what an absolute disaster of a book. This may sound harsh, but I've read better stories from my 7th graders. The first major problem is the absolute outrageous plot and each event seems more impossible and unbelievable. One minute the protagonist is upset by the dead bodies of her friends and then the next she is head over heels in love. The ending is so predictable and the protagonist does very little to even uncover who is the true murderer. I loved Preston's book, "The Cellar", but this one is a total flop. The only thing scary about this book is the poor writing.
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3.5 surprising stars for this little gem!! I don't know what it was about this novel but I went in with very low expectations thinking it would be more of a ya level low thrills type of Reed. I was pleasantly surprised! There were two twists at the end that I one saw coming the second one did not see coming at all which added to my enjoyment. I would give this one a shot if you enjoy mysteries and suspense I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!
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Una de las peores lecturas que he tenido en lo que va del año. Flojo y absurdo, con un final patético, no hubo nada que valiera la pena. Ha sido una total pérdida de tiempo.
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3.5 stars.
7 friends go to a cabin to hang out and have a good time, but after a night of partying 2 of them is dead. After that is kind of a blame game party. But I quite enjoyed it, not one of the greatest murder mystery and not very suspenseful but it was very entertaining and I'm interested to read something else by Natasha Preston. -
A weekend with friends turns deadly! ❤️ 4.5 stars
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I loved the description of this on NetGalley. It reminded me of a Christopher Pike book I loved when I was a teen, so I was ready for a good murder mystery.
Before I was 10% in I was pretty fed up already. The whole book is a mess of showing rather than telling, especially for personality traits. Mackenzie constantly tells us her friend is over protective, or prone to rage etc, and nothing about them is ever shown. It really grated on me and carried on through the whole book.
I know it's a first person book but it read like quite a boring monologue, with Mackenzie constantly saying how her friends could never murder anyone, how she trusted everyone and how she was falling for Blake even though it felt inappropriate due to the whole murder thing. Their investigation felt more like a game than a serious attempt to clear their names.
I kept reading because I wanted to find out who the murderer was. I predicted it but it wasn't really obvious so that's one of the books good points. The ending was a bit lame, and felt like it was setting up a sequel, the relationship was absolute insta-love and felt very childish. Afraid I wouldn't recommend this one.
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Este libro es un despropósito. Diálogos que dan vergüenza ajena. Una historia de amor ridícula y nada creíble. Actitudes misóginas, una preocupante percepción del consentimiento sexual y un momento un poco homófobo. Y ya el final... Hacía años que no gritaba a un libro por semejante última página.
No se salva nada. Lo siento.
